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|name=Galaxie 500
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|origin=Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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|activity=1987 - 1991
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|genre=[[Indie rock]]
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|labels=Aurora<br>Rough Trade<br>Rykodisc
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|act=Damon and Naomi<br>Luna<br>Dean & Britta
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|past_members=
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Dean Wareham
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Damon Krukowski
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Naomi Yang
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'''Galaxie 500''' was an American [[Indie rock]] band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.
   
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== Discography ==
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=== Studio albums ===
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*''[[Today (Galaxie 500 album)|Today]]'' (1988) Aurora
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*''[[On Fire (Galaxie 500 album)|On Fire]]'' (1989) Rough Trade
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*''[[This Is Our Music (Galaxie 500 album)|This Is Our Music]]'' (1990) Rough Trade
   
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=== Compilations ===
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">'''Galaxie 500''' was an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock alternative rock] band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ankeny_1-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Ankeny-1 [1]]</sup></p>
 
 
*''Galaxie 500'' (box set) (1996) Rykodisc
 
*''[[The Portable Galaxie 500]]'' (best-of) (1998) Rykodisc
 
*''[[Uncollected]]'' (rarities) (2004)
   
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=== Post-split releases ===
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*''[[Copenhagen (album)|Copenhagen]]'' (live, 1990) (1997) Rykodisc
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*''[[Peel Sessions (Galaxie 500 album)|Peel Sessions]]'' (2005)
   
==Contents==
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=== Singles ===
<span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:11px;"> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500# hide]] </span>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#History 1 History]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Musical_style_and_influences 2 Musical style and influences]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Post-Galaxie_500_activities 3 Post-Galaxie 500 activities]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Influence 4 Influence]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Discography 5 Discography]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Studio_albums 5.1 Studio albums]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Compilations 5.2 Compilations]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Post-split_releases 5.3 Post-split releases]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Singles 5.4 Singles]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Promotional_videos 5.5 Promotional videos]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#DVDs 5.6 DVDs]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#Further_reading 6 Further reading]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#References 7 References]
 
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==History<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=1 edit]]</span>==
 
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Guitarist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Wareham Dean Wareham], drummer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Krukowski Damon Krukowski] and bassist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Yang Naomi Yang] had met at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_School Dalton School] in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time as students at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University Harvard University].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ankeny_1-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Ankeny-1 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_2-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Strong-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Larkin_3-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Larkin-3 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Thompson_4-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Thompson-4 [4]]</sup> Wareham and Krukowski had formed a series of punk-influenced student bands, before Wareham returned to New York.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Thompson_4-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Thompson-4 [4]]</sup> When he returned in 1987 he and Krukowski formed a new band, with Yang joining the group on bass guitar, the new group deciding on the name Galaxie 500, after a friend's car (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company Ford] car of the 1960s, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Galaxie Ford Galaxie 500]).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ankeny_1-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Ankeny-1 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Thompson_4-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Thompson-4 [4]]</sup> In their early years, Krukowski didn't own a drum kit, so he borrowed one from his Harvard classmate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien Conan O'Brien], who'd bought a kit but had recently given up playing it. This drum kit can be heard on many of Galaxie 500's early recordings.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The band began playing gigs in Boston and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York New York], and recorded a demo which they sent to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimmy_Disc Shimmy Disc]'' label boss and producer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kramer Mark Kramer], who agreed to produce the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ankeny_1-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Ankeny-1 [1]]</sup> With Kramer at the controls, the band recorded the "Tugboat" single in February 1988, and the "Oblivious" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi-disc flexi-disc], and moved on to record their debut album, ''Today'', which was released on the small ''Aurora'' label.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_2-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Strong-2 [2]]</sup> The band toured the United Kingdom in late 1988 and in 1989, they signed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Trade_Records Rough Trade], and released their second album, ''On Fire'', which has been described as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi lo-fi] psychedelia reminiscent of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Richman Jonathan Richman] being backed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground The Velvet Underground]",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_2-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Strong-2 [2]]</sup> and is considered the band's defining moment.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ankeny_1-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Ankeny-1 [1]]</sup> ''On Fire'' reached number 7 in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Indie_Chart UK Indie Chart], and met with much critical acclaim in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom], but was less well received by the US music press, who cited Wareham's 'vocal limitations' as a weakness.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Buckley_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Buckley-6 [6]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lazell_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Lazell-7 [7]]</sup></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">With Kramer's live sound production at the mixing board at the band's every gig, the sound and the increasingly loyal audience grew with each release.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Galaxie 500 recorded two sessions for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel John Peel]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1 BBC Radio 1] programme, these later released on the ''Peel Sessions'' album. Their cover of Jonathan Richman's "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste" was also voted into number 41 in 1989's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festive_50 Festive 50] by listeners to the show.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-8 [8]]</sup></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The band split up in the spring of 1991 after the release of their third album, ''This Is Our Music.'' Wareham, who had already moved back to New York, quit the band after a lengthy American tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_2-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Strong-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Larkin_3-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Larkin-3 [3]]</sup></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Galaxie 500's records were released in the US and UK on the independent Rough Trade label. When Rough Trade went bankrupt in 1991, Krukowski and Yang purchased the masters at auction, reissuing them on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rykodisc Rykodisc] in 1997.</p>
 
==Musical style and influences<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=2 edit]]</span>==
 
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Galaxie 500 used fairly simple instrumental techniques enhanced with an atmospheric production style. The Velvet Underground and Jonathan Richman have been identified as key influences.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_2-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Strong-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Buckley_6-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Buckley-6 [6]]</sup> In interviews on the Galaxie 500 DVD''Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste'', Wareham cites [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacemen_3 Spacemen 3] as another key inspiration.</p>
 
==Post-Galaxie 500 activities<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=3 edit]]</span>==
 
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">After leaving Galaxie 500, Wareham tried his hand at production, working with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Rev Mercury Rev]. He released a solo single, "Anesthesia," in February 1992, and formed a new band, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(band) Luna]. Krukowski and Yang continued to record under the moniker Pierre Etoile (French for "Rock Star"), and then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_and_Naomi Damon and Naomi] (whose first two releases were also produced by Kramer), and as members of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Hour_(band) Magic Hour].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_2-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Strong-2 [2]]</sup> They also began the avant-garde press [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exact_Change Exact Change].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-9 [9]]</sup></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In June 2010 Dean Wareham announced on his website that he would be going on an autumn tour under the moniker "Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500," where he would, as the moniker suggests, only play Galaxie 500 songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-10 [10]]</sup></p>
 
==Influence<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=4 edit]]</span>==
 
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Galaxie 500's music had an influence on many later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_music indie music] groups, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_(band) Low].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Buckley_6-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Buckley-6 [6]]</sup> It has been covered and referenced by several well known artists. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Phair Liz Phair]'s song "Stratford-on-Guy", she sings, "And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video." In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiu_Xiu Xiu Xiu]'s song "Dr. Troll", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Stewart_(singer) Jamie Stewart] sings, "Listen to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Fire_(Galaxie_500_album) On Fire]'' and pretend someone could love you." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brian_Jonestown_Massacre The Brian Jonestown Massacre]'s ''And This Is Our Music'' was titled in reference to the group's album''This Is Our Music'' (which itself was titled after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornette_Coleman Ornette Coleman]'s album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Our_Music_(Ornette_Coleman_album) This Is Our Music]'').<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Buckley_6-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-Buckley-6 [6]]</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth Sonic Youth] frontman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Moore Thurston Moore] has cited Galaxie 500's album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_(Galaxie_500_album) Today]'' as "the guitar record of 1988".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500#cite_note-11 [11]]</sup></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">"Tugboat" has been covered by many artists, including The Submarines, who recorded it with famed indie rock producer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lasus Adam Lasus] for their ''iTunes Live Session EP'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Sea_Power British Sea Power], on Rough Trade compilation ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Me_If_You_Think_You%27ve_Heard_This_One_Before... Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before...]'', Welsh lo-fi band Joanna Gruesome, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portastatic Portastatic]. In 2010 the bands Cloudland Canyon and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citay Citay], appeared on a 7" EP together wherein they both covered Galaxie 500, the former taking on "Temperature's Rising" and the latter doing a version of "Tugboat". English artist World Of Fox covered "Flowers" in his 2011 release on Where It's At Is Where You Are Records.</p>
 
==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=5 edit]]</span>==
 
===Studio albums<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=6 edit]]</span>===
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_(Galaxie_500_album) Today]'' (1988) Aurora
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Fire_(Galaxie_500_album) On Fire]'' (1989) Rough Trade
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Our_Music_(Galaxie_500_album) This Is Our Music]'' (1990) Rough Trade
 
===Compilations<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=7 edit]]</span>===
 
*''Galaxie 500'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_set box set]) (1996) Rykodisc
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portable_Galaxie_500 The Portable Galaxie 500]'' (best-of) (1998) Rykodisc
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncollected Uncollected]'' (rarities) (2004)
 
===Post-split releases<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=8 edit]]</span>===
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_(album) Copenhagen]'' (live, 1990) (1997) Rykodisc
 
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_Sessions_(Galaxie_500_album) Peel Sessions]'' (2005)
 
===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=9 edit]]</span>===
 
 
*"Tugboat"/"King of Spain" (1988) Aurora
 
*"Tugboat"/"King of Spain" (1988) Aurora
*"Oblivious" included on a hard-vinyl compilation 7" free with ''Chemical Imbalance'' magazine
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*"Oblivious" included on a hard-vinyl compilation 7" free with ''Chemical Imbalance'' magazine
*"Blue Thunder"/"Hail" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_album split] w/ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket_Fits Straitjacket Fits]) (1989)
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*"Blue Thunder"/"Hail" (split album w/ [[Straitjacket Fits]]) (1989)
*"Blue Thunder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play EP]" (1990) Rough Trade
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*"Blue Thunder EP" (1990) Rough Trade
*"Rain"/"Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (1990) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caff_Records Caff]
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*"Rain"/"Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (1990) [[Caff Records|Caff]]
 
*"Fourth of July"/"Here She Comes Now" (1990) Rough Trade
 
*"Fourth of July"/"Here She Comes Now" (1990) Rough Trade
 
*"Snowstorm" (live)/"Pictures" (live) (2004)
 
*"Snowstorm" (live)/"Pictures" (live) (2004)
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===Promotional videos<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=10 edit]]</span>===
 
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=== Promotional videos ===
 
*"Tugboat" (1988)
 
*"Tugboat" (1988)
 
*"Blue Thunder" (1989)
 
*"Blue Thunder" (1989)
 
*"When Will You Come Home" (1989)
 
*"When Will You Come Home" (1989)
 
*"Fourth of July" (1990)
 
*"Fourth of July" (1990)
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===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galaxie_500&action=edit&section=11 edit]]</span>===
 
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=== DVDs ===
*''Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste'' (2004)
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*''Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste'' (2004)
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 27 August 2019


Galaxie 500 was an American Indie rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

  • Today (1988) Aurora
  • On Fire (1989) Rough Trade
  • This Is Our Music (1990) Rough Trade

Compilations[]

  • Galaxie 500 (box set) (1996) Rykodisc
  • The Portable Galaxie 500 (best-of) (1998) Rykodisc
  • Uncollected (rarities) (2004)

Post-split releases[]

  • Copenhagen (live, 1990) (1997) Rykodisc
  • Peel Sessions (2005)

Singles[]

  • "Tugboat"/"King of Spain" (1988) Aurora
  • "Oblivious" included on a hard-vinyl compilation 7" free with Chemical Imbalance magazine
  • "Blue Thunder"/"Hail" (split album w/ Straitjacket Fits) (1989)
  • "Blue Thunder EP" (1990) Rough Trade
  • "Rain"/"Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (1990) Caff
  • "Fourth of July"/"Here She Comes Now" (1990) Rough Trade
  • "Snowstorm" (live)/"Pictures" (live) (2004)

Promotional videos[]

  • "Tugboat" (1988)
  • "Blue Thunder" (1989)
  • "When Will You Come Home" (1989)
  • "Fourth of July" (1990)

DVDs[]

  • Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste (2004)