Trumans Water are an American

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Background

Trumans Water was formed by the brothers Kirk and Kevin Branstetter, and the original drummer Jeff Jones in San Diego in 1991, after they were given a guitar and a bass guitar by a friend's father.Ross, Alex (1993)
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'', 24 July 1993, retrieved 21 November 2009 They advertised for a "lead singer, brain optional", and recruited Glen Galloway as a result. Other members of the band have included Ely Moyal, Andres Malinao and Kevin Cascell. Captain Beefheart,

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, The Boredoms, Sun City Girls, Pavement and Sonic Youth have all been identified as influences, and during the course of the band's history Trumans Water has produced experimental

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'', Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 21 November 2009Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, , p. 448Floyd, John (1997)
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'', retrieved 22 November 2009Terry, Nick (1993) "Trumans Water: The Roosevelt Underground", ''Lime Lizard'', May 1993, p. 68-9 Kevin Branstetter described the band's approach in 1993: "The spirit of the thing is what we want to capture, mess things up, like totally skewing everything, destroying everything and still making it totally listenable" and their recording process: "We record everything live, all play at the same time". The

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John Peel effectively shot the band to indie stardom in the UK when he played their first LP, '' Of Thick Tum'', uninterrupted and in its entirety during an edition of his

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show.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p.1039-40 The band subsequently recorded three sessions for Peel's show.Trumans Water
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Background

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Cassettes

References

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