Lambchop (band)

Lambchop
Lambchop playing in Dachau, Germany, July 2009
Background information
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Alternative country
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Merge
Associated acts	Clockhammer, My Dad Is Dead, Silver Jews
Website	Lambchop.net
Members	Kurt Wagner William Tyler Tony Crow Sam Baker Matt Swanson Jonathan Marx Alex McManus Deanna Varagona Ryan Norris Scott Martin Paul Niehaus Roy Agee John Delworth Mark Nevers Charles Scott Chase Allen Lowrey
Past members	Marc Trovillion

Lambchop, originally Posterchild, is a band from Nashville, Tennessee. Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre. AllMusic referred to them as "arguably the most consistently brilliant and unique American group to emerge during the 1990s".

Never a band with a "core" lineup, Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. Initially indebted to traditional country, the music has subsequently moved through a range of influences including post-rock, soul and lounge music.

Whatever the style, the characteristic mood of Lambchop's music is evoked by Wagner's distinctive songwriting: lyrically subtle and ambiguous, the vocals melodic but understated. American Songwriter described Wagner's lyrics as "witty and deeply insightful."

They were the backing band for Vic Chesnutt on his 1998 album, The Salesman and Bernadette.

Former bass player Marc Trovillion died of a heart attack in October 2013, aged 56.