Trumans Water
| Trumans Water | |
|---|---|
| Origin |
San Diego, California Portland, Oregon (since 1994) |
| Genres |
Alternative rock Post-punk Noise rock Indie rock |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Homestead Records, Drunken Fish |
| Website | trumanswater.com |
| Members | Kirk Branstetter Kevin Branstetter Mike Coumatos John Schier |
| Past members | Glen Galloway Ely Moyal Andres Malinao Kevin Cascell Mike Lupro Paul Haines |
Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen albums over their career, on which they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore.
Trumans Water was formed by the brothers Kirk and Kevin Branstetter, and the original drummer Jeff Jones in San Diego in 1991, after they were given a guitar and a bass guitar by a friend's father. They advertised for a "lead singer, brain optional", and recruited Glen Galloway as a result. Other members of the band have included Ely Moyal, Andres Malinao and Kevin Cascell.
Captain Beefheart, Wire, The Boredoms, Sun City Girls, Pavement and Sonic Youth have all been identified as influences, and during the course of the band's history Trumans Water has produced experimental indie rock, often with a substantial element of improvisation. Kevin Branstetter described the band's approach in 1993: "The spirit of the thing is what we want to capture, mess things up, like totally skewing everything, destroying everything and still making it totally listenable" and their recording process: "We record everything live, all play at the same time".
The disc jockey John Peel effectively shot the band to indie stardom in the UK when he played their first LP, Of Thick Tum, uninterrupted and in its entirety during an edition of his BBC Radio One show. The band subsequently recorded three sessions for Peel's show.
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