American Football
Emo / Indie Rock
Urbana, IL: Before American Football, Mike Kinsella (Capn Jazz/Joan of Arc) and Steve Lamos played in The One Up Downstairs together with Dave and Alan Johnson From Very Secretary. The One Up Downstairs recorded a 3-song 7" which was to be released by Polyvinyl. They disbanded and the single never came out. Soon after, Steve and Mike began practicing with Steve Holmes and American Football was born. After writing and practicing for about one year, they released their 3 song CD single on Polyvinyl in October 1998. The band played a few shows and then recorded an album which Polyvinyl released in September 1999.
After the album was released, the band became pretty much a studio project and then decided not to record together anymore. Currently, Steve Lamos is working solo on a project called DMS. Steve Holmes is writing, and Mike Kinsella writing and recording solo material as Owen.
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