The Minus 5

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Years Active
1993 – present (32 years)
Founded In
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States
Formed in 1993, Scott McCaughey designed The Minus 5 as a , with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup. Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was only released through They Might Be Giants' mail-order record club, Hello CD of the Month Club in 1994. Their full-length debut album Old Liquidator was released in 1995, and the Minus 5's lineup consisted of McCaughey, Buck, and Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies. After releasing … read more
Formed in 1993, Scott McCaughey designed The Minus 5 as a , with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup. Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was only … read more
Formed in 1993, Scott McCaughey designed The Minus 5 as a , with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup. Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was only released through They Might Be Giants' mail-order record club, Hell… read more

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1 Play track The Minus 5 Aw Shit Man
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2 Play track Words & Birds Words & Birds
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3 Oar On, Penelope! [Explicit] Let the Rope Hold, Cassie Lee
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4 Oar On, Penelope! [Explicit] Last Hotel
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5 Oar On, Penelope! [Explicit] We Shall Not Be Released
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6 Oar On, Penelope! [Explicit] Bison Queen
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7 Play track The Minus 5 Cigarettes Coffee and Booze
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8 Death the Bludgeoner Death the Bludgeoner
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9 Play track Oar On, Penelope! [Explicit] Blow in My Bag
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10 I Don't Want to Hate Anyone I Don't Want to Hate Anyone
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Albums

  1. 20,072 listeners

    2 Nov 2004 · 7 tracks

    At the Organ EP
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  2. 10,003 listeners

    1 Jan 2003 · 13 tracks

    Down With Wilco
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  3. 7,871 listeners

    6 Feb 2006 · 13 tracks

    The Minus 5
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    2000 · 12 tracks

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