Trans Am

Bio:

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Trans Am met while playing in the legendary harDCore/ska collective BombLast.

A few years later - and somewhat mistakenly - Trans Am was heard by a Chicago-based vibraphone player named John McEntire. The band agreed to record some songs with McEntire which, when combined with a bunch of home recordings and other sound experiments, made up Trans Am's first release on Thrill Jockey Records.

Originally lumped in with post-rock - a guy-heavy/fun-light scene invented by music journalists in the 1990's - the band has gone through a series of reactionary moves like singing, drinking beer and burning things on stage. Live, the band also mangled Led Zeppelin repeatedly. The band has been ugly, then poppy, then psychedelic, then political, then merely refused to go away.

Look for Trans Am on tour - maybe somewhere near you.

Discography:

Trans Am/ Thigh Mastersson
(split 7") S.K.A.M. 1996
Appears on You Can Always Get What You Want


Trans Am (s/t) Thrill Jockey 1996


Trans Am/Wingtip Sloat (split 12") 1996
Appears on You Can Always Get What You Want


Illegal Ass (12") Happy Go Lucky 1996
Appears on You Can Always Get What You Want


Surrender to the Night, Thrill Jockey 1997


The Surveillance, Thrill Jockey 1998


Futureworld, Thrill Jockey 1999


Who Do We Think You Are? (cd/ep) Spunk! 1999 Australian Tour Promo CD


You Can Always Get What You Want, Thrill Jockey 2000
Collection of singles and bonus tracks


Red Line (double album) Thrill Jockey 2000


Trans Champs, Double Exposure, Thrill Jockey 2001


TA, Thrill Jockey 2002


Extremixxx, (remix cd/ep) Thrill Jockey 2002


Liberation, Thrill Jockey 2004


The Fucking Am, Gold, Drag City 2004


Sex Change, Thrill Jockey 2007


What Day Is it Tonight?, (limited double live LP w/DVD) Thrill Jockey 2009


Thing, Thrill Jockey 2010

Member Since:

June 14, 2006

Members:

Philip Manley
Nathan Means
Sebastian Thomson

Record Label:

Thrill Jockey

www.thrilljockey.com