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Greg Lisher (born 29 November 1963) is the
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
player for
Camper Van Beethoven Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Their style mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, alternative country, and world music. The band init ...
. He is also one of the founding members of the Camper Van Beethoven spin-off Indy prog rock group
Monks of Doom The Monks of Doom is an American alternative rock band, formed in California in 1986. The band's music draws from post-punk, progressive rock, indie rock, psychedelic and folk rock traditions.Monks of doom website - History
/ref> He has also released three solo records. His first release, ''Handed Down the Wire'' was released in 2001 followed by the release of ''Trains Change'' in 2007. His latest release, the instrumental record ''Songs From the Imperial Garden'' was released in 2020.


Discography


with Camper Van Beethoven


Albums

* II & III (1986) *
Camper Van Beethoven Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Their style mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, alternative country, and world music. The band init ...
(1986) *
Vampire Can Mating Oven ''Vampire Can Mating Oven'' is an EP by the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, released in 1987. The EP includes satirical liner notes relating false stories behind the songs. A re-recorded version of "Never Go Back" was included the fo ...
(1987) *
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart ''Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart'' is a 1988 album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Virgin Records. It was the band's first major-label album, and was produced by Dennis Herring, the first time the band had used an outside producer. T ...
(1988) * Key Lime Pie (1989) * Tusk (2002) * New Roman Times (2004) *
La Costa Perdida ''La Costa Perdida'' is the 8th studio release by the American alternative-music band Camper Van Beethoven. It was released on January 22, 2013, and contains 10 tracks. The lead-off single from the album, "Northern California Girls", was release ...
(2013) * El Camino Real (2014)


= Compilations and Special Releases

= * The Virgin Years (1993) (Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker) *
Camper Vantiquities ''Camper Vantiquities'' is a 1993 rarities compilation album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on I.R.S. It included the earlier EP ''Vampire Can Mating Oven'' and a number of other unreleased tracks, compiled by bassist Victor K ...
(1993) – rarities compilation * Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years (2002) – box set * In the Mouth of the Crocodile – Live in Seattle (2004) – live album * Discotheque CVB: Live In Chicago (2005) – live EP * Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven (2000) – rarities


with Monks of Doom

* Soundtrack to the Film "Breakfast on the Beach of Deception" (1987) * The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989) * Meridian (1991) * The Insect God (EP, 1992) * Forgery (1993) * What's Left For Kicks? (2004) * The Brönte Pin (2017)


Solo albums

* Handed Down the Wire (2001) * Trains Change (2007) * Songs From the Imperial Garden (2020)


Other recordings (as guitarist )

Jonathan Segel – Storytelling (1989) The Electric Chairmen – Toast (1996 Jonathan Segel – Edgy Not Antsy (2003) With Victor Krummenacher Victory Out in the Heat (1995) Saint John's Mercy (1998) The Cock Crows at Sunrise (2007) Patriarch's Blues (2008) Blue Pacific (2018) Filthy thieving bastards A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills (2001) Camper van Chadbourne (1987)


External links


Greg Lisher collection
at the
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's live music archive *
Camper Van Beethoven Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Their style mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, alternative country, and world music. The band init ...
(official website) *
Monks of Doom The Monks of Doom is an American alternative rock band, formed in California in 1986. The band's music draws from post-punk, progressive rock, indie rock, psychedelic and folk rock traditions.greglisher.com
(official website)
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Living people 1963 births American rock guitarists American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists Camper Van Beethoven members Monks of Doom members Filthy Thieving Bastards members 20th-century American male musicians {{US-rock-guitarist-stub