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Camper Van Beethoven is an alternative rock artist from Redlands, CA formed in 1983. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
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Key Lime Pie
1989
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
1988
El Camino Real
2014
La Costa Perdida
2012
Camper Van Beethoven
1987
Telephone Free Landslide Victory
1985
Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty
2008
Camper Vantiquities
1993
II & III + Live in Nebraska 1986 (40th Anniversary Edition)
2026
Live At Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, October 12, 1989 (Remastered)
2015
Discotheque CVB: Live in Chicago
2005
In the Mouth of the Crocodile: Live in Seattle
2004
New Roman Times
2004
Reissue Sampler
2004
Tusk
2002
Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years
2002
Greatest Hits Played Faster
2002
Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven.
2000
The Virgin Years
1994
II & III
1986
Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983 and later located in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Their eclectic and ever-evolving style mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, alternative country, and various types of world music. The band initially polarized audiences within the hardcore punk scene of California's Inland Empire before finding wider acceptance and, eventually, an international audience. Their strong iconoclasm and emphasis on do-it-yourself values proved influential to the burgeoning indie rock movement. Released within an 18 month period, the band's first three independent records enjoyed critical success, each placing in The Village Voice's 1986 Pazz and Jop Top 100 Albums list. Their debut single, "Take the Skinheads Bowling", remains a college rock radio staple. The group signed to Virgin Records in 1987, released two lauded albums and enjoyed chart success with their 1989 cover of Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men", a number one hit on Billboard Magazine's Modern Rock Tracks. They disbanded the following year, however, due to internal tensions. Individual members found greater commercial success t…
