The Loud Family (band)
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The Loud Family is an American band based in San Francisco that began in 1991, went on hiatus in 2000 and returned in 2006. The band is named after the real-life Loud family, stars of the 1973 TV show An American Family
, the first reality TV show
.http://www.loudfamily.com/faq.html#real Singer/guitarist Scott Miller
was previously in the bands Game Theory
, Alternate Learning and Lobster Quadrille.
Although they were praised by critics and fellow musicians—notably Aimee Mann
and Stephin Merritt
of The Magnetic Fields
-- and adored by a small fan base, mainstream success eluded the band throughout the 1990s. Though this may have been connected, in part, to Game Theory's association with the no-longer-hip 1980s "college rock" scene, it was more likely due to the group's complex, unpredictable song structures, and to Miller's cryptic lyrics, which tended to place rock's standard lyrical concerns (love, heartbreak, alienation, nascent spirituality, etc.) within the much-wider contexts of modernist literature, politics, art history, semiotics
, relativity
and contemporary academic sociocultural theory.
In 2004/05, Sacramento pop musician Anton Barbeau
collaborated with Scott Miller on the CD What If It Works?, which is credited to the Loud Family with Anton Barbeau.
An American Family
An American Family is an American television documentary filmed from May 30 through December 31, 1971 and first aired in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service in early 1973. After being edited down from about 300 hours of raw footage, the series ran 12 episodes and one season...
, the first reality TV show
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
.http://www.loudfamily.com/faq.html#real Singer/guitarist Scott Miller
Scott Miller (Californian musician)
Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...
was previously in the bands Game Theory
Game Theory (band)
Game Theory was an American rock band from 1981 to 1989. The group's lead singer, Scott Miller, went on to front the band The Loud Family. Game Theory is best known for its double LP Lolita Nation. The band favored hyper-literary references, a la Jean-Luc Godard, including the evident...
, Alternate Learning and Lobster Quadrille.
Although they were praised by critics and fellow musicians—notably Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist.-Early life:Aimee Mann grew up in Bon Air, Virginia, graduated from Open High School in 1978 and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes...
and Stephin Merritt
Stephin Merritt
Stephin Merritt is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles , best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields...
of The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
-- and adored by a small fan base, mainstream success eluded the band throughout the 1990s. Though this may have been connected, in part, to Game Theory's association with the no-longer-hip 1980s "college rock" scene, it was more likely due to the group's complex, unpredictable song structures, and to Miller's cryptic lyrics, which tended to place rock's standard lyrical concerns (love, heartbreak, alienation, nascent spirituality, etc.) within the much-wider contexts of modernist literature, politics, art history, semiotics
Semiotics
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
, relativity
Theory of relativity
The theory of relativity, or simply relativity, encompasses two theories of Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. However, the word relativity is sometimes used in reference to Galilean invariance....
and contemporary academic sociocultural theory.
In 2004/05, Sacramento pop musician Anton Barbeau
Anton Barbeau
Anton Barbeau is an American singer-songwriter from Sacramento, California. He primarily accompanies himself on guitar or keyboard, though on his recordings he's performed on many different instruments, additionally including bass guitar and percussion....
collaborated with Scott Miller on the CD What If It Works?, which is credited to the Loud Family with Anton Barbeau.
Discography
- Plants and Birds and Rocks and ThingsPlants and Birds and Rocks and Things (album)Having dissolved his critically acclaimed 80's band Game Theory, Scott Miller re-emerged in 1993 with his new band, The Loud Family. Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things was named after a line from the song A Horse With No Name by America....
(1993) - Slouching Towards LiverpoolSlouching Towards LiverpoolThis EP features tracks from The Loud Family's debut album, Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, as well as some live in the studio tracks recorded at WNUR-FM in Evanston, Illinois....
EP (1993) - The Tape of Only LindaThe Tape of Only LindaThe Tape of Only Linda is the second full-length album by The Loud Family. The title of the album is a reference to the notorious tape of a recording of a live performance of "Hey Jude" by Paul McCartney in which an engineer had isolated Linda McCartney's vocals.-Track listing:#"Soul Drain" –...
(1994) - Interbabe ConcernInterbabe ConcernInterbabe Concern is The Loud Family's third full length album, and is the first one produced by Scott Miller instead of Mitch Easter. With the exception of keyboardist Paul Weineke and Miller, this is a new line up of the band.-Track listing:...
(1996) - Days for DaysDays for DaysThe Loud Family's fourth full length album. Loud Family leader Scott Miller and bass player Kenny Kessel are the only members of the band returning from the last album. Gil Ray, who had been a member of Scott Miller's 1980s band Game Theory, rejoined Miller as of this album.Odd-numbered tracks on...
(1998) - Attractive NuisanceAttractive NuisanceAttractive Nuisance, released in 2000, is The Loud Family's fifth full length album. It featured the same line-up as on 1998's Days for Days...
(2000) - From Ritual to RomanceFrom Ritual to Romance (album)The Loud Family's sixth full length album was a live album released after the band's breakup , featuring live recordings of two performances at different points in the band's history. The first performance, featured on tracks 1-7 and 14-19, is from a Hotel Utah show on October 5, 1996...
(2002) - Live 2000 DVD (2003)
- What if it Works?What if it Works?The Loud Family's seventh full length album finds them collaborating with Anton Barbeau. Loud Family leader Scott Miller and Barbeau each contribute four songs to this album....
(July 2006)