American Music Club(often abbreviated AMC) is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. They've been recording and playing in SF clubs since the mid 1980's, showing a remarkable longevity for a band that has been far more critically acclaimed than financially successful. Although commonly lumped with other bands from the " slowcore" and " sadcore" movements, like the Red House Painters, AMC is better known for mastering the disparate strands of American music into a wholly unique synthesis all their own. Although born in California, frontman Mark Eitzel spent his formative years in Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1980. After a brief stint with the punk band he founded American Music Club in 1983 with guitarist Vudi, bassist , keyboardist Brad Johnson, and drummer .
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American Music Club

Try and try, leave a trace
And all we ever leave is a sour taste
Youre half asleep when I crash through
Im like a drop of water on the dry sand
Im a scar across your face
Im an itch thats driving you mad
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Takes so much to make us feel like were alive
A weary traveler at a smooth seventy-five
Make pretend the landscape aint so dry
Do anything to maintain a lie
To the left, a beautiful california landscape
Dead ends in the sky
And to the right, beautiful mountains rise
High and dry
Another futile expression of bitterness
Another overwhelming sensation of uselessness
Make pretend that the landscape aint so dry
Do anything to maintain a lie
Make pretend that the lover aint so barren
Though in los angeles things like that dont matter
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