Victor Krummenacher
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Victor Krummenacher is an American
musician
and bass guitar
ist who is a founding member of alternative rock
band Camper Van Beethoven
. He also helped form CVB offshoots Monks of Doom
and Camper Van Chadbourne and has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter
. As a recording artist, Krummenacher has been active for more than 20 years and has appeared with numerous projects including Cracker
, Fifth Business and A Great Laugh. His latest musical project is McCabe and Mrs. Miller, a new band with Alison Faith Levy, formed in 2008. Victor Krummenacher was Art Director
of the San Francisco Bay Guardian
and is currently a page designer for Wired Magazine.
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Incidental Music for the Bob Dylan
Film Masked and Anonymous
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist who is a founding member of alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983.An eclectic band, Camper Van Beethoven mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk and alternative country, as well as various types of world music. Their aggressive musical pluralism created a...
. He also helped form CVB offshoots Monks of Doom
Monks of Doom
The Monks of Doom are an American alternative rock band, formed in California in 1986. Working within the indie rock aesthetic framework , the band's music drew from post-punk, progressive rock and folk rock traditions...
and Camper Van Chadbourne and has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. As a recording artist, Krummenacher has been active for more than 20 years and has appeared with numerous projects including Cracker
Cracker (band)
Cracker is an American alternative rock band featuring founders/songwriters singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. They are best known for their platinum-selling 1993 album, Kerosene Hat, featuring the hit songs "Low", "Euro-Trash Girl", and "Get Off This".Founders Lowery and Hickman...
, Fifth Business and A Great Laugh. His latest musical project is McCabe and Mrs. Miller, a new band with Alison Faith Levy, formed in 2008. Victor Krummenacher was Art Director
Art director
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of the San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Bay Guardian
The San Francisco Bay Guardian is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B...
and is currently a page designer for Wired Magazine.
Camper Van Beethoven Albums
- Telephone Free Landslide VictoryTelephone Free Landslide VictoryTelephone Free Landslide Victory is a 1985 album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Independent Projects. It featured the band's best known song, "Take the Skinheads Bowling".-About:...
(1985) - II & IIIII & IIIII & III is a 1986 album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Pitch-a-Tent and Rough Trade. It was the band's second album.After releasing their debut album, original drummer Anthony Guess left the band, and guitarist Greg Lisher joined...
(1986) - Camper Van BeethovenCamper Van Beethoven (album)Camper Van Beethoven is a 1986 album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Pitch-A-Tent. With the six then CVB members joined in the studio by acid-folk eccentric Eugene Chadbourne, the album is arguably the zenith of the band's musical experimentation, with surreal lyrics, backwards,...
(1986) - Vampire Can Mating OvenVampire Can Mating OvenVampire Can Mating Oven is an EP released in 1987 by the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. The EP includes satirical liner notes relating false stories behind the songs...
(1987) - Our Beloved Revolutionary SweetheartOur Beloved Revolutionary SweetheartOur Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart is a 1988 album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Virgin Records. It was the band's first major-label album, and was produced by Dennis Herring, the first time the band had used an outside producer....
(1988) - Key Lime Pie (1989)
- Tusk (2002)
- New Roman TimesNew Roman TimesNew Roman Times is an album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released October 12, 2004 on Pitch-A-Tent Records. It is the band's first studio album of new material since they released Key Lime Pie in 1989 before dissolving in 1990....
(2004)
Compilations & Special Releases with Camper Van Beethoven
- The Virgin Years (1993) (Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker)
- Camper VantiquitiesCamper VantiquitiesCamper Vantiquities is a 1993 rarities compilation album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on I.R.S. It included the earlier EP Vampire Can Mating Oven and a number of other unreleased tracks, compiled by bassist Victor Krummenacher a few years after the band split up...
(1993) Rarities Compilation - Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van BeethovenCamper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van BeethovenCamper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven is a 2000 rarities compilation album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Pitch-A-Tent Records. This album stands as the first product of the members of CVB beginning to collaborate again...
(2000) Rarities Compilation - Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years (2002) Box Set. Includes Telephone Free Landslide VictoryTelephone Free Landslide VictoryTelephone Free Landslide Victory is a 1985 album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Independent Projects. It featured the band's best known song, "Take the Skinheads Bowling".-About:...
, II & IIIII & IIIII & III is a 1986 album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Pitch-a-Tent and Rough Trade. It was the band's second album.After releasing their debut album, original drummer Anthony Guess left the band, and guitarist Greg Lisher joined...
, Camper Van BeethovenCamper Van Beethoven (album)Camper Van Beethoven is a 1986 album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Pitch-A-Tent. With the six then CVB members joined in the studio by acid-folk eccentric Eugene Chadbourne, the album is arguably the zenith of the band's musical experimentation, with surreal lyrics, backwards,...
, Camper VantiquitiesCamper VantiquitiesCamper Vantiquities is a 1993 rarities compilation album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on I.R.S. It included the earlier EP Vampire Can Mating Oven and a number of other unreleased tracks, compiled by bassist Victor Krummenacher a few years after the band split up...
, & Greatest Hits Played Faster, a bonus live disc. - In the Mouth of the Crocodile - Live in SeattleIn the Mouth of the Crocodile - Live in SeattleIn The Mouth of the Crocodile - Live In Seattle is a 2004 live album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Pitch-A-Tent Records. It captures a performance by the group at the Crocodile Cafe, February 16, 2004.-Track listing:...
(2004) - Discotheque CVB: Live In ChicagoDiscotheque CVB: Live In ChicagoDiscotheque CVB: Live In Chicago is a 2004 live album by Camper Van Beethoven recorded at Metro Chicago on October 29, 2004. A selection of other tracks from this concert was released as an Internet-only download entitled Seven Hillbilly Punk Ska Classics.-Track listing:#"Eye of Fatima "#"Eye of...
(2005)
Monks of Doom Albums
- Soundtrack to the Film "Breakfast on the Beach of Deception" (1987)
- The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989)
- Meridian (1991)
- The Insect God E.P. (1992)
- Forgery (1993)
- What's Left For Kicks? (2004)
Eugene Chadbourne Albums
- Camper Van Chadbourne(1987)
- Eddie Chatterbox Double Trio Love Album (1988)
- Eugene Van Beethoven's 69th Sin-Funny (1991)
- Used Record Pile (1999)
- Revenge of Camper Van Chadbourne (1999)
- PsyCHADelidoowop (2001)
Albums: Solo Releases
- Fifth Business 'Prince of Lies/Hey Robert' single (1994)
- Out In The Heat (1995)
- Saint John's Mercy (1998)
- Bittersweet (2000)
- Nocturne (2003)
- Sans Soleil (2003)
- The Cock Crows at Sunrise (2007)
- Patriarch's Blues (2008)
Other Recordings (as bassist)
- The Wrestling Worms "The Wrestling Worms" (1987)
- Jonathan SegelJonathan SegelJonathan Segel is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.-Biography:...
"Storytelling" (1989) - Dent Stimmung (1995)
- Toast by the Electric Chairmen (1996)
- Dent Verstärker (1998)
- Greg LisherGreg LisherGreg Lisher is the lead guitar player for Camper Van Beethoven, from 1986 until 1990, and again from 2000 to present.He was the lead guitarist for the Monks of Doom, from 1986 until 1993, and again from 2003 to present....
"Handed Down the Wire" (1999) - Magnet Caffeine Superstar (1999)
- Robi Del Mar "Alone in the Belly" (2000)
- Jonathan SegelJonathan SegelJonathan Segel is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.-Biography:...
"Edgy Not Antsy" (2003) - Jonathan SegelJonathan SegelJonathan Segel is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.-Biography:...
"Honey" (2007)
Film soundtracks
with Bruce KaphanBruce Kaphan
Bruce Kaphan is a musician who has worked on many studio projects, often as a pedal steel player, from 1970 to 2011. In particular he was a member of American Music Club.-Albums:Albums he has worked on include:* Schoolyard Ghosts* Everclear...
:
Incidental Music for the Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
Film Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Larry Charles, who is better known for his writing on successful TV sitcoms, Seinfeld and Mad About You and for executive producing episodes of The Tick and Dilbert. The film was written by Larry Charles and Bob Dylan, the latter under...
External links
- Official Camper Van Beethoven web page
- Official Victor Krummenacher web page
- Camper Van Beethoven collection on the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive - Victor Krummenacher collection on the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive - McCabe And Mrs. Miller collection on the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive - Magnetic Motorworks Web Page. Victor Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel's record label.