Limbeck
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Limbeck was an alternative country
band, with pop-punk roots, hailing from Orange County
, California
.
, Limbeck featured Robb MacLean on lead vocals and guitar, Patrick Carrie guitar and backing vocals, Justin Entsminger on bass, and Jon Phillip, who replaced Matthew Stephens on drums in 2005. The band's name comes from the (misspelled) name of a character on the television show Charles in Charge
, Buddy Lembeck. The group claimed to be influenced by Fleetwood Mac
, Wilco
, The Beach Boys
, Tom Petty
, Ryan Adams
, Beck
, ELO
, Big Star, Queen
, The Replacements, The Beatles
, Old 97's
and The Flying Burrito Brothers
.
While classified as indie rock due to their relatively small niche in Southern California
, the band's musical style has also been described as alternative country
music. Their style has been likened to that of Old 97's
, Ryan Adams
, and Teenage Fanclub
. Their original sound was very power pop
and emo
inspired, as heard in their early releases, including This Chapter Is Called Titles. Slowly, the band became more and more alt. country influenced and changed their sound almost entirely with their release of Hi, Everything's Great. By the end of their time as a band, Limbeck had all but abandoned their early songs, rarely playing this material live, if ever.
The band titled the 2005 album Let Me Come Home
in part as a reaction to critics frequently saying that the previous album, Hi, Everything's Great, was a "road-trip album".
The band has discussed the influence of their lengthy tours upon their music. Limbeck has toured the US several times, including as opening act for The All-American Rejects
in 2003. Geography plays a role in the band's recordings: several songs name interstate highways known to Orange County
and San Diego County residents, such as I-8
, CA-22, and I-15
.
In 2000, the band was featured in an iMac
commercial. The commercial featured the iMac
video editing software in which the band created a music video under the name Garage Monkeys.
As of December 2010, Limbeck has unofficially disbanded according to a string of comments posted on their Twitter page. Each of the members has since moved on to other projects: Carrie & MacLean are still in Southern California, where they've started a new group called The Young Dudes
; Entsminger is playing bass for Source Victora in Phoenix, Arizona
; and Jon Phillip has relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
, where he's started a record label called Goodland Records. As of 2011 Jon Phillip is the new drummer of the Milwaukee band Trapper Schoepp and The Shades.
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
band, with pop-punk roots, hailing from Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Background
Originating in Laguna Niguel, CaliforniaLaguna Niguel, California
Laguna Niguel is an affluent city located in southern Orange County, California. The name "Laguna Niguel" is derived from the Spanish word "Laguna" which means lagoon, and the word "Nigueli" which was the name of a Juaneño Indian village that was once located on Aliso Creek. The population was...
, Limbeck featured Robb MacLean on lead vocals and guitar, Patrick Carrie guitar and backing vocals, Justin Entsminger on bass, and Jon Phillip, who replaced Matthew Stephens on drums in 2005. The band's name comes from the (misspelled) name of a character on the television show Charles in Charge
Charles in Charge
Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board...
, Buddy Lembeck. The group claimed to be influenced by Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
, Wilco
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
, The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
, Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
, Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
, Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
, ELO
ELO
- Music :* Electric Light Orchestra, a British rock music group** The Electric Light Orchestra , the group's debut album** ELO 2, the group's second album* ELO Part II, an offshoot band of Electric Light Orchestra- Sports and games :...
, Big Star, Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
, The Replacements, The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Old 97's
Old 97's
The Old 97's are an alternative country band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1993, they have since released nine studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is The Grand Theatre, Volume Two...
and The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early country rock band, best known for its influential debut album,The Gilded Palace of Sin . Although the group is most often mentioned in connection with country rock legends Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, the group underwent many personnel changes.-Original...
.
While classified as indie rock due to their relatively small niche in Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
, the band's musical style has also been described as alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
music. Their style has been likened to that of Old 97's
Old 97's
The Old 97's are an alternative country band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1993, they have since released nine studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is The Grand Theatre, Volume Two...
, Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
, and Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally among Blake, McGinley and Love...
. Their original sound was very power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
and emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
inspired, as heard in their early releases, including This Chapter Is Called Titles. Slowly, the band became more and more alt. country influenced and changed their sound almost entirely with their release of Hi, Everything's Great. By the end of their time as a band, Limbeck had all but abandoned their early songs, rarely playing this material live, if ever.
The band titled the 2005 album Let Me Come Home
Let Me Come Home
-Track listing:# "People Don't Change" – 3:18# "Long Way to Go" – 2:52# "Everyone's in the Parking Lot" – 3:18# "Making the Rounds" – 2:43# "Sin City" – 4:10# "Usually Deluded" – 3:36# "Names for Dogs" – 2:05# "Watchin' the Moon Rise Over Town" – 2:19...
in part as a reaction to critics frequently saying that the previous album, Hi, Everything's Great, was a "road-trip album".
The band has discussed the influence of their lengthy tours upon their music. Limbeck has toured the US several times, including as opening act for The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
in 2003. Geography plays a role in the band's recordings: several songs name interstate highways known to Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
and San Diego County residents, such as I-8
Interstate 8
Interstate 8 is an Interstate Highway in the southwestern United States. It runs from the southern edge of Mission Bay at Sunset Cliffs Blvd, in San Diego, California, almost at the Pacific Ocean, to the junction with Interstate 10, just southeast of Casa Grande, Arizona...
, CA-22, and I-15
Interstate 15
Interstate 15 is the fourth-longest north–south Interstate Highway in the United States, traveling through the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana from San Diego to the Canadian border...
.
In 2000, the band was featured in an iMac
IMac
The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers built by Apple. It has been the primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through five distinct forms....
commercial. The commercial featured the iMac
IMac
The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers built by Apple. It has been the primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through five distinct forms....
video editing software in which the band created a music video under the name Garage Monkeys.
As of December 2010, Limbeck has unofficially disbanded according to a string of comments posted on their Twitter page. Each of the members has since moved on to other projects: Carrie & MacLean are still in Southern California, where they've started a new group called The Young Dudes
The Young Dudes
-Background:On December 11, 2010 the Limbeck Twitter feed was updated to say "Robb and Patrick have a new band called The Young Dudes." The Young Dudes played their first concert, a house show, with Hellogoodbye in Silverlake, California on December 10, 2010....
; Entsminger is playing bass for Source Victora in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
; and Jon Phillip has relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, where he's started a record label called Goodland Records. As of 2011 Jon Phillip is the new drummer of the Milwaukee band Trapper Schoepp and The Shades.
Studio albums
- This Chapter Is Called TitlesThis Chapter Is Called TitlesThis Chapter Is Called Titles is the first album by recording artist Limbeck.-Track listing:# "Racine" - 2:29# "Drive On Highways" - 4:04# "Why Don't You Just Leave Already?" - 3:21# "Blurry " - 4:03# "Worlds Collide" - 3:19...
(2000) - Hi, Everything's Great (2003)
- Let Me Come HomeLet Me Come Home-Track listing:# "People Don't Change" – 3:18# "Long Way to Go" – 2:52# "Everyone's in the Parking Lot" – 3:18# "Making the Rounds" – 2:43# "Sin City" – 4:10# "Usually Deluded" – 3:36# "Names for Dogs" – 2:05# "Watchin' the Moon Rise Over Town" – 2:19...
(2005) - LimbeckLimbeck (album)Limbeck is the fourth album by Doghouse Records recording artist Limbeck. It was released April 10, 2007. The cover art was created by Jesse LeDoux...
(2007)
EPs
- The Skiball Champs EP (1999)
- Connection EPConnection (EP)Connection is a split EP by the Orange County, California rock bands Home Grown and Limbeck, released in 2000 by Utility Records. It resulted from a tour the previous year on which the two bands played together and became friends....
(2000) - Tour Support EPTour Support EPThe Tour Support EP was a limited release sold only on the tour leading up to the release of Limbeck's first album with Doghouse Records, Hi, Everything's Great.-Track listing:# "I Wrote This Down" - 3:28# "Albatross + Ivy" - 2:04...
(2003) - Limbeck/Motion City Soundtrack 7" Split (2004)
- Tour EPTour EP (2006)The 2006 Tour EP was released by Doghouse Records recording artist Limbeck and was available only on tour. It includes three new recordings of songs on their record Let Me Come Home, a demo of a new song, and a cover song.-Track listing:...
(2006)
Singles
- Julia
- People Don't Change
- The State
- Big Drag (2007)
- Let Me Come Home (2008)
Compilations
- A Tribute to Tom Petty: Pacific Ridge Record's Heroes of Classic Rock - "The Apartment Song"
- Sound Relief Volume One: From CA to NYC - "Why Don't You Just Leave Already? (Dance Remix)"
- We're Not Generation X (out of print)
- Sound Relief Volume One: From CA to NYC - "Why Don't You Just Leave Already? (Dance Remix)"
- Doghouse 100 - "Don't Turn Around, She's Not Worth It"
- ¡Policia! - A Tribute to the Police - "So Lonely"
- Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan - "Tonight, I'll Be Staying Here With You"