These Droppings are Fresh: Top Five Deer Bands!
by Ernest Hilbert on 13/09/12 at 3:23 pm
What’s up with all these bands with animal names lately? Bear in Heaven, Minus the Bear, Grizzly Bear, etc. Awww, forget bears. How about all these deer bands?
5. Deer Tick: The American alt-country band Deer Tick hails from Providence, Rhode Island led by guitarist and singer-songwriter John McCauley.
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4. John Doe: John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac) was an original member of the seminal LA punk band X. He performs in a variety of musical styles and also appears in the television show Roswell.
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3. Deerhunter: American four-piece ambient-punk group from Atlanta, Georgia.
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2. The Antlers: A Brooklyn indie-rock outfit named after a song by The Microphones.
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1. Deerhoof: San Fransisco noise band, punishing eardrums from the 1990s to the present.
Runner-up: The Bambi Molesters, a Croatian surf rock band, but you knew that.
