The Boggs

The Boggs
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2001–present
Labels	City Rockers, Gigantic Music
Website	Official site

The Boggs is an independent rock band from New York City that formed in 2001 and quickly became a part of the then burgeoning "New New York" scene that included groups like The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Calla, Interpol, and The Walkmen.

Their debut album We Are The Boggs We Are (Arena Rock Recording Co.) was a re-telling of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music that the band mockingly dubbed ‘Archival no-wave’. The Boggs also contributed a compilation track for This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation in 2001 (Arena Rock Recording Co.).

The follow-up, Stitches, recast the band’s sound as a type of acoustic post-punk. Some reviews compared the record to a more artsy Pogues or more country-blues based Echo & the Bunnymen.

Their third album "Forts", once again recast the sound of the band which has now been compared to Talking Heads, Adam And The Ants, and Arcade Fire. The band's official biography found on their Myspace page describes it as, "proto post folk garage punk folk punk blues and disco."

The Boggs have a constantly rotating live line up that sometimes includes members of other established independent rock bands. Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jason Friedman is the only constant member of The Boggs. Some former members of the band include Ezekiel Healy (guitarist), Brad Conroy (drums), Matt Schulz (drums) of Enon, Sam Jayne (guitar) of Love As Laughter, David Lloyd (bass) of Cause for Applause, Heather D’Angelo (vocals/keyboards) of Au Revoir Simone, keyboardist/vocalist Ellie Everdell, drummer/guitarist Alex Luther, drummer Peter Hale, and bass player/vocalist Leif Huckman.

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