Lagwagon

Lagwagon
Lagwagon performing in 2007 in Moscow, Russia
Background information
Origin	Goleta, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock, skate punk
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords
Associated acts	Rich Kids on LSD, No Use for a Name, Buckwild (Lobster), Bad Astronaut, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Playing Favorites
Website	lagwagon.com
Members
Joey Cape Chris Flippin Patrick Solem Chris Rest Dave Raun
Past members
Shawn Dewey Derrick Plourde Ken Stringfellow Jesse Buglione

Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, just outside Santa Barbara, California. They formed in 1990 and went on hiatus and reunited several times over the years. Their name comes from the band's tour van, which can be seen on the back cover of their 1994 second album Trashed.

The band has 10 releases through Fat Wreck Chords: seven studio albums, one EP, one live album and a collection of B-sides, compilation tracks and demos. Lagwagon has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted underground following in North America, Europe and Asia. Their moderate success earned a growing interest in punk rock during the 1990s, along with fellow California bands Rancid, Green Day and The Offspring. Unlike these bands, however, Lagwagon has never been signed to a major label.

History

After signing to Fat Mike's label Fat Wreck Chords, Lagwagon released their debut album for the label, Duh, in 1992. Frontman Joey Cape commented on how the album was made, "Back then, we were experienced in the studio. It was less about the recording process and more about rehearsing. We recorded and mixed Duh in 4 days. There's something to be said for a budget. You have to have your shit together before you go into the studio and the end result is a record that better reflects the band's sound at the time." Two years later, Lagwagon released Trashed, their second record on Fat, which turned out to be highly successful, leading to the eventual production of a video for "Island of Shame." During this time, a number of punk bands, such as Green Day, The Offspring and Rancid, had hit the mainstream and Lagwagon turned down offers to join several major labels. Hoss, the third Lagwagon album, was released on November 21, 1995. After the release of that album and an extensive tour in Europe, Australia, and Japan, both guitarist Shawn Dewey and drummer Derrick Plourde would leave the band and be replaced temporarily by Ken Stringfellow (The Posies) on guitar, and permanently by Dave Raun (RKL) on drums. Shawn Dewey, already in the side project band Buckwild on Lobster Records would go on to release two full length LP's Beat Me Silly and Full Metal Overdrive and do two European tours with Good Riddance and Ten Foot Pole.

After two more albums, Double Plaidinum and Let's Talk About Feelings, the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2000, due to all members working on side projects. Lagwagon resurfaced in 2002, and released their sixth album Blaze the following year. In 2004, frontman Joey Cape released a split album with No Use for a Name vocalist Tony Sly featuring acoustic versions of songs by both bands. On November 1, 2005, Lagwagon released Resolve, which is a homage to the life of Derrick Plourde, original drummer for Lagwagon and Bad Astronaut.

In 2008, Lagwagon released an EP titled I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon. Despite earlier reports that the band would begin recording their next full-length studio album by 2009,^[1] Lagwagon had gone on hiatus from touring and writing again, due to Cape launching a solo career, releasing Bridge in 2008 and Doesn't Play Well with Others in 2010.^[2]

In January 2010, Joey Cape announced during an interview with Canada's Exclaim! magazine^[3] that Jesse Buglione has left Lagwagon, having been with the band since its foundation in 1990. However, Cape dismissed rumors of Lagwagon breaking up. While he's not sure if Lagwagon will ever make a new album or embark on another full-scale tour, he's open to playing shows and possibly recording and releasing new Lagwagon songs sporadically.^[4] Jesse Buglione confirmed his departure on Lagwagon's official message board himself, as reported by sputnikmusic.com^[5] and punknews.org.^[6] Lagwagon toured with No Use for a Name that summer.^[7] In an interview with fasterlouder.com.au Joey Cape, revealed former RKL bassist Joe Raposo is Lagwagon's new bassist.^[8] In a June 2011 interview with ExploreMusic however, Joey Cape said that things didn't work out with Raposo, and the band is testing a new bassist.^[9] In August 2011, the band - for the first time - started an official Facebook page and posted that the new bassist is Patrick "Pat" Solem.

On September 22, 2011, Fat Wreck announced they would be re-issuing expanded editions of the first 5 albums on CD, vinyl, and digital download.^[10] The albums will be available both individually, as well as in a boxed set entitled Putting Music In Its Place. The reissues are set to be released November 22, 2011, with a short line-up of concerts to be played in December.

Current members

• Joey Cape – vocals (1990–present)
• Chris Flippin – guitar (1990–present)
• Patrick Solem – bass (2011–present)
• Chris Rest – guitar (1997–present)
• Dave Raun – drums (1996–present)

Former members

• Shawn Dewey – guitar (1990–1997)
• Ken Stringfellow – guitar (1997–1997)
• Jesse Buglione – bass (1990–2010)
• Derrick Plourde – drums (1990–1996) (deceased)

Touring members

• Lindsay McDougall – guitar (November 2008)
• Scott Shiflett – guitar (September 2008)
• Chris Shiflett – guitar (summer 1996)
• Joe Raposo – bass (2010)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
1992	Duh	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	Debut album
1994	Trashed	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	One of Lagwagon's most successful albums to date.
1995	Hoss	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	Last album recorded with guitarist Shawn Dewey and drummer Derrick Plourde.
1997	Double Plaidinum	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	First album recorded with drummer Dave Raun. Only album to feature guitarist Ken Stringfellow
1998	Let's Talk About Feelings	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	Last album before going on hiatus, First album recorded with guitarist Chris Rest
2003	Blaze	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	First studio album since the hiatus.
2005	Resolve	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	This album is a homage to the late original Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde.

EPs

Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
1992	Tragic Vision b/w Angry Days	Fat Wreck Chords	7"
1994	Brown Eyed Girl	Hard Records	7"	Split single with Jughead's Revenge
2000	A Feedbag of Truckstop Poetry	Fat Wreck Chords	7"
2008	I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/EP	Final recording with bassist Jesse Buglione.

Other releases

Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
2000	Let's Talk About Leftovers	My Records / Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	Compilation of rare and previously unreleased tracks.
2005	Live in a Dive	Fat Wreck Chords	CD/LP	Live album

Singles and music videos

• "Island of Shame" from Trashed
• "Razor Burn" from Hoss
• "Falling Apart" from Blaze
• "Heartbreaking Music" from Resolve

Compilations

• "Know-It-All" and "Mr. Coffee" on Fat Music For Fat People
• "Sleep" and "Lamen's Terms" on Survival of the Fattest
• "Raise a Family" on Physical Fatness
• "May 16th" on Life in the Fat Lane
• "Alison's Disease" on Live Fat, Die Young
• "Never Stops" on Uncontrollable Fatulence
• "Randal Gets Drunk" on Short Music for Short People
• "Failure" on Warped Tour 1998 Tour Compilation from Double Plaidinum
• "Dinner and a Movie" on Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation from Blaze
• "Falling Apart" on Warped Tour 2003 Tour Compilation from Blaze
• "S.O.S. (One Man Army)" on Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records
• "Status Pools" on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2
• "Violins" on Wrecktrospective from Hoss

References

1. ^ "Lagwagon Japanese tour dates, new LP rumour". Distortedmagazine.com. 2008-10-26. http://www.distortedmagazine.com/news/lagwagon-announce-japanese-tour-dates-rumored-to-have-new-lp-in-the-works/. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
2. ^ Lagwagon lagging, but leader has plenty of options^{[dead link]}
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4. ^ "Joey Cape comments on Lagwagon's future, status of bassist Jesse Buglione". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/36842. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
5. ^ "Lagwagon bassist speaks". Sputnikmusic. http://sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=12661. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
6. ^ "Jesse from Lagwagon talks about his departure". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/36925. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
7. ^ "No Use For A Name and Lagwagon heading to Europe, new NUFAN album planned". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/37799. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
8. ^ "Joey Cape on". Fasterlouder.com.au. 2010-05-20. http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/23775/Joey-Cape.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
9. ^ "Joey Cape (Lagwagon) interview at Rockfest 2011". YouTube. 2011-06-27. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPcgnhGa8P4. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
10. ^ "LAGWAGON REISSUES + BOX SET! Out November 22 - News: Fat Wreck Chords". Fatwreck.com. http://www.fatwreck.com/news/detail/421. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 

External links

• Official website