Numbers are an American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

band from

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. Not to be confused with the New York pop band 'Numbers', who recorded in 1979 and 1980. Three of their songs are included on the Sandy McKnight box set ''How I Changed the World'', released in 2010.

History

The group was formed in 2000 by Indra Dunis (vocals, drums) and two former members of the band Xerobot, Dave Broekema (guitar) and Eric (Rat Tar) Landmark (keyboards).

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They issued their debut full-length album in 2002 on

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, and followed with a flurry of small-issue releases, including a split with

Erase Errata Erase Errata was a band from San Francisco, California. The group favored improvisation as a compositional tool and each of their performances were a unique manifestation of established songs. History Erase Errata formed in Oakland, California ...

. After a second album, they signed to

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, who have released their last two albums. Indra Dunis is now half of the husband/wife duo,

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Discography

*''Life'' (

, 2002) *''Death'' (Tigerbeat6, 2003) *''Death Remixes, Vol. 1'' EP (Tigerbeat6, 2003) *''Death Remixes, Vol. 2'' EP (Tigerbeat6, 2003) *''Ee-Uh!'' EP (

Troubleman Unlimited Troubleman Unlimited Records was a record label specializing in indie rock and similar genres. Founded in 1993, the label was based in Bayonne, New Jersey and owned by Mike Simonetti. History The label started as an offshoot of a fanzine called ...

, 2003) *''Numbers/

'' split (Tigerbeat6, 2003) *''In My Mind All the Time'' (Tigerbeat6, 2004) *''We're Animals'' (

, 2005) *''Now You Are This'' (Kill Rock Stars, 2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Numbers Indie rock musical groups from California Musical groups established in 2000 Musical groups from San Francisco