Everything about Silversun Pickups totally explained
Silversun Pickups (also simply known as
SSPU) is an
American indie rock band from
Los Angeles, California, signed to
Dangerbird Records, and headed by Brian Aubert. They released their debut
Pikul EP in July of
2005, and their full length album
Carnavas on
July 26,
2006.
History
The current band lineup consists of
Brian Aubert (lead vocals/guitar), Nikki Monninger (bass/vocals), Christopher Guanlao (drums), and Joe Lester (keyboards). The band members are friends who had played together previously or in mutual friends' bands. They got their start in many of the most important L.A. clubs and began to draw a strong following upon the release of the
Pikul EP.
The band originated in L.A.'s much-vaunted
Silver Lake music scene, home of
Elliott Smith,
Rilo Kiley and others
(External Link
). Their name comes from a liquor and convenience store near their house at Sunset and Silver Lake Blvds in Los Angeles. In interviews, however, the band often say their name is more of "a state of mind," supposedly from living so close to everything an L.A.-based indie rock band would need late at night. For
Pikul, fellow Silverlaker
Tanya Haden was enlisted to play cello.
The band finished a three-week tour opening for Australian rockers
Wolfmother on
December 9,
2006, and later toured with
OK Go and
Snow Patrol on their
U.S. spring tour, which ended on
April 10,
2007. The Pickups played at the
Coachella Music Festival in
Indio, California on
April 27,
2007. They played at
Live 105's
BFD festival on June 9th, 2007. They also played the
KROQ Weenie Roast on May 19th, 2007 and KJEE Seaside Beach Ball in Ventura, CA on June 8th, 2007, and
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas on December 9, 2007 and finished the year off at the
99x Mistle Toe-Jam concert on December 16th with
The Shins,
Silverchair and
Modest Mouse.
The band toured the
UK and
Ireland while
Carnavas was released there on
May 28,
2007. They opened for the
Foo Fighters in
Edinburgh,
Scotland, and
Dublin,
Ireland.
During Autumn 2007, they were touring Europe as the
Kaiser Chiefs' openers.
Joe Lester is a former member of
Pine Marten. The band also is associated with the L.A. recording studio / cult-of-brotherhood "
The Ship", along with
The Movies,
Sea Wolf, Pine Marten,
Great Northern, and
Earlimart. The ballad "Creation Lake", sung by Nikki on
Pikul, is actually a cover of a song by
The Movies.
Musical style and influences
The band's sound, often encompassing multiple overdubs of
distorted guitars, is frequently compared to that of
The Smashing Pumpkins, while the band members have said they're heavily influenced by artists such as
My Bloody Valentine, the
Velvet Underground,
Elliott Smith,
Sonic Youth,
Modest Mouse, and
Secret Machines as well as numerous other artists with lesser publicity.
Lazy Eye ranked #28 in the
Triple J Hottest 100, the largest fan-voted music countdown in the world, for 2007.
Band members
Discography
Albums
2006: Carnavas (Dangerbird)
EP
2005: Pikul (EP) (Dangerbird)
2007: Remixes (EP) (Dangerbird)
Singles
2006: "Lazy Eye" (Dangerbird) (#5 US Modern Rock) (#2 Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles) (External Link)
2007: "Future Foe Scenarios" (Dangerbird)
2007: "Well Thought Out Twinkles" (Dangerbird) (#9 US Modern Rock)
2007: "Little Lover's So Polite" - (Dangerbird)Further Information
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