Valley Lodge is an American

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band from New York City.

Band history

Valley Lodge came together when John Kimbrough, former singer-guitarist for Minnesota power pop band

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, met up with comedian/musician

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(formerly a member of bands such as

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, and Sons of Elvis) to compare the home demos they were working on. Joined by bass player/singer Phil Costello ( Satanicide) and drummer Rob Pfeiffer (

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), and inspired by bands such as

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and

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, they released their eponymous debut album in 2005. The album proved particularly popular in Japan, even getting a re-release with bonus tracks in 2008. The band went on to tour there in March 2009. The band released their second album, ''

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'', on April 21, 2009, containing ten new songs by the band and a cover of Bob Welch's 1970s hit, "

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". At that time, Eddie Eyeball (

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) joined the band on bass guitar/backing vocals, and Phil Costello switched to guitar. Valley Lodge's songs "Over It" and "All of My Loving" were featured in episodes of the sitcom ''

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''. The band's song "Coming Around" was also featured on the sitcom ''

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''. Their song "The Door" was used in a commercial for the GMC Sierra truck. "All of My Loving" is the theme song for Dave Hill's podcast, Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident. Recently, "All of My Loving" was also featured on a

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commercial for their hot dogs. Valley Lodge's third album, '' Use Your Weapons'', was released on September 3, 2013. A video for the first single "Go" was filmed in Los Angeles in July 2013, and directed by Tim Fornara. In April 2014, "Go" became the theme song for ''

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'' on

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. In November 2015, the band appeared on ''Last Week Tonight'' to play "Go" live, as a way to close the show's second-season finale. On October 19, 2018, the band released their fourth album '' Fog Machine'' on

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Discography

*'' Valley Lodge '' (2005) *''

'' (2009) *'' Use Your Weapons '' (2013) *'' Fog Machine '' (2018)

Current band members

–

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*John Kimbrough – vocals, guitar *Phil Costello – vocals, guitar *Rob Pfeiffer –

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*Eddie Eyeball – bass guitar, vocals

References

External links

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