The Embarrassment – Celebrity Art Party [Wichita, KS, USA ; Punk / Art Rock] (1981)

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• ˝The Embarrassment was an American quartet formed in 1979 in Wichita, Kansas, that was active from 1979 to 1983, but 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. After the break-up, Giessmann played for The Del Fuegos and Goffrier formed Big Dipper. The band was considered a prominent part of the Lawrence music scene of the early 1980s.˝

  ˝Although some people considered the band punk rock, the band itself liked to describe themselves as “Blister Pop.” The Village Voice’s long-time chief music critic, Robert Christgau, called them a *”great lost American band.”* Along with bands like Get Smart!, and the Mortal Micronotz, the Embarrassment were prominent in the Lawrence punk scene of the early ’80s and they would regularly play at venues like the Lawrence Opera House (now called “Liberty Hall”) and the Off The Wall Hall (later called “Cogburn’s”, now called “The Bottleneck”).˝

  Source/more info on them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Embarrassment

  March 18, 2023 at 1:47 pm

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