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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.
Lunch with Lotion Thomas Pynchon sits down with the boys in the band June 1 1996 THOMAS PYNCHON Although I’ve gone to hear Lotion live and listened to them at length on CD, I’ll refrain from any musical remarks, which would mean bringing up artists far earlier than even R.E.M. and Hüsker Dü—the bands that Lotion gets compared to in print a lot, though the music has also been termed ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Jun 18, 2013 · To help us revisit the suggested review of Lotion's 1996 sophomore album Nobody's Cool, we invited the whole band to join us, and they took us up on the offer. Brothers Bill and Jim Ferguson, Rob Youngberg and Tony Zajkowski all stop by to talk about history of Lotion, how their band name cost them ten grand, and we learn what happens when six Skype users can't maintain a consistent wi-fi ...
