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Omaha NE, United States (1995 – present)

Bright Eyes is a band consisting mainly of American singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst. Bright Eyes also features multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, keyboard player Nate Walcott and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha, Nebraska’s indie music scene. Having been deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner, Conor Oberst has been recording music since the age of 13. He released his first three albums at the ages of 13, 14, 15, respectively, all under the name “Conor Oberst” and released only on cassettes. He then moved onwards with a band called Commander Venus with whom he released two albums. After the break-up of this band in 1997, Conor’s main focus became Bright Eyes, and in 1998 he released the first Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997(a collection of 20 stockpiled songs) on the independent label saddle creek Records, which he had co-formed earlier in collaboration with fellow local Omaha musicians.

Saddle Creek also released Letting Off the Happiness in November 1998, a ten-track record that boasted a much more focused and clear sound than the previous album. According to the Saddle Creek press release, it features members of Lullaby for the Working Class, Neutral Milk Hotel, and of Montreal. It was predominantly recorded in the Oberst family basement in Omaha on an analog eight track reel to reel; with some work also done at keyboardist Andy Lemaster’s Athens, GA studio.

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does dound nice

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cleanthismess wrote:
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oh, thats dounds nice :)

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shallowgraves wrote:
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http://www.last.fm/music/computerrs

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ofwine wrote:
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it 'twas the penguin

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Yeedil wrote:
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it 'twas the computerrs

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ofwine wrote:
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shhh.

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conor__oberst wrote:
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Well the band was all my idea and I already wrote 4 songs

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shallowgraves wrote:
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computerrs. just computerrs. not conor oberst and the computerrs that's just making you seem more important than us.

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conor__oberst wrote:
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Conor Oberst and the Computerrs? Right? My name is in there right?

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ofwine wrote:
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its computerrs

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conor__oberst wrote:
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Conor Oberst and the Computers? That's the name I was going to release "Digital Ash.. " under.

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shallowgraves wrote:
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computers you dumb fuck. the band is called computers.

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conor__oberst wrote:
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First, the most important thing is to name the band. Any ideas?

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ofwine wrote:
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we must add conor too

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shallowgraves wrote:
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yeah

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ofwine wrote:
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and theres me and you in it?

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shallowgraves wrote:
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they're a band.

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ofwine wrote:
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what are computers?

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shallowgraves wrote:
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it's a brand of computers. duh.

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what is internet?

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