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Active from
  
1993

Members
  
Jon Snodgrass

Genre
  
Punk

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Albums
  
Monsters Always Scream, Who Wants to Play Bass?, Hang, On Ted, Good Guys... Bad Band, War of the Worlds

Record labels
  
Suburban Home Recordings, Headhunter Records, My Records, Owned and Operated Recordings

Similar
  
The Gamits, Bad Astronaut, Drag the River, Scorpios, Samiam

Profiles

Myspace

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Armchair Martian, formed in 1993, is a trio based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. They are a punk and alt-country band influenced by Descendents, Hüsker Dü, and Uncle Tupelo. They have put out numerous recordings through four record labels, the latest being Suburban Home which released the Good Guys, Bad Band album (a compilation of out of print material) in 2007 and re-issued their Who Wants to Play Bass? LP. Singer Jon Snodgrass later moved on to form Drag the River.

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The band has formed a close friendship with punk rock bands Lagwagon and Bad Astronaut, particularly main songwriter and vocalist of both groups Joey Cape. Both Cape and Snodgrass have been known to frequently cover each other's songs on numerous releases, including a split EP with Bad Astronaut in 2001 titled War of the Worlds.

Line-up

  • Guitar/vocals - Jon Snodgrass
  • Drums - Paul Rucker
  • Bass - Miguel Barron
    • Previous members
  • Steve Garcia
  • Chad Rex
  • Chad Price

    • Discography

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  • Armchair Martian 7" (1995) (Cargo/Headhunter Records)
  • Xenophobe: A Car (1996) (Cargo/Headhunter Records)
  • Armchair Martian (1997) (Cargo/Headhunter Records)
  • Monsters Always Scream 10" (1997) (My Records)
  • Hang On Ted (1999) (Cargo/Headhunter Records)
  • Monsters Always Scream (2001) (My Records)
  • War of the Worlds Split CD with Bad Astronaut (2001) (Owned & Operated)
  • Who Wants to Play Bass? (2007) (Suburban Home/Mars Motors)
  • Good Guys, Bad Band (2007) (Suburban Home/Mars Motors)


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    Songs

    Not Fine1997
    Xenophobe: A Car1997
    Mexican SongWho Wants to Play Bass? · 2002

    References

    Armchair Martian Wikipedia
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