We Are Scientists

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We Are Scientists are an American indie rock band featuring Keith Murray (guitar and lead vocals), Chris Cain (bass guitar and backing vocals), Max Hart (keys and guitar) and previously Michael Tapper (drums and backing vocals). They formed in 2000 in New York, NY.

Their name was inspired by an awkward conversation with a U-Haul employee who was inspecting a van that the band had rented. The U-haul employee, attempting to make polite conversation, asked the three bespectacled band members if they were brothers. They said no. He asked if they were scientists. They told him that they were musicians, not scientists. To this day, they regret telling the truth. But the band has denied this and admitted they are in actual fact named after the Cap’n Jazz song which bears the name.

The band formed while its members attended the Claremont Colleges. Murray and Cain attended Pomona College; Michael Tapper attended Harvey Mudd College.

The band have released three self-made EPs (Bitching!, Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) and In Action) and have released their debut LP, With Love and Squalor on Virgin Records. The first three singles are “

Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”, “

The Great Escape” and “

It’s a Hit”. The album takes its name from the J.D. Salinger short story “For Esme - With Love and Squalor”. They have since released another LP Crap Attack, which is a collection of B-Sides, covers and other rarities.
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