The Paper Chase (stylized as "the pAper chAse") was an American

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

band formed in 1998 by producer/engineer

John Congleton John Congleton is an American Grammy Award-winning record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician. In addition to his production work, Congleton has fronted the alternative rock band the Paper Chase, and writes music for a newer project e ...

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, who were signed to

Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but was originally know ...

and

Southern Records Founded 1992 by John Loder, Southern Records is an independent record label (Loder also ran the recording facility Southern Studios). It is based in London and until 2008 had offices in the United States, France and Berlin. The label is close ...

. Their albums ''

God Bless Your Black Heart ''God Bless Your Black Heart'' is an album by the band The Paper Chase. Track listing The album, according to the liner notes, is separated into "entries" * At the end of the lyrics of "Dying With Decent Music" in the liner notes, there' ...

'' and '' Now You Are One of Us'' have been released on vinyl by the Austrian label

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. Since its inception, The Paper Chase has produced a combination of discordant melody and jagged

noise pop Noise pop is a subgenre of alternative and indie rock that developed in the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom and United States. It is defined by its mixture of dissonant noise or feedback with the songcraft more often found in pop music. Shoega ...

, described by

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as "a jagged structure of

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, and

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".DaRonco, Mike " The Paper Chase Biography, ''

'', Macrovision Corporation

History

Congleton produced all the band's material to date. He also wrote all of the material, with a few exceptions: Bobby Weaver co-wrote "A Face That Could Launch a Thousand Ships" and "Off with Their Heads" from the album ''Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know''. Mike Sanger co-wrote "Throw Your Body on the Apparatus", and Elliot Figg co-wrote "When You Least Expect It," both from the aforementioned album. Their next project would have been a two-part album centered on natural disasters. The first half, entitled ''Someday This Could All Be Yours (vol. 1 The Calamities)'' was released on May 26, 2009 through Kill Rock Stars Records, though the second part has remained unreleased since the band's dissolution.

Members

Former members

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, programming * Sean Kirkpatrick – synthesizer,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Bobby Weaver Robert Brooks Weaver Sr. (born December 29, 1958) is an American former freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal at 48 kg (105.5 pounds) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won a silver medal at the 1979 World Championships an ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Jason Garner – drums

Session musicians

* Kris Youmans –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

* Becki Phares –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

* Elliot Figg –

* Danna Berger –

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* Tony Scholl -

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Previous members

*Aryn Dalton – drums *Matt Armstrong – piano

Discography

Albums

* ''

Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know ''Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know'' is an album by The Paper Chase. Track listing #This May Be the Last Song You Ever Hear #These Things Happen #Ever Since the Turn #Apple Pies and Alibis #Neat; Manageable; Piles #Can I Pour You Another Dr ...

'' (2000) * '' Hide the Kitchen Knives'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Now You Are One of Us'' (2006) * '' Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1'' (2009)

Singles and EPs

*''Essays on Frantic Desperation'' (split with E-Class and Lugsole) (1999) *''...And the Machines Are Winning'' (1999) *''Cntrl-Alt-Delete-U'' (2001) *''What Big Teeth You Have'' (2004) *Split with Red Worms Farm (2004) *Split with Will Johnson (2004) *Split with

Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu ( ) is an American experimental band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of Stewart (the only constant member since formation) and Angela Seo. The band's name co ...

(2005)

References

External links

The official Paper Chase websiteThe Paper Chase on Southern Records' website
* The Paper Chaseon

Acoustic session with 'They Shoot Music - Don't They'

Interviews

Welcome to Flavor Country interview with John Congleton from 2002
*McMahan, Tim (2001)

, Lazy-I

Reviews

*Johnson, Zac " ''Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know'' Review, ''

'', Macrovision Corporation *Morris, Kurt " ''Hide the Kitchen Knives'' Review, ''

'', Macrovision Corporation *Brown Marisa " ''Now You Are One of Us'' Review, ''

'', Macrovision Corporation *Marshalek, Russ (2006)
The Paper Chase ''Now You Are One of Us''
, '' Stylus Magazine'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Paper Chase, The Alternative rock groups from Texas Musical groups from Dallas Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Kill Rock Stars artists