- I Am Spoonbender
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Name = I Am Spoonbender
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Origin =San Francisco ,California , U.S.
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Genre =Experimental Music Krautrock AmbientIndie rock Progressive Rock Soundtrack Electronic music
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Years_active = 1997 – present
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Current_members =Dustin Donaldson Robynn Iwata Dave Edwardson
Past_members =Brian Jackson Marc Kate
Notable_instruments =I Am Spoonbender is an American
multimedia group formed inSan Francisco in early 1997 by Dustin Donaldson, with Brian Jackson. Halfway through the recording of their debut album "Sender/Receiver", the band was joined by cub guitarist Robynn Iwata. [ [http://www.iamspoonbender.com/interviews/inter_gus.html seminal i am spoonbender interview ] ]Their breakthrough musical style has been compared to
Brian Eno (Stopwatch Static), Can (Reality Dealer, Replaced By Toys), andThis Heat , with occasional forays into post-rock (Parenthetical) and digitalmicromusic (Mr Knife Miss Fork). [ [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/iamspoon.html The History of Rock Music. I Am Spoonbender: biography, discography, reviews, links ] ] Dustin Donaldson has noted that their influences includeMorton Subotnick , Wire,This Heat andDevo . [ [http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/feature/5863/8.html Art of Noise - San Francisco: CitySearch ] ]Members
Current members
* Dustin Donaldson: synths, drums, vocals, production 1997-
* Robynn "Cup" Iwata: synths, vocals 1997-
*Dave Edwardson (Neurosis): bass on "Shown Actual Size", "Buy Hidden Persuaders"Past members
* Brian Jackson: bass, synths, 1997-2000
* Marc Kate: synths 1998-2003
* Chad Amory: bass, synths, 2000-2002Current live members
* Kevin Farkas - drums
* Nolan Cook - bass and synths (The Residents ,Dimesland )
* Drew Cook - bass and synths (Dimesland )
* MA'AT - perception management and subliminatextureDiscography
Live Appearances
In addition to their own shows, I Am Spoonbender has performed on bills with Mogwai,
Glenn Branca ,Cibo Matto ,The New Pornographers ,Wire ,Money Mark , Einstürzende Neubauten,Hot Hot Heat ,Steven Stapleton ,Mike Patton ,Secret Chiefs 3 ,Man or Astro-Man? ,The Locust ,The Faint ,Grandaddy ,Trans Am ,Pleasure Forever ,Notwist ,Fly Pan Am , andExplosions in the Sky , among others.References
External links
* [http://www.iamspoonbender.com I Am Spoonbender website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Brgyvadsku8w8 AllMusicGuide]
* [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/03/2809.cfm Interview at Chartattack.com]
* [http://www.iamspoonbender.com/interviews/inter_mirror.html Interview in Montreal Mirror, 2003]
* [http://www.iamspoonbender.com/interviews/inter_now.html Interview in NOW magazine, 2003]
* [http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/feature/5863/8.html Interview on CitySearch]
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