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American Football
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Urbana, Illinois, United States (1997 – 2000)
American Football was an indie rock band from Urbana, Illinois, United States from 1997 to 2000. The band was formed by guitarist and singer Mike Kinsella (formerly of Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owls and currently of Owen) and drummer Steve Lamos (formerly of The One Up Downstairs and currently of The Geese), and also included guitar player Steve Holmes.
The band had few live performances and disbanded less than a year after releasing their self-titled album; still, they gained critical acclaim for that album, which merged the plain-spoken, confessional lyrics of emo and the varying time signatures of math rock with a softer musical sensibility.
Mike Kinsella explained the band’s name thus:
My girlfriend had been in Dublin, Ireland visiting her family. One of the things she brought home for me was a flyer for a Chicago Bears exhibition game that said: “Come see American Football, featuring the most overpaid athletes in the world.” Something about that statement made me think of rock bands, most of whom are overpaid musicians in the world. When I suggested it as a name, the other guys thought it was dumb. Still, for whatever reason, we kept it.
The band had few live performances and disbanded less than a year after releasing their self-titled album; still, they gained critical acclaim for that album, which merged the plain-spoken, confessional lyrics of emo and the varying time signatures of math rock with a softer musical sensibility.
Mike Kinsella explained the band’s name thus:
My girlfriend had been in Dublin, Ireland visiting her family. One of the things she brought home for me was a flyer for a Chicago Bears exhibition game that said: “Come see American Football, featuring the most overpaid athletes in the world.” Something about that statement made me think of rock bands, most of whom are overpaid musicians in the world. When I suggested it as a name, the other guys thought it was dumb. Still, for whatever reason, we kept it.
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KnightsofRound wrote:
to saaaayyyyyyy for certaaaaiiinnn whether this uncertaintyyyyy is fooooor suuuuure
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lindsatthedisco wrote:
♥
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swallowyrpride wrote:
imagine ussss togetherrr, relatively staaaable, tentatively aaaable
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Vandalheart wrote:
=õ)
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caseydeanne wrote:
LOL THIS SHOUTBOX
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rown10 wrote:
I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional - this one
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boringhuman wrote:
"never meant" is such a masterpiece.
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oddsmiles wrote:
I just think it's best, 'cause you can't miss what you forget.
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fishniw wrote:
goooooooodbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyessssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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apropriadamente wrote:
with mixed emooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tiooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooons [2]
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irishtim wrote:
KnightsofRound said:"best 1 album band ever" - Definitely up there with Autolux, Sharks Keep Moving & Team Sleep.
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SamuelC2902 wrote:
Amazing band :) Would have loved to see them live.
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Olle93 wrote:
I finally realized how fantastic this band is. Or was. I've been listening to the album a couple of times earlier but didn't really like it. But today it just blew my mind, it's close to perfect.
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windwake wrote:
I can't listen to this band anymore. I feel like any band could have been "the band I can't listen to anymore" if I'd listened to it during the time around the end of my last relationship... it's kind of ironic that it's a band as emotional as American Football.
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xgordaox wrote:
with mixed emooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tiooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooons
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xripper9 wrote:
that's life, so social...
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celestialroad wrote:
shut up
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xgordaox wrote:
Theeeeeeeese thiiiiiings chaaaaaaaange.
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xgordaox wrote:
Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeems to laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate. Delaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayed, maybe for the betteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer.
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PhonSiE wrote:
*cry*
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ex-psycho, dcwaswk, thissideofgrace and 30 other people added American Football to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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fmeshtar tagged American Football with ‘math rock’. Friday morning
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ArvoisaMies tagged American Football with ‘emo’. Thursday morning
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alex_1st_breath tagged American Football with emo, math rock and indie. Wednesday evening
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