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The Giraffes (Brooklyn band)

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Years active
  
1996–present

Members
  
Tim Kent

Active from
  
1996

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Labels
  
Apesauce Records Formerly on: Crustacean Records, Razor & Tie Media

Associated acts
  
Eagles of Death Metal, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, The Strokes, Local H, Skeleton Key

Past members
  
Jens Carstensen John Rosenthal Tim Kent

Origin
  
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Albums
  
Prime Motivator, Helping You Help Yourself, franksquilt

Genres
  
Hard rock, Surf music, Punk rock, Post-punk

Similar
  
Aaron Lazar, Långfinger, Lord Mountain, The Book of Knots, Henry Vasquez

Profiles

The Giraffes is a hard rock band from New York City originally active from 1996 to 2011. In 2014 the Giraffes reformed to their original lineup featuring lead singer Aaron Lazar, guitarist Damien Paris, drummer Andrew Totolos, with the addition of bassist Josh Taggart.

Contents

Studio albums

  • Franksquilt (1998) Apesauce Records
  • Helping You Help Yourself (2002) Apesauce Records
  • A Gentleman Never Tells (2003) Apesauce Records
  • The Giraffes (2005) Razor & Tie Media
  • Pretty in Puke (2006) Apesauce Records
  • Prime Motivator (2008) Crustacean Records
  • Ruled (2011) Crustacean Records
  • Tales of the Black Whistle (2012) Apesauce Records
  • Usury (2015) Silver Sleeve
  • Video albums

  • Show (2010) Crustacean Records
  • Official bootlegs

  • Farewell, Fat Astronaut (2011) (Limited Release) Apesauce Records
  • Songs

    The Ballad of SissyfistHelping You Help Yourself · 2002
    Man UThe Giraffes · 2005
    Prime MotivatorPrime Motivator · 2008

    References

    The Giraffes (Brooklyn band) Wikipedia