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San Francisco, United States (1983 – present)

American Music Club (often abbreviated AMC) is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. They’ve been recording and playing in SF clubs since the mid 1980’s, showing a remarkable longevity for a band that has been far more critically acclaimed than financially successful.

Although born in California, frontman Mark Eitzel spent his formative years in Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1980. After a brief stint with the punk band The Naked Skinnies he founded American Music Club in 1983 with guitarist Vudi, bassist Dan Pearson, keyboardist Brad Johnson, and drummer Matt Norelli. This lineup would change over the next several years but Eitzel always remained the core of the band in terms of its vocals, lyrics and thematic focus.

Their 1985 debut, The Restless Stranger, offers a rough outline of their increasingly eclectic sound and firmly established Eitzel’s worldview, a harrowing vision of life as seen through the bottom of a shot glass. 1987’s Engine honed the formula: the addition of producer Tom Mallon as a full-time member expanded the group’s sonic palette.

American Music Club earned a solid cult following on the strength of 1988’s California. Their next LP, 1989’s United Kingdom, appeared only in the nation which lent the record its name and consisted of leftover material and live tracks.

In 1991 American Music Club emerged with the record that is widely considered their masterpiece, Everclear. Critical acclaim attracted the attention of several major labels. Eventually AMC — now consisting of Eitzel, Vudi, Pearson, multi-instrumentalist Bruce Kaphan, and drummer Tim Mooney — signed with Reprise in the U.S. and Virgin throughout the rest of the world.
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  • schelyekhov

    An alcoholic's Counting Crows. Sorry bout dat joke)

    9 May 9:30am Reply

  • ickarte

    And i screamed ''Outside this bar there's no one alive, outside this bar how does anyone survive!''. Amazing song, totally underrated.

    25 Apr 11:02am Reply

  • schelyekhov

    Mark plays solo sometimes.

    18 Apr 8:28pm Reply

  • lkuann

    Do they even play gigs nowadays?

    14 Apr 10:34pm Reply

  • lkuann

    now i know what I like: Engine, Mercury and Everclear are atmospheric magic

    14 Apr 9:43pm Reply

  • Uniontrade

    @super-roff "Mercury" are in his 3 better albums

    15 Mar 8:32am Reply

  • lkuann

    i listened to the recent albums and it seemed pretty boring (not because its slow, thats good... just lacks that spark) but when i got into ENGINE it blown my mind, powerful album, and yeah Ayan-Ray i can feel the Nick Cave vibe

    7 Feb 5:40pm Reply

  • schelyekhov

    I need to hug Mark gratefully if I would ever have that chance.

    15 Jan 4:28am Reply

  • Ayan-Ray

    Mark is basically a more thawed-out Nick Cave. Or a more creative Greg Dulli, depending on the context of the song,

    4 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Super-Roff

    Am I the only one that rates 'Mercury' as a great album?

    3 Oct 2012 Reply

  • lennford

    I bet I`m 1,000,000-th One! You`re welcome American Music Club! [2]

    3 Jul 2012 Reply

  • JackBz

    RIP Tim Mooney :(

    16 Jun 2012 Reply

  • rockstarvaci

    I bet I`m 1,000,000-th One! You`re welcome American Music Club!

    14 May 2012 Reply

  • rockstarvaci

    999,811! LETS GO EVERYONE!

    11 May 2012 Reply

  • rockstarvaci

    My new mission - to bring them over one million! 998,308 currently. 1632 to go...

    7 May 2012 Reply

  • imisscleveland

    Awesome stuff,....new discovery for me,....I'll be tuning in again. Hope to see another reunion/tour..............

    4 May 2012 Reply

  • Uniontrade

    @eyesaresmiles....friend... Mark eitzel have other version of "Outside this bar"

    18 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Hirapur

    I just took my two sleeping pills and now I feel like a bridegroom standing at the altar.

    8 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Nikolaj-Bruus

    The Restless Stranger is such an insanely underrated record - I can't believe they doesn't even acknowlegde the album themself. Having heard of all their albums incredibely much, TRS has such a raw and emotional energy that cannot be compared to anything else ...

    5 Feb 2012 Reply

  • nixhex4311

    How many six packs does it take to screw in a light?

    3 Feb 2012 Reply
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