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''For the Australian television series, see [[The Librarians (TV series)|The Librarians]]'' |
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The group was famous mostly for their raucous live act: |
The group was famous mostly for their raucous live act: |
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<blockquote>But (Ryan) Gan, the anti-frontperson frontperson of the Librarians, isn't even fazed. Though on the record, Gan's job is limited to backup vocals and tambourine for vocalist-guitarist Damon Larson, he explodes into his full potential onstage with spastic tambourine beating and poster-worthy one-hand-on-the-hip-the-other-thrust-skyward poses. His performance is truly horrifying in its cheesiness, and yet it's unnervingly mesmerizing. It's a kind of innocence-lost scenario: everyone reaches the same guilty conclusion, "Christ, why don't more bands do this?" |
<blockquote>But (Ryan) Gan, the anti-frontperson frontperson of the Librarians, isn't even fazed. Though on the record, Gan's job is limited to backup vocals and tambourine for vocalist-guitarist Damon Larson, he explodes into his full potential onstage with spastic tambourine beating and poster-worthy one-hand-on-the-hip-the-other-thrust-skyward poses. His performance is truly horrifying in its cheesiness, and yet it's unnervingly mesmerizing. It's a kind of innocence-lost scenario: everyone reaches the same guilty conclusion, "Christ, why don't more bands do this?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfbg.com/37/46/art_music_librarians.html |title=sfbg.com {{!}} A and E |website=www.sfbg.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030820204148/http://www.sfbg.com/37/46/art_music_librarians.html |archive-date=2003-08-20}} </ref></blockquote> |
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Ryan Gan received his Master's in Library and Information Science in 2006 and is now employed as a librarian and professor in Torrance, California. Prior to this and the formation of the band, Gan played the euphonium at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California between 1990 and 1994. Gan has since picked up the euphonium again and has playing in a community band. As 2023, Gan has started a noise project called Insufficient Despair. Since leaving the Librarians, Damon Larson has continued his musical career. His newest band, the Paranoids, is a fixture on the San Francisco music scene. |
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Interestingly enough, Ryan Gan received his Master's in Library and Information Science in 2006 and is now employed as a librarian. |
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There is also a band that go by the name The Librarians from Peterborough (UK), They started off in April 2006, at the met lounge in peterborough, have played almost every week, and have had some good feedback from various promoters and ex-muscians. |
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They been told numerous times that we are one of the most unique bands in the area (Cambs) and have been played on local radio stations such as BBC radio Cambridgeshire and radio Huntingdonshire numerous times. |
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On more than one occasion, they have however been compared to the Pogues and The Libertines – ''“This band share a similarity in sound as well as name with the Libertines. The Lib’s (both the ‘Tines and the ‘Rarians) have an effortless charm that comes with the loose, easy playing of shimmering melodies that are often barely there - and this subtlety makes for a more enjoyable listen. The roughness of the voice and the playing add to the warmth and … Without a Shirt certainly has the simplicity and poetry of the deceased Libs.”'' Cambridgesbands.com |
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They Have recently supported touring bands such as The Hedrons, Sonic Boom Six and mohair (who recently Supported Razorlight on there US tour) |
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*[http://www.pandacide.com/bands.html Band page at Pandacide Records] |
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*[http://www.sfbg.com/37/46/art_music_librarians.html''Book 'em - The Librarians Rock the Stacks''] in the [[San Francisco Bay Guardian]] |
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The Librarians were a power pop band from Berkeley, California who formed in 1999 by Damon Larson and Ryan Gan. They released one album, The Pathetic Aesthetic, in 2002, which received 4 out of 5 stars from Allmusic.
The group was famous mostly for their raucous live act:
But (Ryan) Gan, the anti-frontperson frontperson of the Librarians, isn't even fazed. Though on the record, Gan's job is limited to backup vocals and tambourine for vocalist-guitarist Damon Larson, he explodes into his full potential onstage with spastic tambourine beating and poster-worthy one-hand-on-the-hip-the-other-thrust-skyward poses. His performance is truly horrifying in its cheesiness, and yet it's unnervingly mesmerizing. It's a kind of innocence-lost scenario: everyone reaches the same guilty conclusion, "Christ, why don't more bands do this?"[1]
Ryan Gan received his Master's in Library and Information Science in 2006 and is now employed as a librarian and professor in Torrance, California. Prior to this and the formation of the band, Gan played the euphonium at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California between 1990 and 1994. Gan has since picked up the euphonium again and has playing in a community band. As 2023, Gan has started a noise project called Insufficient Despair. Since leaving the Librarians, Damon Larson has continued his musical career. His newest band, the Paranoids, is a fixture on the San Francisco music scene.
References
[edit]- ^ "sfbg.com | A and E". www.sfbg.com. Archived from the original on 2003-08-20.
External links
[edit]- Music Video for The Librarians song "You and this Bottle" on Youtube.com
- AMG's entry for the band
- "Storming the Stacks - When was last time you saw a Librarian shake his ass?" at Metroactive.com.
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