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Formed in the summer of 2005,various members of underrated musical projects based out of Austin, Texas and Lawrence, Kansas vented their hatred of working in service industry jobs into a poisonous tirade against the American classes who demand extra salad dressing and flawless table service with their debut album, 'Ranch Is The New French" in October of 2006. Having just finished their follow up 'Limited Coverage', which features the wonderfully inventive guitar stylings of Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets, The Service Industry still delivers well crafted dirt pop and intense, unsettling live shows where the old motto "the customer is always right" has no meaning. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 7/27/2006
Band Website: theserviceindustry.net
Band Members: Hunter Darby, Mike McCoy, Andy Thomas, Robbie Araiza, Julie Lowery, Travis Garaffa
Influences: Doug Allen, Bela Bartok, Blondie, The Buzzcocks, Jimmy Carter, Sri Chinmoy, Sally Crewe, Graham Coxon, Jennings Crawford, The Fall, The Feelies, Woodie Guthrie, Pulp, Ricky Skaggs, Jimmy Webb, X, 2 Live Crew
Sounds Like: from the Austin Chronicle; February 14th, 2008:Texas Platters BY GREG BEETSThe Service Industry Limited Coverage (Sauspop)The most remarkable thing about the Service Industry is that no one did it sooner. With all the kitchen-bred musicians in Austin, it's high time a band coalesced around the plight of beleaguered day-jobbers. Following last year's restaurant-centric debut, Ranch Is the New French, the local pop collective emerges as a leaner, meaner, Middle American music machine fueled by a more generalized brand of occupational dread. As frontman Mike McCoy drolly depicts death by 1,000 paper cuts on "Now Wake Up and Die," Julie Lowery's melancholic backing vocals give the would-be anthem a palpable hint of grace. "Have to Go to Work" hits like a prison work song reimagined by Cheap Trick, while "Hollywood out of Austin" cheekily excoriates the VIP puffery of certain celluloid transients. Throw in a swell cover of the Undertones' "You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)," and you've got the pitch-perfect soundtrack for your next union potluck.***
Record Label: Sauspop Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Spinners Provide Best Music of 2007 Without Putting Out Album

There is nothing worth discussing about the music of 2007 as not one single band or solo artist on the whole planet wrote and/or performed a song as good as "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners.
Posted by The Service Industry on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:21:00 PST

New Service Industry Album Featuring Curt Kirkwood Of the Meat Puppets Done

Whew! There is no rest for The Service Industry as we have just completed our second album which we are proud to say features the wonderfully visionary psyche rock crunchings of singer songwriter/ gui...
Posted by The Service Industry on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:30:00 PST

Little River Band's Cocaine Recovered

A virtual "mountain of honk" stolen in 1978 from Australian pop group The Little River Band has been located in an Austin Greyhound Bus station locker by local authorities, ending a twenty nine year o...
Posted by The Service Industry on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:35:00 PST

2006: Have You No Shame?

Good riddance 2006 Year In Music. Besides our own brilliant masterpiece, "Ranch Is The New French", there really weren't that many good albums to come down the pike and there were tons of terribly ove...
Posted by The Service Industry on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:25:00 PST

Hole In The Wall To Refurbish Bathrooms

It was announced on Wednesday morning that Guadalupe drinking destination The Hole In The Wall would overhaul their front two bathroom facilities. Owners sited that they had received good feedback fro...
Posted by The Service Industry on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:27:00 PST

Austin Caucasian Masturbatory Blues Guitar Solo Museum To Open March 2007

Austin white blues guitar enthusiasts received a late Christmas gift this Tuesday when it was announced that a ground breaking ceremony for The Caucasian Masturbatory Blues Guitar Solo Museum would oc...
Posted by The Service Industry on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:45:00 PST

Bob Schneider Granted Exclusive Rights To All Live Music Performances In Travis County

Taking a lead from Capitol Metro bus ads that feature local musician Bob Schneider with the caption."Leave The Jamming To Me", the City of Austin decided last Monday to allow only Bob Schneider and/or...
Posted by The Service Industry on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:08:00 PST

A Brief History of Ranch

In the late 50s and early 60s, Sal and Gloria Dawson's dude ranch was favored by weekend visitors who wanted to enjoy the natural surroundings.The ranch menu often included salad with a dressing creat...
Posted by The Service Industry on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:22:00 PST

City of Austin To Vote and Then Ban Alcohol From Live Music Venues

The Austin City Council and Mayor Will Wynn unanimously decided to vote on and then ban all alcoholic beverages from live music clubs at an emergency meeting and press conference this morning. "I can'...
Posted by The Service Industry on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:53:00 PST

Former Sincola Guitarist Slated To Walk South Asian Bar Tab This Evening

A former guitarist from nineties, popular Austin band, Sincola has made a last minute decision to walk his tab at a Vietnamese bar and grill this evening. Greg Wilson, co founder and co writer of th...
Posted by The Service Industry on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:39:00 PST