The Walkmen

Formed: 2000 in New York, NY
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Styles: Indie Rock, Garage Rock Revival
Group Members: Walter Martin, Matt Barrick, Peter Bauer, Paul Maroon, Hamilton Leithauser
Biography: The Walkmen feature three members from Jonathan Fire Eater and two from the Recoys. When Jonathan Fire Eater disbanded in 1998, the group took the remainder of their Dreamworks funding and established an uptown rehearsal space in New York City that doubles as a 24-track recording studio where they use ...Read full biography
Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone
Released: 2002
Label: Startime International Records
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Waves of dark, shimmering guitar riffs cascade over you as the Walkmen conjure up ghosts of the Velvet Underground on "They're Winning," the introduction to the band's debut, Everyone Who Pretended to ...Read full review
Bows + Arrows
Released: 2004
Label: Record Collection/WB
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Even though this is the second time around on a major label for most of the Walkmen -- whose previous incarnation, Jonathan Fire*Eater, rather famously dissolved after their first (and last) album for ...Read full review
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