Spoon Lyrics

Spoon Info:

From:
Austin, Texas, United States

Genres:
Indie rock, alternative rock, art rock

Years active:
1993–present

Associated acts:
Divine Fits
The Get Up Kids

Name Origin:
Their name was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde band Can, whose hit song Spoon, was also the theme song to the 1985 movie 'Das Messer' (aka Jagged Edge in the United States).

Members:
Britt Daniel -
lead vocals, guitar (1993–present)

Jim Eno -
drums (1993–present)

Rob Pope -
bass (2007–present)

Eric Harvey -
keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals (2004–present)

Alex Fischel -
keyboard, guitar (2014–present)

Past Members:
Greg Wilson (aka Wendel Stivers) - guitar (1993-1994)
Andy Maguire - bass (1993-1996)
Josh Croslin - bass (1996-1997)
Joshua Zarbo - bass (1997-2000; 2002-2007)
Roman Keubler - bass (2000-2002)
Sean Kirkpatrick - keyboard (2006-2007)

Spoon Quotes:
"I sublet a friend of a friend's apartment who was going away for the summer. But, while I was writing that song, or coming up for the very first demo for it, I was going to program a drum machine or something so I could play along to it. Then I thought "Well, I've got this sampler set up right here. It will be easier just to make my own beat and loop it. It will be done quicker." I mean, it wasn't like a stylized thing and I didn't think I would ever use it. I was just trying to come up with the fastest way I could to have this beat down that I could play along to. Then I realized that it was wild, so I gradually talked Jim (Eno) into letting that be the beat."
-Britt Daniel

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