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Genres
  
Garage rock

Record label
  
Get Hip Records

Labels
  
Get Hip Records

Genre
  
Garage rock

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Years active
  
1983–1994; 2002–present

Past members
  
Becky SmithBill von HagenAmy MathesiusMax TerasauroPam ReynerSteve MageeKris KasperowskiMike KolesarMike QuinlanMark KeresmannMike MichalskiDave VucenichRichard SchnappSmith HutchingsThomas Hohn

Origin
  
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (1983)

Members
  
Gregg Kostelich; Michael Kastelic

Albums
  
Get Our Way, Living Is the Best Revenge

Similar
  
Frederic Archer, Barbara Blue, Hank Van Sickle, David Budway, Donna Amato

Profiles

Myspace

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The Cynics are an American garage rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band, consisting of guitarist Gregg Kostelich, drummer Bill Von Hagen, vocalist Michael Kastelic, bass player Steve Magee, and keyboardist Becky Smith (later founder of New York City's Bellwether gallery), who debuted with their first album, Blue Train Station in 1986. She wrote one of the four extra tracks included on the expanded reissue of Twelve Flights Up, entitled Sixteen Flights Up. (The other three tracks are cover songs.) They underwent a number of lineup changes culminating in 1990s Rock and Roll album. Get Hip Records is their independent record label.

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The Cynics THE CYNICS Get Hip Recordings

Members

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  • Gregg Kostelich - Guitar (1983–1994; 2002–present)
  • Michael Kastelic - Lead vocals, percussion (1985–1994; 2002–present)
  • Pablo González "Pibli" - Drums (2008–present)
  • Angel Kaplan - Bass guitar (2008–present)

    • Past members

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  • Mark Keresmann - Lead vocals (1983-1985)
  • Becky Smith - Keyboard (1986–1988)
  • Bill von Hagen - Drums (1983–1987, 1988)
  • Mike Kolesar - Drums (1987–1988, 1988–1989)
  • Mike Quinlan - Drums (1988, 1991)
  • Amy Mathesius - Bass (1985–1986)
  • Max Terasauro - Drums (1993–1994)
  • Pam Reyner - Bass (1983–1984)
  • Steve Magee - Bass (1986–1990)
  • Kris Kasperowski - Bass (1990–1992)
  • Mike Michalski - Bass (1992–1994)
  • Dave Vucenich - Bass, backing vocals (1993–1994)
  • Richard Schnapp - Guitar (1985)
  • Smith Hutchings - Bass (2002)
  • Thomas Hohn - Drums (1989–1991; 2002)
  • Jack "JACKIE ROBIN" Schmitt- Drums (1991 European tour) (2004-2005)

    • Albums

    The Cynics CYNICS THE VPRO RADIO BROADCAST EP Get Hip Recordings

  • Blue Train Station (1987)
  • Twelve Flights Up (1988) - reissue as Sixteen Flights Up (2000)
  • Rock 'n' Roll (1989)
  • Learn to Lose (1993)
  • Get Our Way (1994)
  • Living is the Best Revenge (2002)
  • Here We Are (2007)
  • Spinning Wheel Motel (2011)

    • Singles

  • Painted My Heart/Sweet Young Thing (1984)
  • No Place to Hide/Hard Times (1985)
  • Lying All The Time/Summer's Gone (1986)
  • '69/Friday Night (1986 - Fan Club)
  • No Way/Dancing On The Walls (1987)
  • I'm In Pittsburgh and It's Raining/Smoke Rings (1988 - Fan Club)
  • I Don't Need You/Girl, You're On My Mind (1990)
  • Buick Mackane/Born to Lose (1991)
  • Right Here With You/Learn to Lose (1992)
  • I Live Alone/Hand In Hand (1993)

    • Live

  • No Siesta Tonight (Live in Madrid) (1994)

    • Songs

    Blue Train StationBlue Train Sessions · 1989
    I Need MoreSpinning Wheel Motel · 2011
    Baby What's WrongLearn to Lose · 1988

    References

    The Cynics Wikipedia
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