Gravy Train!!!! were an

electroclash Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, retro-style electropop and electronic dance music. It ...

band from

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

. The band released material on the labels S.P.A.M. Records, Cold Crush,

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 ...

, Cochon Records, and Retard Disco. The band had four members (represented by the four exclamation marks in the band name), that went by the

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Chunx, Funx,

Hunx Hunx and His Punx is an American punk band from San Francisco, California. History Origins Hunx, real name Seth Bogart, started the band in 2008 after years of performing in a pop group called Gravy Train!!!! The group's sound has been ...

, and Junx. Chunx and Funx formed the band in 2001 as a vehicle for recording humiliating songs about an ex-lover. It was for this purpose that their first single, "Hella Nervous", was recorded. Shortly after, the two-piece recruited two openly gay backup dancers, Hunx and Drunx. Drunx was later replaced by Junx. Gravy Train!!!! toured with

Bratmobile Bratmobile was an American punk band from Olympia, Washington, active from 1991 to 2003, and known for being one of the first-generation "riot grrrl" bands. The band was influenced by several eclectic musical styles, including elements of pop, ...

and

Le Tigre Le Tigre (, ; French for "The Tiger") is an American electronic rock band formed by Kathleen Hanna (of Bikini Kill), Johanna Fateman and Sadie Benning in 1998 in New York City. Benning left in 2000 and was replaced by JD Samson for the res ...

Discography

Albums

* ''Hello Doctor'' (2003) * ''Are You Wigglin?'' (2005) * ''All the Sweet Stuff'' (2007)

Singles

* "Ghost Boobs" (2004)

EPs

* ''The "Menz"'' (2002)

DVDs

* ''Stame the Batch!'' (2004)

References

External links

* Electronic music groups from California Kill Rock Stars artists Musical groups established in 2001 Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Musical groups from Oakland, California Queercore groups Retard Disco artists {{US-band-stub