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The Magnetic Fields

American band

The Magnetic Fields are an American band founded and led by Stephin Merritt. Merritt is the group's primary songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as frequent multi-instrumentalist.

The band is named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel Les Champs Magnétiques.

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The Magnetic Fields

what: a band
from: Boston
since: 1990
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 4 songs

File card: The Magnetic Fields

named after: Les Champs Magnétiques

members: Stephin Merritt, John Woo, Claudia Gonson

formed in: Boston

labels: Merge Records, Nonesuch Records, Warner Music Germany

genres: synth-pop, indie rock

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History

The band began as Merritt's studio project under the name Buffalo Rome. With the help of friend Claudia Gonson, who had played in Merritt's band the Zinnias during high school, a live band was assembled in Boston, where Merritt and Gonson lived, to play Merritt's compositions. The band's first live performance was in 1991 at T.T. the Bear's Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where they were mistakenly billed as Magnetophone, an alias used briefly in that year by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang of Galaxie 500.

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The Magnetic Fields (named after the novel Les Champs Magnétiques) is an American indie pop group founded and led by Stephin Merritt. He is the group's primary songwriter, producer and vocalist, as well as frequent multi-instrumentalist. The Magnetic Fields is essentially a vehicle for Merritt's songwriting, along with various side-projects, such as The 6ths, Future Bible Heroes and The Gothic Archies. While the particular musical style of the band is usually as malleable as Merritt's songwriting, its songs are commonly attributed to pop genres and subgenres: synthpop, indie pop, and noise pop. The band is often also cited as being recognizable by Merritt's lyrics, often about love and often with irregular or neutral gender roles, that are by turns ironic, tongue-in-cheek, bitter, and humorous. Also known as: Magnetic Field, Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies From Discogs (free to use). Their entry