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The Want (DC band)

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Years active
  
1990–present

Record label
  
The Orchard

Genres
  
Rock music, Psychobilly

Website
  
Official Website

Albums
  
Texas

Labels
  
Selling the Ranch Records The Orchard (music label)

Members
  
Damian Banaszak Jack Stanton Bob Stewart

Origin
  
Washington, D.C., United States

The Want is an American rock band from Washington, D.C..

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History

The Want formed in Washington D.C. in the early 1990s and began playing live shows in 1994. The Washington Post describes their music as “musically tough” with “satiric lyrical twists that are pretty dang funny on closer inspection.” Allmusic writer Steve Huey describes The Want as “influenced primarily by rockabilly-tinged L.A. punk bands like X and Social Distortion.” Washington City Paper music and film critic Mark Jenkins described The Want as “skillfully eclectic outfit.”

In April 1995 The Want released their first CD, "Too Much Stuff," on Selling the Ranch Records followed by "Texas" in 1998. The current lineup of The Want is guitarist Bob Stewart, bassist Jack Stanton, and drummer Damian Banaszak.

Line-up

  • Damian Banaszak - drums & vocals
  • Jack Stanton - bass guitar & vocals
  • Bob Stewart - guitar & vocals
  • Albums

  • Too Much Stuff (1995, The Orchard)
  • Texas (1998, The Orchard)
  • Singles

  • If It Weren't for Girls, There Would Be No Christmas (2011), Selling the Ranch Records
  • Compilation appearances

  • "Plunge - Local Music Store Compilation Volume IV" featured The Want's single "Lifetime Exposure"
  • Songs

    SubwayToo Much Stuff · 1995
    Rockside RoadToo Much Stuff · 1995
    EggsTexas · 2001

    References

    The Want (DC band) Wikipedia