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What Made Milwaukee Famous
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Austin, United States (2002 – present)
What Made Milwaukee Famous is an indie pop-rock band based in Austin, Texas. The band met in 2002 through an ad placed in the alternative Austin paper The Austin Chronicle. Band members spent their entire first year getting to know one another before presenting themselves to the public. Their first album Trying to Never Catch Up was released in 2005 and was very well received.
Singer Michael Kingcaid attributes much of his singing style to Jeff Buckley, and the rest of the band members boast a wide array of musical influences. Drew Patrizi on keyboards, John Farmer on bass, and Josh Vernier on percussion completed the band’s original lineup, but in late 2005 Vernier was replaced by Jeremy Bruch. Bruch is also a member of Hurts to Purr, another Austin band.
In September of 2005, WMMF became the first unsigned band to be featured on the PBS series Austin City Limits in years, which they recorded with Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand. In early 2006, WMMF was finally signed to Barsuk records.
Jerry Lee Lewis’ song What Made Milwaukee Famous is the band’s namesake.
The bands second album What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger was released in 2008.
Singer Michael Kingcaid attributes much of his singing style to Jeff Buckley, and the rest of the band members boast a wide array of musical influences. Drew Patrizi on keyboards, John Farmer on bass, and Josh Vernier on percussion completed the band’s original lineup, but in late 2005 Vernier was replaced by Jeremy Bruch. Bruch is also a member of Hurts to Purr, another Austin band.
In September of 2005, WMMF became the first unsigned band to be featured on the PBS series Austin City Limits in years, which they recorded with Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand. In early 2006, WMMF was finally signed to Barsuk records.
Jerry Lee Lewis’ song What Made Milwaukee Famous is the band’s namesake.
The bands second album What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger was released in 2008.
Videos
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What Made Milwaukee Famous - You May Be Right
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What Made Milwaukee Famous - Resistance St.
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What Made Milwaukee Famous - For the Birds
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What Made Milwaukee Famous - Sultan
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infotaupe wrote:
So good
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instantlemonade wrote:
lovely :D
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emergingsynergy wrote:
You guys NAILED your set at Austin City Limits Festival again this year! Congratulations!
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InViolet wrote:
nice
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FarCrysss wrote:
Great live band.
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xoxkatiexoxo wrote:
COME BACK TO THE GORGE!!!!!!!
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AvaMichaels wrote:
Great performance at lolla this weekend! check out some of the pics I came across on the web! http://chicago.metromix.com/music/photogallery/lolla-2008-photos/533597/content?photo=17
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AxYoung wrote:
Interview with the band at Lolla!: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/04/interview-what-made-milwaukee-famous/
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Octaginal wrote:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=37507975 WMMF live in austin
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czuvich wrote:
i like this.
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TheIlliad wrote:
It's a statement, not a question!
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shadedballroom wrote:
That's a funny statement. They play what they feel and I love them for it. No need to fit them into a box. See them live, it will make sense.
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xamwell wrote:
I really really like them but I wish they would settle on a style, every song on trying to never catch up sounds like its done by a different band, minus the voice of course
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muteoff wrote:
Saw them on Austin City Limits, they put on a great show.
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veilside6 wrote:
One of the best voices in rock, period.
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sourpatchkid680 wrote:
every1 know$ dat milwaukee be famous for its poLk@ danCE dey just stole da question and turned it into da band name. i WAS DA ONE dat asked my granny what made milwaukee famous copyright MUCH. ????? oh and they are furgetting da QUESTION MARK after da question learn da grammar guRLLL learn DA GRAMMAR :)
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whyallthismusic wrote:
love love love cheap wine and self-destruct. both live
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MinardiF1 wrote:
A little disappointed in the lack of poppy songs on the new album (something more like Hellodrama, for example,) but still pretty good anyway.
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herr_schmidt wrote:
Sounds very very nice!
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Necrotide wrote:
Man crush on the keyboard player.
Events
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Nov
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The Little Ones
Chop Suey, Seattle, United States
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| 5 attendees
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