Years active 1996–2008
2011–present | ||
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Associated acts The Elephant Six Collective Origin Denver, Colorado, United States (1996) Record labels The Elephant 6 Recording Company, spinART Records, Future Farmer Records Members Rebecca Cole, Martyn Leaper, Jeff Almond, Marc Willhite, Alex Arrowsmith, Jesse Sandoval Albums Hooray for Tuesday, Cul‑De‑Sacs and Dead Ends, Golden Street, It's a Bright Guilty World, Into the River | ||
The Minders is a band closely associated with The Elephant Six Collective. Started by Martyn Leaper in Denver, Colorado in 1996, the band's original members included Leaper on guitars and vocals, Rebecca Cole, on drums, Jeff Almond on guitar, and Marc Willhite on bass.
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Leaper formed the Minders in Denver along with Robert Schneider and Hilarie Sidney from The Apples in Stereo Together they recorded Paper Plane EP in Athens, Georgia. Leaper recorded the "Come On & Hear 7" in Denver, Colorado, allegedly one of the fastest selling Elephant 6 releases in history. At this time, Leaper began attempting to form a more permanent band after releasing "Paper Plane" on 7".
With a permanent lineup set, the band was able to release Rocket 58 as an EP and sign to spinART Records, who released their first album Hooray for Tuesday in 1998. Touring and the release of some other singles ensued, and the band split, with Leaper and Cole moving from Denver to Portland, OR and recruiting future Jicks bassist Joanna Bolme. The minor upheaval resulted in the eventual release of Cul-De-Sacs And Dead Ends, a compilation of singles and b-sides.
Bolme left the Minders shortly after the release of the band's second proper album, Golden Street, in 2001. Almond and Willhite regrouped with the band in time to release their third album in 2002, The Future's Always Perfect.
In the spring of 2008, Cole left the band.
In 2016, The Minders released Into the River on Space Cassette.
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Discography
The Minders have released their albums on spinART, but have also released a number of EPs and singles on a variety of record labels.
Albums
Singles and EPs
Songs
Needle DollInto the River · 2016
Hooray for TuesdayHooray for Tuesday · 1998
Summer SongInto the River · 2016