indie · rock
American Football
Urbana · Champaign
Bio
The band was formed by Mike Kinsella and Steve Lamos, who both played in The One Up Downstairs along with Dave and Allen Johnson, who would later form the band Very Secretary. Soon after The One Up Downstairs came together, they wrote three songs together in order to release them as a 7” vinyl on Polyvinyl Records. However, the band broke up before the record was pressed, and Kinsella and Lamos were determined to keep performing together. Together with Steve Holmes, a guitarist and mutual friend of theirs, they started putting together a new band, a band which you can tell was formed before the age of Google because they named it American Football.
The band
Mike Kinsella
lead vocals, guitar <small>(1997–2000, 2014–present)</small>, bass guitar <small>(1997–2000)</small>. Mike Kinsella is an American musician and singer-songwriter
Steve Holmes
guitar <small>(1997–2000, 2014–present)</small>, keyboards <small>(1997–2000)</small>
Nate Kinsella
bass guitar, backing vocals, vibraphone <small>(2014–present)</small>. Nate Kinsella is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer, and producer
Steve Lamos
drums, percussion, trumpet <small>(1997–2000, 2014–2021, 2023–present)</small>
melodica
percussion, keyboards, melodica, backing vocals, guitar <small>(2014–present)</small>. The melodica is a handheld free reed instrument similar in sound to a pump organ, harmonica, or an accordion
Cory Bracken
vibraphone, percussion <small>(2016–present)</small>
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