Lame Drivers

Been a band for 20 years still nobody knows what to make of Lame Drivers: “a young <a href="spotify:artist:4WPY0N74T3KUja57xMQTZ3" data-name="The Replacements">The Replacements</a> or <a href="spotify:artist:4oV5EVJ0XFWsJKoOvdRPvl" data-name="Guided By Voices">Guided By Voices</a>?“ “like <a href="spotify:artist:2DxlS3lTLFIq70S7ap5H3y" data-name="Buzzcocks">Buzzcocks</a> getting a reacharound from the <a href="spotify:artist:1FGH4Bh7g9W6V4fUcKZWp5" data-name="Descendents">Descendents</a>?” “<a href="spotify:artist:4lcuzJ5vBMajJ9IUCW7JAn" data-name="Pell Mell">Pell Mell</a>?” “<a href="spotify:artist:4rjlerN21ygkIhmUv55irs" data-name="The Jesus and Mary Chain">The Jesus and Mary Chain</a>?” ”<a href="spotify:artist:6LRmgzRManplPQghd2BMqz" data-name="The Clean">The Clean</a> as a girl group doing a talkie?” “Member of <a href="spotify:artist:4nvoBHSPe1IwERIoKBolHH" data-name="Home Blitz">Home Blitz</a>...” &#34;<a href="spotify:artist:2BaOl9HtzRrEswfUWMdDSc" data-name="Get Him Eat Him">Get Him Eat Him</a> side project?&#34; WFMU&#39;s Terre T calls it “all my favorite rock elements.&#34; Led by fellow wfmu DJ Jason Sigal, Lame Drivers treat the band like a freeform radio show, channeling an array of influences thru the classic power trio lineup. &#34;<a href="spotify:track:3CdJlOOJZeJjwqFj4KHDAv" data-name="Teenline">Teenline</a> power pop is their natural fighting weight,&#34; KFJC&#39;s Thurston Hunger writes in a review that picks up on everything from <a href="spotify:artist:6c8INA1EQQe9TkukfEdiCA" data-name="Graham Parker">Graham Parker</a> to <a href="spotify:playlist:678aqbaNJIA7p8qKMB0Fuf" data-name="Krautrock">Krautrock</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:3cAGUcRbwsFHwKbJv8FT4T" data-name="Jay Reatard">Jay Reatard</a>, &#34;but they&#39;ll weird it up!&#34;

in 2011, Lame Drivers released <a href="spotify:album:3xH3yYAJ5zEC2iuoEGL6M4" data-name="Cruisin&#39; Classics &#39;03-&#39;10">Cruisin&#39; Classics &#39;03-&#39;10</a>, a 27-song mp3 sampler.

In 2013 Lame Drivers released a crowd-funded <a href="spotify:album:2kYR87wTlBBfCzWbLNBlS1" data-name="Flexi-Book">Flexi-Book</a> EP, touring the US with best buds <a href="spotify:artist:2Fg87sfcYYeWDLdoXWZyNG" data-name="The Woolen Men">The Woolen Men</a> (Woodsist).

In October 2015, Lame Drivers released their first LP, <a href="spotify:album:3qi2YTV725yEKTRd94P2Ao" data-name="Chosen Era">Chosen Era</a>. Chosen Era was recorded by Lame Drivers at home in the basement, and also by Matt Tong (<a href="spotify:artist:58WFmcqNmejE2IpVIna43o" data-name="Algiers">Algiers</a>, ex-<a href="spotify:artist:3MM8mtgFzaEJsqbjZBSsHJ" data-name="Bloc Party">Bloc Party</a>), and Travis Harrison (<a href="spotify:artist:63oxZ9e2FWMV5ov6OxVVIc" data-name="The Homosexuals">The Homosexuals</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0GrrKNwVoavHBMDE0f5upS" data-name="ESP Ohio">ESP Ohio</a>), and Geoff Sanoff (who has also recorded <a href="spotify:artist:7nr5WIJhnF5hR77kS98avs" data-name="Obits">Obits</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1pgtr4nhBQjp9oCUBPyYWh" data-name="Fountains Of Wayne">Fountains Of Wayne</a>) did one of the bonus tracks. Mastered by Jamal Ruhe who shaped the sound of the first <a href="spotify:artist:58ehndX799ZV9Jcv6IefJ1" data-name="Sheer Mag">Sheer Mag</a> releases.

In June 2024, Lame Drivers will release Become an Island on Jigsaw (CD) and Bleeding Gold (LP).