Coachwhips

Coachwhips
Coachwhips performing at a reunion show at Total Trash Halloween Bash, in 2012.
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Garage punk Noise rock
Years active	2001–2005, 2014
Labels	Black Apple Records Show and Tell Recordings Narnack Records
Associated acts	Pink and Brown Landed Burmese Thee Oh Sees The Hospitals Zeigenbock Kopf

Coachwhips was a garage rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2001. The band consisted of John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), John Harlow (drums) and Mary Ann McNamara (keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine). In their second incarnation, Val (tronic) played keyboard/tambourine, and Matt Hartman (former guitarist for Cat Power and drummer for Sic Alps) played drums.

Coachwhips are known for their stripped-down, unpolished garage rock and completely unintelligible lyrics, a sound that is similar to The Oblivians and The Gories. Coachwhips played their last show in New York City in late 2005.

2014- The band announced that the original band will be reuniting for shows at South by Southwest in March 2014.

The band is known for their lo-fi sound, and to achieve this effect, the band uses a telephone transducer as a microphone.

In a 2005 interview with Slug Magazine Dwyer claimed most of the telephones are stolen from hotel rooms the band stays in on tour.

John Dwyer almost always plays a clear EGC DS. He runs both his guitar and Microphone into a 1-12 Music Man combo amp.