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The Embarrassment was an American rock band formed in 1979 in Wichita, Kansas, that was initially active from 1979 to 1983 and has reunited several times since then. The band consisted of guitarist Bill Goffrier, lead singer and organist John Nichols, bassist Ron Klaus, and drummer Brent Giessmann.
Surrounded by wheat fields, cowboys, and cars, four bespectacled misfits in Kansas — Bill Goffrier, Brent Giessmann, John Nichols, and Ron Klaus — grabbed instruments and blasted out “a ravenous strain of rock ‘n’ roll” as tuneful, brainy, and enthralling as anything coming from the coasts.
We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment is the long-awaited feature documentary about America’s gawkiest and greatest lost rock band.
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26 ott 2021 · Death Travels West "1983’s Death Travels West finds The Embarrassment as anthemic, angular, and inscrutable as they ever were, with a concept record in the loosest sense of the word. The gangly...
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22 gen 2007 · The Embarrassment - Wellsville - YouTube. waldojeffers2006. 322 subscribers. Subscribed. 116. 21K views 17 years ago. The Embarrassment live at the Flatiron, Wichita, KS, 4-25-81. ...more.
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Through original interviews, restored concert footage, and appearances by fans including Evan Dando, Freedy Johnston, Grant Hart, and Thomas Frank, this documentary shows how the Embarrassment rose out of nowhere to become a post-punk legend that's almost been forgotten — until now.
In a flurry lasting from 1979 to '83, the Embarrassment erupted out of a Wichita, Kansas, with a powerful concoction of punk energy, pop melody, and uber-nerdy spazziness that they themselves dubbed "Blister Pop." Like the heartland answer to the Buzzcocks, the quartet--featuring vocalist/guitarist Bill Goffrier, vocalist/organist John Nichols, ...
