Cougars
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Cougars is a Chicago
-based rock
band signed to the New York
-based label Go-Kart Records.
The Cougars' music is often compared to that of Rocket from the Crypt
. The band avoids categorizing themselves in interviews; they've claimed to be simply "a rock band with horns" http://www.concreteweb.be/interviews/interviews_2004/cougars/cougars2004interview.htm and "a rock band making rock music."http://www.gokartrecords.de/index.php?&PAGE=bands&id=38/ Five of the eight members are former members of Hot Stove Jimmy, a ska
band based in the same area.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band signed to the New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based label Go-Kart Records.
The Cougars' music is often compared to that of Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...
. The band avoids categorizing themselves in interviews; they've claimed to be simply "a rock band with horns" http://www.concreteweb.be/interviews/interviews_2004/cougars/cougars2004interview.htm and "a rock band making rock music."http://www.gokartrecords.de/index.php?&PAGE=bands&id=38/ Five of the eight members are former members of Hot Stove Jimmy, a ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
band based in the same area.
Band members
- Sam Ambrosini - Keyboards
- Bryan Bienias - Bass Guitar
- Matt Irie - Vocals
- John McClurg - Guitar
- Brett Meingasner - Guitar
- Brian Wnukowski - Drums
Discography
- Nice, Nice (2003), Go Kart Records
- Manhandler EP (2004), Thick Records
- Pillow Talk (2005 in Europe, 2006 in North America), Go Kart Records