Don Caballero
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Don Caballero are an American
rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. The group took their name from the character Guy Caballero, portrayed by Joe Flaherty
, on the sketch comedy show Second City Television
. In SCTV's
parody of the film The Godfather
, Guy Caballero
is called "Don Caballero."
Don Caballero (affectionately called "Don Cab" or "The Don" by fans) formed in the summer of 1991, released five album
s on Touch and Go Records
between 1993 and 2000, then disbanded in November 2000. Drummer Damon Che recruited new personnel for a reconstituted Don Caballero in 2003 which has released two albums on Relapse Records
.
(drums
), Mike Banfield
(guitar
s), and Pat Morris (bass guitar
). Ian Williams joined in 1992 as a second guitarist.
Che's energetic and unconventional style of drumming was often praised, and earned him the informal title of "The Octopus" due to the wild flailing of his arms while playing. Critic Steve Huey wrote that "it was Che's manic explosions and stop-on-a-dime shifts in time signature
that
mapped out the trail his bandmates followed."
The members of Don Caballero originally intended to draft a singer to join the group. However, their early rehearsals generated such interest that the group was offered paying gigs and decided to remain instrumental.
The band issued two singles for the Pittsburgh-based labels Pop Bus and Broken Giraffe, and one single for Detroit-based label Third Gear. A deal with the prestigious Chicago
based label Touch and Go Records yielded yet another single and then finally their debut album, 1993's For Respect
.
In the fall of 1994 bass player Pat Morris left Don Caballero to form the band Six Horse with Louisville transplant Shannon Burns and Blunderbuss
drummer Bill Baxter. Throughout 1994 and 1995 a number of Pittsburgh-area musicians filled the bass slot in Don Caballero, including Len Jarabeck, Dave Reid, Matt Jencik, and George Draguns.
In 1995 they released their second LP Don Caballero 2
whose liner notes stated that "Don Caballero is rock not jazz, Don Caballero is free from solos."
In the wake of their second release, Che and Williams expanded their respective musical palettes: Che with Speaking Canaries
(featuring bassist Karl Hendricks
and drummer Noah Leger) and Williams with Storm & Stress
, an experimental rock
trio featuring bassist Eric Emm
and drummer Kevin Shea.
In 1997 the group reconvened after an almost two-year hiatus, with original bassist Pat Morris back in the fold. In the following year the band released the follow-up to Don Caballero 2, What Burns Never Returns
.
In the fall of 1998 Pat Morris left the band once again and was replaced by Storm & Stress bassist Eric Emm. The band set out on a number of successful U.S. and Europe
an tours and finally released a collection of their singles and compilation tracks called Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
. During this period, Mike Banfield retired from the group; former Bitch Magnet
guitarist Jon Fine briefly filled in and allowed Don Caballero to complete its touring obligations in support of What Burns....
The band, once again a trio and now based out of Chicago
, Illinois
, toured extensively throughout 1999 and 2000, playing a set of almost all-new material. To fill the void left by Banfield, Williams and Emm played through Akai
headrush pedals that allowed them to loop
and layer their parts. These nine new songs were committed to tape by Steve Albini
at his Electrical Audio
recording studio and released in the fall of 2000 as American Don
.
While touring in support of American Don
in November 2000, personality issues and fatigue took their toll on the members of Don Caballero and they decided to break up after the tour was done. The band never made it to what would have been their final show in Detroit, however, as their van hit a patch of ice on I-75, spun out of control and crashed into a semi truck.
Throughout 2001 and 2002, the former members of Don Caballero embarked on a variety of new musical projects: Damon Che with Bellini
, Ian Williams with Battles
and Eric Emm with Good Morning.
Che reformed Don Caballero in 2003 with an entirely new lineup consisting of members of Pittsburgh's Creta Bourzia. The new members were Jeff Ellsworth on guitar, Gene Doyle on guitar, and Jason Jouver (former singer of Teddy Duchamp's Army) on bass. (Mike Banfield and Pat Morris were invited to participate but both declined.) The new Don Caballero signed with the heavy metal
label Relapse Records
in 2005 and released the album World Class Listening Problem
in early 2006. The group toured in support of the album throughout 2006 and 2007, even playing its first shows in the UK
and Japan.
Ellsworth amicably parted ways with Don Caballero in late 2006 to spend more time with his wife and newborn child. In November 2010, he and his ex-Creta Bourzia bandmate and drummer Dennis Kern joined friends Blunderbuss (band) guitarist and bassist Ben Matthews and James Nemeth to release an album as a group named Broughton's Rules on Relapse Records.
The remaining Don Caballero trio debuted several new songs (or "New Shapes" as they called them) in 2007, some of which featured vocals courtesy of Damon Che. The group recorded this new set of music at Rust Belt Recorders in Royal Oak
, Michigan in early 2008 and released it as Punkgasm
on August 19, 2008. The record contained some ideas taken from the Speaking Canaries sessons. Doyle sang on one of the tracks, Che sang on "Dirty Looks", while the title track "Punkgasm" featured Che on guitar and Doyle on drums.
Tomas Haake
of Meshuggah
and Dave Konopka (Ian Williams' bandmate in Battles) have both named What Burns Never Returns
as one of their favorite albums, and guitarist Marnie Stern
has cited a video of a Don Caballero performance as the inspiration behind her extensive usage of two-handed tapping. The track "Chief Sitting Duck" from the album For Respect was featured in the second season intro for the reality show Buzzkill on MTV
and the program Icon featured their music more than three years after their 2000 breakup.
Songs from all of Don Caballero's EPs (with the exception of the Chunklet 7") are collected on the CD Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
, released in 1999.
United States
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rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. The group took their name from the character Guy Caballero, portrayed by Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks...
, on the sketch comedy show Second City Television
Second City Television
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.- Premise :...
. In SCTV's
Second City Television
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.- Premise :...
parody of the film The Godfather
The Godfather
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...
, Guy Caballero
Guy Caballero
Guy Caballero is a fictional character on the television series SCTV played by Joe Flaherty. President and owner of the fictional SCTV network, Caballero usually appeared on the series to introduce various network programs, although he also occasionally got wrapped up in behind-the-scenes...
is called "Don Caballero."
Don Caballero (affectionately called "Don Cab" or "The Don" by fans) formed in the summer of 1991, released five album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s on Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...
between 1993 and 2000, then disbanded in November 2000. Drummer Damon Che recruited new personnel for a reconstituted Don Caballero in 2003 which has released two albums on Relapse Records
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
.
History
The group's original lineup consisted of Damon CheDamon Che
Damon Che is a rock drummer and guitarist. He has made significant contributions to indie rock and progressive rock through his work with math rock pioneers Don Caballero since 1991...
(drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
), Mike Banfield
Mike Banfield
Mike Banfield is a rock guitarist.Banfield was a founding member of math rock pioneers Don Caballero, playing guitar with the band from 1991 to 1998. Prior to that, Banfield was a member of the popular State College, Pennsylvania band Slag...
(guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s), and Pat Morris (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
). Ian Williams joined in 1992 as a second guitarist.
Che's energetic and unconventional style of drumming was often praised, and earned him the informal title of "The Octopus" due to the wild flailing of his arms while playing. Critic Steve Huey wrote that "it was Che's manic explosions and stop-on-a-dime shifts in time signature
Time signature
The time signature is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and which note value constitutes one beat....
that
mapped out the trail his bandmates followed."
The members of Don Caballero originally intended to draft a singer to join the group. However, their early rehearsals generated such interest that the group was offered paying gigs and decided to remain instrumental.
The band issued two singles for the Pittsburgh-based labels Pop Bus and Broken Giraffe, and one single for Detroit-based label Third Gear. A deal with the prestigious Chicago
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 label Touch and Go Records yielded yet another single and then finally their debut album, 1993's For Respect
For Respect
For Respect is the debut album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. For Respect was released on Touch and Go Records in 1993....
.
In the fall of 1994 bass player Pat Morris left Don Caballero to form the band Six Horse with Louisville transplant Shannon Burns and Blunderbuss
Blunderbuss
The blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a short, large caliber barrel, which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore, and used with shot and other projectiles of relevant quantity and/or caliber. The blunderbuss could be considered to be an early form of shotgun,...
drummer Bill Baxter. Throughout 1994 and 1995 a number of Pittsburgh-area musicians filled the bass slot in Don Caballero, including Len Jarabeck, Dave Reid, Matt Jencik, and George Draguns.
In 1995 they released their second LP Don Caballero 2
Don Caballero 2
Don Caballero 2 is the second album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Don Caballero 2 was released on Touch and Go Records in 1995...
whose liner notes stated that "Don Caballero is rock not jazz, Don Caballero is free from solos."
In the wake of their second release, Che and Williams expanded their respective musical palettes: Che with Speaking Canaries
Speaking Canaries
The Speaking Canaries are an indie rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
(featuring bassist Karl Hendricks
The Karl Hendricks Trio
The Karl Hendricks Trio is a rock band from Pittsburgh. In the span of twelve years, they have released seven albums, toured, and even played as a four-piece rock band. Now firmly a trio again, the band's latest album was 2007's The World Says . The current line-up includes Jake Leger on drums and...
and drummer Noah Leger) and Williams with Storm & Stress
Storm & Stress
Storm & Stress is an American experimental/noise rock band. The band's name is derived from the German literary movement Sturm und Drang.-Discography:*Storm and Stress - Touch & Go Records...
, an experimental rock
Experimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
trio featuring bassist Eric Emm
Eric Emm
Eric Emm is a rock bassist and guitarist.He has played bass in math rock pioneers Don Caballero, the avant garde band Storm & Stress, and Good Morning...
and drummer Kevin Shea.
In 1997 the group reconvened after an almost two-year hiatus, with original bassist Pat Morris back in the fold. In the following year the band released the follow-up to Don Caballero 2, What Burns Never Returns
What Burns Never Returns
What Burns Never Returns is the third album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. What Burns Never Returns was released on Touch and Go Records in 1998 and was a reunion of sorts for the band—it was their first album after a two-year hiatus and it marked the return of original...
.
In the fall of 1998 Pat Morris left the band once again and was replaced by Storm & Stress bassist Eric Emm. The band set out on a number of successful U.S. and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an tours and finally released a collection of their singles and compilation tracks called Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
Singles Breaking Up is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Singles Breaking Up was released on Touch and Go Records in 1999 and collects songs from five of the band's seven-inch singles, one song from a "various artists" compilation and one previously unreleased song...
. During this period, Mike Banfield retired from the group; former Bitch Magnet
Bitch Magnet
Bitch Magnet was a post-hardcore band during the late 1980s and early 1990s who formed at Oberlin College in Ohio and later moved to North Carolina. They released their first record in 1988. All of the band's full-length albums were released on Communion Records in the US; they were also signed to...
guitarist Jon Fine briefly filled in and allowed Don Caballero to complete its touring obligations in support of What Burns....
The band, once again a trio and now based out of Chicago
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...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, toured extensively throughout 1999 and 2000, playing a set of almost all-new material. To fill the void left by Banfield, Williams and Emm played through Akai
Akai
Akai is a consumer electronics brand, founded by Saburo Akai as , a Japanese manufacturer in 1929. It is now headquartered in Singapore as a subsidiary of Grande Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, which also owns the formerly Japanese brands Nakamichi and Sansui. The Akai brand is now used...
headrush pedals that allowed them to loop
Music loop
In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
and layer their parts. These nine new songs were committed to tape by Steve Albini
Steve Albini
Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...
at his Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio is a recording facility founded in Chicago, Illinois by musician and recording engineer Steve Albini in 1997. Hundreds of independent music projects have been recorded there....
recording studio and released in the fall of 2000 as American Don
American Don
American Don is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band, released on Touch and Go Records in 2000. It was recorded by Steve Albini....
.
While touring in support of American Don
American Don
American Don is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band, released on Touch and Go Records in 2000. It was recorded by Steve Albini....
in November 2000, personality issues and fatigue took their toll on the members of Don Caballero and they decided to break up after the tour was done. The band never made it to what would have been their final show in Detroit, however, as their van hit a patch of ice on I-75, spun out of control and crashed into a semi truck.
Throughout 2001 and 2002, the former members of Don Caballero embarked on a variety of new musical projects: Damon Che with Bellini
Bellini (band)
Bellini is an international indie rock/math rock band, composed of members from Girls Against Boys, Soulside, Don Caballero and Uzeda. This band was named after the Italian composer, Vincenzo Bellini .-Members:*Giovanna Cacciola - vocals...
, Ian Williams with Battles
Battles (band)
Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City, comprising guitarists Ian Williams and Dave Konopka , and drummer John Stanier .-Biography:...
and Eric Emm with Good Morning.
Che reformed Don Caballero in 2003 with an entirely new lineup consisting of members of Pittsburgh's Creta Bourzia. The new members were Jeff Ellsworth on guitar, Gene Doyle on guitar, and Jason Jouver (former singer of Teddy Duchamp's Army) on bass. (Mike Banfield and Pat Morris were invited to participate but both declined.) The new Don Caballero signed with the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
label Relapse Records
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
in 2005 and released the album World Class Listening Problem
World Class Listening Problem
World Class Listening Problem is the fifth full length studio album by math rock band Don Caballero. Damon Che is the only member of the original lineup appearing on this record.-Track listing:# "Mmmmm Acting, I Love Me Some Good Acting" – 5:54...
in early 2006. The group toured in support of the album throughout 2006 and 2007, even playing its first shows in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Japan.
Ellsworth amicably parted ways with Don Caballero in late 2006 to spend more time with his wife and newborn child. In November 2010, he and his ex-Creta Bourzia bandmate and drummer Dennis Kern joined friends Blunderbuss (band) guitarist and bassist Ben Matthews and James Nemeth to release an album as a group named Broughton's Rules on Relapse Records.
The remaining Don Caballero trio debuted several new songs (or "New Shapes" as they called them) in 2007, some of which featured vocals courtesy of Damon Che. The group recorded this new set of music at Rust Belt Recorders in Royal Oak
Royal Oak, Michigan
Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 57,236. It should not be confused with Royal Oak Charter Township, a separate community located nearby....
, Michigan in early 2008 and released it as Punkgasm
Punkgasm
Punkgasm is the sixth studio album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Apart from the song count-offs, television samples and ebullient vociferations heard on previous albums, it is the first Don Caballero album to feature vocals....
on August 19, 2008. The record contained some ideas taken from the Speaking Canaries sessons. Doyle sang on one of the tracks, Che sang on "Dirty Looks", while the title track "Punkgasm" featured Che on guitar and Doyle on drums.
Tomas Haake
Tomas Haake
Tomas Haake is the drummer and main lyricist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah.-Musical career:Haake is noted for his technical abilities; his drumming style is characterized by heavy use of polyrhythms while often maintaining a steady 4/4 beat. This signature style has become one...
of Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
and Dave Konopka (Ian Williams' bandmate in Battles) have both named What Burns Never Returns
What Burns Never Returns
What Burns Never Returns is the third album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. What Burns Never Returns was released on Touch and Go Records in 1998 and was a reunion of sorts for the band—it was their first album after a two-year hiatus and it marked the return of original...
as one of their favorite albums, and guitarist Marnie Stern
Marnie Stern
Marnie Stern is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist. She has garnered acclaim for her technical skill and tapping style of guitar play.- Musical career :...
has cited a video of a Don Caballero performance as the inspiration behind her extensive usage of two-handed tapping. The track "Chief Sitting Duck" from the album For Respect was featured in the second season intro for the reality show Buzzkill on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and the program Icon featured their music more than three years after their 2000 breakup.
Current members
- Damon Che FitzgeraldDamon CheDamon Che is a rock drummer and guitarist. He has made significant contributions to indie rock and progressive rock through his work with math rock pioneers Don Caballero since 1991...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(1991–present) - Gene Doyle - guitar (2003–present)
- Jason Jouver - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2003–present)
Former members
- Mike BanfieldMike BanfieldMike Banfield is a rock guitarist.Banfield was a founding member of math rock pioneers Don Caballero, playing guitar with the band from 1991 to 1998. Prior to that, Banfield was a member of the popular State College, Pennsylvania band Slag...
- guitar (1991–1999) - Ian Williams - guitar (1992–2000)
- Pat Morris - bass guitar (1991–1994, 1997–1998)
- Eric EmmEric EmmEric Emm is a rock bassist and guitarist.He has played bass in math rock pioneers Don Caballero, the avant garde band Storm & Stress, and Good Morning...
- bass guitar (1998–2000) - Matt Jencik - bass guitar (1994–1996)
- George Draguns - bass guitar (1994, 1995)
- Leonard "Len" Jarabeck - bass guitar (early '90s, live only)
- Dave Reid - bass guitar (early '90s, live only)
- Jon Fine - guitar (1999, live only)
- Jeff Ellsworth - guitar (2003-late 2006)
Albums
- For RespectFor RespectFor Respect is the debut album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. For Respect was released on Touch and Go Records in 1993....
(1993) - Don Caballero 2Don Caballero 2Don Caballero 2 is the second album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Don Caballero 2 was released on Touch and Go Records in 1995...
(1995) - What Burns Never ReturnsWhat Burns Never ReturnsWhat Burns Never Returns is the third album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. What Burns Never Returns was released on Touch and Go Records in 1998 and was a reunion of sorts for the band—it was their first album after a two-year hiatus and it marked the return of original...
(1998) - Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)Singles Breaking Up is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Singles Breaking Up was released on Touch and Go Records in 1999 and collects songs from five of the band's seven-inch singles, one song from a "various artists" compilation and one previously unreleased song...
(1999) - American DonAmerican DonAmerican Don is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band, released on Touch and Go Records in 2000. It was recorded by Steve Albini....
(2000) - World Class Listening ProblemWorld Class Listening ProblemWorld Class Listening Problem is the fifth full length studio album by math rock band Don Caballero. Damon Che is the only member of the original lineup appearing on this record.-Track listing:# "Mmmmm Acting, I Love Me Some Good Acting" – 5:54...
(2006) - PunkgasmPunkgasmPunkgasm is the sixth studio album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Apart from the song count-offs, television samples and ebullient vociferations heard on previous albums, it is the first Don Caballero album to feature vocals....
(2008)
EPs
- "Lucky Father Brown" / "Belted Sweater" / "Shoeshine" 7" on Pop Bus (1992)
- "Unresolved Karma" / "Puddin' In My Eye" 7" on Broken Giraffe (1992)
- "Andandandandandandandand" / "First Hits" 7" on Third Gear (1993)
- "Our Caballero" / "My Ten-Year-Old Lady is Giving It Away" 7" on Touch and Go (1993)
- Our Caballero 12"/CD EP on City Slang (1993)
- "If You've Read Dr. Adder, Then You Know What I Want" 7" EP track on Coat-Tail (1995)
- "Waltor" / "Shuman Center 91" 7" free with ChunkletChunklet (magazine)Chunklet is a Georgia-based humor and music magazine founded by Henry H. Owings in 1993.-History:Henry Owings began publishing Chunklet in Athens, GA while freelancing for alternative newsweekly Flagpole Magazine...
#11 (1996) - "Trey Dog's Acid" / "Room Temperature Lounge" 7" on Touch and Go (1998)
Songs from all of Don Caballero's EPs (with the exception of the Chunklet 7") are collected on the CD Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
Singles Breaking Up is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Singles Breaking Up was released on Touch and Go Records in 1999 and collects songs from five of the band's seven-inch singles, one song from a "various artists" compilation and one previously unreleased song...
, released in 1999.