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Houston, United States

Jandek is a musician, presumably from Houston, Texas. Since 1978, he has self-released 71 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute and songs without ever granting a real interview or providing any biographical information.

Jandek plays a very strange and frequently atonal form of and music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek’s music is unique, but his lyrics closely mirror the and traditions of Eastern Texas.

Barely a handful of people claim to have contacted Jandek, whose steadfastness in anonymity is legendary. Without any conventional attempts at promotion, he releases albums through his own record label Corwood Industries, which is addressed at a Houston post office box. Fans can write to Corwood for a typewritten catalogue and order Jandek’s albums, usually at inexpensive prices. Jandek’s work has been available on vinyl and on compact discs. Many of his albums feature pictures of the same young man (seen above) at various ages; in light of Jandek’s live performances it is almost entirely certain that the person featured on the album covers is Jandek himself.

Jandek’s first album, Ready for the House (1978), was first accredited to a band called “The Units” but it was obviously a solo work. Jandek presumably plays acoustic guitar and has recorded much of his work apparently unaccompanied (assuming that the person singing is also the person playing guitar). However many other songs feature female vocals and/or different male vocalists.
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  • fergalmc

    come to brazil[2]

    2 May 12:31pm Reply

  • mgmeyer2

    come to brazil

    2 May 8:34am Reply

  • TeenageRiot-

    Did anyone on here actually manage to get the RSD box set?

    29 Apr 11:44am Reply

  • beautifuldaddy

    no comment [2] this shoutbox is on fire

    26 Apr 2:35pm Reply

  • cjkisaragi

    Mr. Keenan and Heather Leigh both seem very welcoming!

    25 Apr 12:45pm Reply

  • fergalmc

    David Keenan has no raison d'être now that Jandek has become "transparent", so to speak!

    25 Apr 2:23am Reply

  • sunheadbowed

    lol. No comment.

    24 Apr 8:28pm Reply

  • TeenageRiot-

    David Keenan would be one of those people.

    24 Apr 8:07pm Reply

  • sunheadbowed

    I fear that some insane people may like him too!

    24 Apr 8:00pm Reply

  • TeenageRiot-

    Jandek should write more songs about cupcakes.

    24 Apr 7:55pm Reply

  • TeenageRiot-

    Ignore matt_white, his attempts at attention seeking are as transparent as ever.

    24 Apr 7:55pm Reply

  • bschw

    Every sane person likes Jandek

    24 Apr 7:54pm Reply

  • matt_white

    I haven't actually listened to biffy clyro for about ~five years (with the exception of checking out the new material for curiosity's sake), and I do like jandek!

    24 Apr 5:25pm Reply

  • cjkisaragi

    I'm sure matt_white is in this shoutbox because he likes Jandek. It makes sense for a Biffy Clyro fan to be into this. I'm sure his arrival here isn't just a transparent attempt at trolling because that would be moronic.

    24 Apr 4:31pm Reply

  • sunheadbowed

    I know there were 500 copies (I'm actually a Jandek fan, so I read about it long before you did): that is the entire reason why it was priced so highly.

    24 Apr 12:17pm Reply

  • fergalmc

    Corwood Industries, please accept my money =(

    24 Apr 3:38am Reply

  • matt_white

    there were only 500 copies my friend

    23 Apr 7:39pm Reply

  • sunheadbowed

    I'm kind of glad I didn't see the Jandek vinyl box set on RSD. My bank account is thanking me.

    23 Apr 1:08am Reply

  • matt_white

    I do well thanks

    21 Apr 7:10pm Reply

  • bschw

    How do you do?

    21 Apr 8:09am Reply
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