Bob Nanna

Bob Nanna (born June 14, 1975) is a Chicago native who was very influential in the 1990s Midwestern indie rock movement. When Nanna was in high school, he was influenced by such bands as Jawbreaker and Fugazi. He played drums and sang lead vocals in a band called Friction up until August 1993. When Nanna started middle school, he put out an ad in a rock n' roll magazine (asking about other collectors to trade with) and met Roy Ewing (Braid's drummer). When Friction disbanded, Ewing and Nanna began to work on Braid together. They enlisted several people (Kate Ruess, Pete Havernick) before finding Todd Bell as their bassist and Chris Broach as the second guitarist and singer. When Braid broke up in December 1999, Nanna, Bell, and Braid's second drummer Damon Atkinson started Hey Mercedes, whose sound was less mathy and more power-pop. In February 2005, Hey Mercedes decided to disband. Nanna is currently working on a solo project called The City on Film. Bob Nanna also writes short singles for new Threadless shirts. They can be found just under the name of the shirt on each shirt's page.

In early 2006 Nanna was diagnosed with Extranodal Marginal B-Cell Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma) and has undergone chemotherapy. In February of 2008, Nanna announced on his blog that his latest pet and orbital CT scans showed no evidence of reoccurring lymphoma. He is currently living in Chicago, IL.

Discography

Main Albums

*Friction - "Blurred In Six" (Allied, 1994) - LP
*Braid - "Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five" (Divot, 1995) - LP
*Braid - "The Age Of Octeen" (Mud, 1996) - LP
*The Sky Corvair - "Unsafe At Any Speed" (Actionboy Records, 2005) CD
*Braid - "Frame and Canvas" Polyvinyl (1998) - LP
*Hey Mercedes - "Everynight Fire Works (Vagrant,2001) - LP
*Hey Mercedes - "Loses Control" (Vagrant, 2003) - LP
*The City On Film - "In Formal Introduction" (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - LP
*The City On Film - "In Formal Introduction" (Australian Version w/3 Bonus Tracks) (Hobbledehoy, 2007) - LP

ingles and EPs

*Braid - "Rainsnowmatch" (Enclave /Polyvinyl 1993) - EP
*Braid - "I'm Afraid of Everything / Radish White Icicle / Now I'm Exhausted" (Grand Theft Autumn, 1994) - single
*Braid - "Niagara / That Car Came Out Of Nowhere" (Grand Theft Autumn, 1994) - single
*Braid - "First Day Back / Hugs From Boys" (Polyvinyl, 1995) - single
*The City On Film / Kind Of Like Spitting / Sterling Silver - "Slowdance Tour" (Slowdance, 1998) - EP
*Braid - "Please Drive Faster" Polyvinyl (1998) - EP
*The City On Film - "Two Hour Anniversary" (About Midnight, 1997) - 7"
*The City On Film / Kind Of Like Spitting - "Split" (Sport, 1998) - 7"
*Braid / Eversor / The Lovemen / 3minutemovie - "Japan Tour CD" (1999) - 3" CD
*Hey Mercedes - "Hey Mercedes" Polyvinyl, (2000) - EP
*Bob Nanna / Elizabeth Elmore - "Bob Nanna/Elizabeth Elmore EP" (Troubleman United, 1999) - EP
*Hey Mercedes - "The Weekend" (Vagrant, 2003) - single, EP
*Hey Mercedes / Favez - "Split" (Sound Fiction, 2003) - 7"
*The City On Film - "I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk" (Post 436, 2004) - EP
*The City On Film / The Novi Split - "The Sea Was Angry That Day My Friends" (Eat The Fly, 2004) - EP
*Hey Mercedes - "Unorchestrated" (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - EP, compilation
*The City On Film - "Little Informal" (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - EP
*The City On Flm - "American Diary" (Redder, 2005) - EP
*The City on Film / Minus the Bear - "Split" (Polyvinyl, 2006) - 7"

Compilations

*Various - "Direction" (Polyvinyl) - Braid - "I'm Glowing and You're The Reason"
*Various - "Direction" (Polyvinyl) - Orwell - "Angular Momentum" (guest artist)
*Various - "My Pal God Holiday Record" (My Pal God, 1997) - The City On Film - "Fairytale Of New York"
*Various - "World Domination in Thirteen Easy Steps" (Stratagem, 1998) - Braid - "Collect From Clark Kent"
*Various - "Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies" (Glue Factory, 1998) - Braid - "Trompe Le Monde"
*Braid - "Movie Music Vol. 1" Polyvinyl (2000) - compilation
*Braid - "Movie Music Vol. 2" Polyvinyl (2000) - compilation
*Various - "Another Year On The Streets Vol. 2" (Vagrant, 2001) - Hey Mercedes - " Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday"
*Friction - "Hours of Operation: Discography, 1991-1993" Polyvinyl (2004) - compilation
*Various - "THICK: Oil" (Thick, 2003) - The City On Film - "Lost My Lights (acoustic)"
*Various - "In The Film They Made Us A Little More Articulate" (Escape Goat, 2003) - The City On Film - "Bad Liver And A Broken Heart"
*Various - "My Favorite Songwriters" (Five One Inc., 2004) - The City On Film - "I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk (demo)"

Miscellaneous

*Braid - "Lucky To Be Alive" (Glue Factory, 2000) - live
*Various - "The Actuality Of Thought" (Bifocal Media, 2001) -- live footage of Braid's "What A Wonderful Puddle" - VHS
*Braid - "Killing A Camera" (Bifocal Media, 2001 [VHS] , 2004 [DVD] ) - DVD
*Hubcap - "Those Kids Are Weirder" LP/CD (Actionboy, 1996 54'40 Or Fight!, reissue 2001)

ee also

*Braid
*Hey Mercedes
*The City on Film
*Friction

External links

* [http://www.bobnanna.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.heymercedes.com/cityonfilm.html Bob Nanna's Blog]
* [http://dreamslost.8m.com/bobertinterview.html/ Interview with Robert Nanna]
* [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=5898296#post5898296 Interview with Bob Nanna on Absolutepunk.net]