Hoover was an American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has be ...

band from Washington, D.C. Formed in 1992, Hoover went on to produce some of the more intense music to appear on the

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label in the 1990s. Compared to

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, Hoover was more experimental and permissive, incorporating elements of

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and dub, and not limiting themselves to an aggressive stance. Unusually, three of the four members shared vocal duties equally.

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listed their song "Electrolux" as one of the greatest

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songs of the early 1990s. Hoover disbanded in 1994, but have reformed twice: once in 1997 to record a mini-album of 'odds and ends', and again in 2004 for a series of dates in the US and Europe.

Members

*Alexander Dunham – guitar, vocals * Fred Erskine – bass, vocals, trumpet *Christopher Farrall – drums *Joseph P. McRedmond – guitar, vocals

Discography

Studio albums

*'' The Lurid Traversal of Route 7'' (1994, Dischord) *''Hoover'' (1998, Slowdime)

Singles

*"Sidecar Freddie/Cable" (1992, Hoover Union/Dischord) *"Two-Headed Coin" (split with Lincoln) (1993, Art Monk Construction) *"Private" (1993, Hoover Union/Dischord)

Compilations

*''All the President's Men'' (1994, Old Glory) *''20 Years of Dischord'' (2002, Dischord)

Related bands

* Abilene - Alex Dunham, Frederick Erskine * Admiral - Joseph McRedmond * The Boom - Christopher Farrall, Frederick Erskine *

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- Frederick Erskine, Joseph McRedmond * Fine Day - Christopher Farrall * Freddie T. & the People - Frederick Erskine * HiM - Frederick Erskine * Hoonah - Frederick Erskine *

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- Frederick Erskine * Just a Fire - Frederick Erskine * Radio Flyer - Alex Dunham *

Regulator Watts Regulator Watts was a rock band from Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 1998. When the band broke up, Dunham formed a new band, Abilene, and Sless-Kitain joined Bluetip. Style The band's music resembles that of illustrious predecessor Hoover Ho ...

- Alex Dunham * Sea Tiger - Christopher Farrall, Joseph McRedmond * Sevens - Christopher Farrall *

The Sorts The Sorts are a primarily instrumental post-rock band based in Washington, D.C., and formed in 1994 by Josh LaRue (guitar, vocals), Stuart Fletcher (bass) and Chris Farrall (drums). LaRue, Fletcher and Farrall comprised the band's core, appearing ...

- Christopher Farrall * Watts Systems Ltd. - Alex Dunham * Wind of Change - Alex Dunham

References

External links

Hoover - BandToBand.com
American post-hardcore musical groups Dischord Records artists Punk rock groups from Washington, D.C. Musical groups established in 1992 Musical groups disestablished in 1994 First-wave emo bands American emo musical groups {{US-punk-band-stub