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Kokopop. spinArt. Big Cat. Past members. Bill Ferguson. Jim Ferguson. Rob Youngberg. Tony Zajkowski. Lotion is an American, Manhattan -based indie rock band, formed in 1991 by brothers Bill and Jim Ferguson (bass guitar and guitar respectively), drummer Rob Youngberg, and vocalist/guitarist Tony Zajkowski.
To promote the release of full Isaac, Lotion toured America and Europe with Pavement, Throwing Muses, and Mercury Rev. In 1995, the band released a self-titled EP on Big Cat Records, with a second EP, The Agnew Funeral E.P., recorded the next year. In 1996, Lotion released their second album, Nobody's Cool, [1] with liner notes by Thomas Pynchon.
Sep 10, 2024 · Kokopop. spinArt. Big Cat. Past members. Bill Ferguson. Jim Ferguson. Rob Youngberg. Tony Zajkowski. Lotion is an American, Manhattan -based indie rock band, formed in 1991 by brothers Bill and Jim Ferguson (bass guitar and guitar respectively), drummer Rob Youngberg, and vocalist/guitarist Tony Zajkowski.
While the Lotion EP, produced and released by Kramer, gladly lays bare the band’s stylistic sources (and becomes trivial as a result), the Putney Swope-quoting Full Isaac, produced by Kurt Ralske (“a prince”), garbs them in surprisingly diverse and pretty arrangements. The brisk and tuneful “She Is Weird City” (a song recycled from the three-song ’92 EP, also untitled) could be a ...
Also among Lotion's clear inspirations were their indie-rock forerunners Hüsker Dü and R.E.M.. Without those band's rhythmic swirls, melodic emphases, and plain-spoken yet abstract lyrics, Lotion wouldn't have concocted "Tear," the combination of jangle and bounce that opens full Isaac: Kiss me when you go to bed. I'm leaving when you fall ...
Nobody's Cool is the second studio album by Lotion, released in March 1996. [2]Thomas Pynchon writing the album's liner notes drew attention; at the time, after "the press registered a fair amount of amazement" at this development, the New York magazine quoted Rob Youngberg as having said "We wanted him to do [the liner notes], so we kept hinting...
Big Cat. Associated Acts: Honeycomb, Schizo Fun Addict. Past Members: Bill Ferguson. Jim Ferguson. Rob Youngberg. Tony Zajkowski. Lotion is an American, Manhattan-based indie rock band, formed in 1991 by brothers Bill and Jim Ferguson (bass guitar and guitar respectively), drummer Rob Youngberg, and vocalist/guitarist Tony Zajkowski.
