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	Camper Van Beethoven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Camper Van Beethoven was founded in 1983 in Santa Cruz, California as an alternative rock, new wave music, and punk rock group.
		Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, country, and acid rock into an eclectic, catchy formula years before the alternative rock movement took shape.
		CVB's 1985 staple "Take the Skinheads Bowling" was covered by Teenage Fanclub and used as the title track for the 2002 Michael Moore film Bowling for Columbine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Camper_Van_Beethoven (424 words)

	Camper van Beethoven \| Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Camper's visionary embrace of disparate genres established them as innovators, while their songs' combination of barbed satire and poignant humanism stymied those who'd attempt to pigeonhole them as a mere novelty.
		Camper Van Beethoven's first three albumsóTelephone Free Landslide Victory (1985), II and III (1986) and Camper Van Beethoven (1986)ówon widespread critical acclaim and took the emerging college-radio underground by storm, helping the band to build a large and loyal fan base.
		Camper Van Beethoven splintered after Key Lime Pie, but its members continued to pursue their unpredictable muses in a variety of worthy projects.
	www.vanguardrecords.com /campervanbeethoven/bio.html (1711 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		CVB turned up the treble for their self-titled third album, opening with the band's most beloved and accessible anthem, "Good Guys and Bad Guys", indie rock's very own "Hotel California".
		Unfortunately, the jokes on Camper Van Beethoven are comparatively unfunny: though you'll chuckle at "We Saw Jerry's Daughter", which was obviously written and recorded just after seeing her, the deadpan drawl of "Joe Stalin's Cadillac" and "Lulu Land" no longer tickle.
		Camper Van Beethoven's hyperactivity ensured a wealth of rarities for fans to track down at record conventions: we've seen two posthumous compilations of this material, in addition to the recent discovery of their long-lost 1987 tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.
	pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/c/camper-van-beethoven/cigarettes-and-carrot-juice.shtml (781 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Camper Van Beethoven
		When those lines debuted on Camper Van Beethoven's first record in 1985, there was no way anyone could know they would also serve as the band's epitaph.
		If you saw Camper play at its recent Warfield show with Cracker (the two bands share members), you know that, unlike most reunited bands, Camper sounds better than it ever did in its first incarnation, despite for the most part not having played the band's songs for over 10 years.
		It was Lowery who got the Camper Van Beethoven reunion rolling when he invited Segel to play violin on Cracker's recording of "White Riot" for the 1999 Clash tribute album.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.30.04/camper-0427.html (2777 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven is Dead, Long Live Camper Van Beethoven (Pitch-A-Tent)
		I've always felt that Camper Van Beethoven was one of the most underappreciated bands of the 1980's.
		It came as a big surprise when Camper Van Beethoven released a new collection of rarities and live tracks, as the Camper Vantiquities collection seemed to have filled most of the gaps.
		The title of the album is quite appropriate, as it's the animated corpse of Camper Van Beethoven instead of the decaying carcass that most rarities collections are.
	www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2000/cvb.shtml (518 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven - PopMatters Concert Review
		CVB's double CD release of Tusk is their ultimate satire of everything that went wrong with rock in the '70s.
		The album saw CVB moving away from foreign folk music and finally dealing directly with their own cultural legacy and American folk styles; using original lyrics instead of irreverent covers were now used to explore the heartland of American society.
		What makes CVB so different to other bands who try to use humor in their music, (I'm pointing fingers at They Might Be Giants and Ween) is that CVB never set out to purposefully sound different just for the sake of it, their music isn't in the slightest bit contrived.
	popmatters.com /music/concerts/c/camper-van-beethoven-020824.shtml (1532 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes and Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years - PopMatters Music Review
		Although CVB has unofficially played together a number of times since its breakup in the early '90s, this marks the first true reunion of one of the most obtuse acts to come out of the post-punk scene.
		In five discs, the case for Camper Van Beethoven is made without apology or plea; it's simply a collection of albums that are hard to find now, but were and still are a testament to just how far rock music could be taken without shattering.
		Camper Van Beethoven feared no music as alien, despite creating some music that was completely foreign to most people's experience.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/c/campervanbeethoven-cigarettes.shtml (2016 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven - 80sxchange.com
		At the time of their 1985 debut, Camper Van Beethoven's merging of punk, folk, ska and world musics was truly a revelation.
		The third album, confusingly titled Camper Van Beethoven, continued the thread, but the outstanding tracks, like "Joe Stalin's Cadillac," were all in the more straight-ahead indie-rock vein.
		Camper Van Beethoven just released a box set of their first three or four CD's.
	www.80sxchange.com /forums/showthread.php?t=17159 (382 words)

	Music Preview: Camper Van Beethoven is happier live
		Now, Camper is doing a full-fledged tour for what is looking more like a full-fledged reunion, playing songs that gleefully defy the aging process.
		Camper's way of fusing various cultures -- propelled by Jonathan Segel's unorthodox style on violin, keyboards and mandolin -- was never done with any shred of authenticity, making it a perfect match for Lowery's surreal wit.
		Looking back over Camper's breakup, he says, "We'd just been on top of each other when we were young and stupid, and we didn't know how to communicate, and we melted down.
	www.post-gazette.com /ae/20030122camper5.asp (836 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although they have played the odd gig or two over the last few years, this is the first real tour the band have put in since CVB officially died at the beginning of the 1990's.
		CVB were never easy to define and seemed to revel in breaking every genre and logical boundary rock bands seem to fall or be placed into.
		Brilliant, emotionally-charged and yet laidback and, at times, uncomfortable to be around Camper Van Beethoven who have lost none of their appeal.
	www.underwateramsterdam.com /campervb.html (946 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven - Topix.net
		Camper Van Beethoven is one of the headliners at the Outdoor Music Festival, today and Saturday in Pioneertown.
		Spin and Camper Van Beethoven have several things in common: They both turn 20 this year, they're full of raucous rock'n'roll sentiment, and sometimes they enjoy a whiskey or two.
		So I was hanging out backstage after the last Camper Van Beethoven show in town, and I'd had a couple of drinks, when all of a sudden, the tip of the cigarette I was smoking broke off and fell into my lap.
	rss.topix.net /rss/who/camper-van-beethoven.xml (244 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven MP3
		Camper Van Beethoven has released its entire back catalog of now discontinued albums free on the Internet in the MP3 format.
		All Camper has left of its glory days are two albums of excellent music left in print and a desire to release a new collection of live and previously unreleased tracks this March.
		Camper Van Beethoven's music is the music of established artists and I can tell you, the tunes available here is better than what you can mine from the ten's of thousands of singles on MP3.com.
	www.mp3newswire.net /stories/2000/camper.html (506 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Camper Van Beethoven
		Still, most seem to agree it was Lowery who got the Camper Van Beethoven reunion rolling when he invited Segel to play violin on Cracker's recording of "White Riot" for the 1999 Clash tribute album.
		If it seems like they're living Camper's career in reverse, well, maybe that's not inappropriate for a band that recorded at least half a dozen of their songs backward.
		In any case, Camper's backtracking takes them to the Catalyst on Friday, Feb. 28, just a couple of miles from where the band grew up in the early '80s, when a few transplants from L.A.'s Inland Empire found themselves let loose in the redwoods of UCSC.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/02.26.03/camper-0309.html (2532 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven: New Roman Times: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although David Lowery's post-Camper unit have surely had their moments, too often it seemed as though Lowery's chief objective with that band was to deaden any lingering fondness aging CVB fans might have for him.
		So despite the fact that their best albums-- particularly 1988's Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart-- hold up as well as nearly anything from the era, the bottom line is that Camper Van Beethoven entered the new century with much of their music out of print and their reputation in desperate need of rehabilitation.
		When this unpleasantness is followed by the bland Crackerisms of "51-7" and the ridiculous FM power chording of "White Fluffy Clouds", you'd be forgiven for thinking that maybe this reunion wasn't such a hot idea after all.
	pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/c/camper-van-beethoven/new-roman-times.shtml (569 words)

	RollingStone.com: Camper Van Beethoven : "New Times" for Camper : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The beloved sweethearts of Santa Cruz, California, have offered little teasers over the past fifteen years: an odds-and-ends collection (Camper Vantiquities) in 1993, a few reunion shows over the past few years and the 2002 release of their late-Eighties remake of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.
		A Camper calling card, the record allows the occasional peppy instrumental hoe-down and the other songs, well they tell the story of an America divided into the United States, the Confederate States and separate Republics of California and Texas, the former ravaged by civil war.
		In typical Camper fashion, any pointed commentary is bound to be cryptic.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/rnd/1090507053510/pageid/rs.Home/has-player/unknown/pageregion/single1/id/6368608 (1049 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Beethoven back together (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Camper Van Beethoven may have broken up after releasing "Key Lime Pie" in 1989, but the band just wouldn't go away.
		CVB violinist Jona-than Segel played on a Cracker track, and bassist Victor Krummenacher began subbing for Cracker's bass player--he now plays for both bands.
		Segel, Krummenacher and CVB guitarist Greg Lisher were putting in guest appearances at Cracker shows before the guys made the decision to put CVB back together.
	www.freelancestar.com /News/FLS/2004/102004/10072004/1522106 (886 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker/MOD
		CVB made no effort to sing seriously, wrote goofy lyrics filled with self-referential puns, and looked for inspiration to eclectic sources like Eastern European folk music.
		Camper Van Beethoven's original lineup assembled in Santa Cruz in the early 80s.
		Camper Van Beethoven - Formed 1983 with Anthony Guess (drums), Victor Krummenacher (bass), Greg Lisher (guitar), David Lowery (guitar, lead vocals), Chris Molla (guitar, pedal steel guitar), Jonathan Segel (violin, keyboards, mandolin, viola, sitar, etc.).
	www.warr.org /camper.html (1460 words)

	riverfronttimes.com \| Music \| Beethoven's Second \| 2004-10-27
		Not two hours after this interview, he posts on Camper Van Beethoven's official Web site the news that almost all of the band's gear and merchandise has been stolen.
		According to Segel, the crowds on Camper Van Beethoven's current tour reflect this gap in the historical record.
		This being Camper Van Beethoven, of course, the concept is not overly serious: There are space aliens, after all, and "that strange Québécois girl from Cirque du Soleil." In "Hippy Chix," the soldier takes the rebel's oath, swearing, "We might stop and surf a bit/But we would die for hippy chix."
	www.riverfronttimes.com /issues/2004-10-27/music/music.html (698 words)

	Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire
		To hear them tell it, the guys in Camper Van Beethoven were just taking a break.
		Lowery said CVB's hiatus was the best career move the band made because it sold most of its records during the break.
		Camper Van Beethoven returns for real October 14th in Philadelphia, then plays the next night at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.
	www.pollstar.com /news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=3626 (255 words)

	Weekend: Camper Van Beethoven hooks up with fans
		Camper Van Beethoven fans were delighted when the band's original members reunited in 2002 for a brief tour.
		The album is filled with the same kind of nutty innovations that made Camper Van Beethoven, led by the fearless David Lowery (late of Cracker), a favorite of the underground alt-rock set the first time around.
		Camper Van Beethoven performs with the Hackensaw Boys, 8 p.m.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/01/20/Weekend/Camper_Van_Beethoven_.shtml (589 words)

	Splendid E-zine reviews: Camper Van Beethoven
		Are you old enough to remember Camper Van Beethoven during their heyday?
		If so, you've probably already purchased your copy of Camper Van Beethoven is Dead.
		CvB's trademark Eastern European leanings are on plentiful display; they're in their finest form on "Balalaika Gap" and even receive cursory "dance mix" modification for "Stayin' At Home With the Girls in the Morning (Vienna Club Mix)".
	www.splendidezine.com /reviews/apr-24-00/camper.html (318 words)

	Camper Van Beethoven - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		Camper Van Beethoven was a band that inspired fanatical devotion.
		Whatever it was, after 1990, many fans feared that they had heard the last original songs from their favorite band.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/campervanbeethoven.html (423 words)

	spinART records : Camper Van Beethoven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Camper Van Beethoven formed in 1983 in Redlands CA a hot and dusty southern California town 80 miles east of Los Angeles.
		Founded by vocalist David Lowery, guitarist Chris Molla, and bassist Victor Krummenacher, they later moved to the seaside college community of Santa Cruz, CA in 1983, a town that at one point bore the unfortunate title of "the murder capital of America".
		Following the third album’s critical acclaim, and national tours with bands such as R.E.M. and 10,000 Maniacs, Camper Van Beethoven signed to Virgin Records and released their major label debut, "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart" (1988) and their final release "Key Lime Pie" (1989).
	www.spinartrecords.com /site/bandpage.php?id=15 (519 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Camper Van Beethoven
		Camper Van Beethoven is joining Modest Mouse on tour in support of their first new studio album in 15 years, "New Roman Times.".
		Camper Van Beethoven, by the way, is a California-based band that plays a "mish-mash of folk, punk and bluegrass music," according to McAuliffe.
		NEW YORK When Camper Van Beethoven first toured Europe in the mid-'80s, David Lowery visited his English aunt, who warned him "This is a dangerous business you're in.".
	music.surfwax.com /files/Camper_Van_Beethoven.html (3763 words)

	The Covers Project: Camper Van Beethoven
		The cover version of this song appears on the Camper Van Beethoven album Camper Van Beethoven II and III.
		The cover version of this song appears on the Camper Van Beethoven album NYC 7-18-02 (disc 1).
		The original version of this song appears on the Camper Van Beethoven album Left of the Dial: Dispaches From the 80's Underground (disc 4).
	www.coversproject.com /artist/Camper+Van+Beethoven (868 words)

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