Chamberlain "Fate's Got A Driver" LP Doghouse Records (US)

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Track Listing:

A1–Her Side Of SundownA2–Street SingerA3–Yellow Like GoldA4–FIve Year DairyA5–UniontownA6–Surrendering The GhostA7–Drums And ShotgunsB1–The Simple LifeB2–Uniontown (Anti-Matter Version)B3–From Infinity To The County FairB4–Racing CincinnatiB5–Everything HereB6–Street Singer (Live At CBGB, 1995)

Chamberlain is an indie rock band from  & , previously having been known as , they changed their name and their general sound away from  punk in 1996.

History

In 1995,  returned to Detroit to record "Fate's Got A Driver" and the summer of 1995 saw the band hit the road with Ohio's Colossus of the Fall and DC's Samuel. It was during this month-long outing that the decision came to change the name and the direction of the band. Moore and Rubenstein returned to the studio in late 1995 and re-recorded the vocals and re-mixed the album, and Chamberlain was born.

The band re-released the updated  as Chamberlain in 1996, toured the US and Europe and took time out to record a new demo with acclaimed independent music producer Paul Mahern, much of which would go on to become The Moon My Saddle. After much courting by numerous major labels, the band were due to sign for , an imprint of , but a signing freeze just before putting pen to paper thwarted them.

The second Chamberlain studio album, "The Moon My Saddle," was recorded in the summer of 1998 at Echo Park Studios in Bloomington with producer Ray Martin and released later that year by Doghouse. The group continued performing for another two years, but without Snyder (who was not replaced), Mead (replaced by Showermast/Red Devil, Blue Devil's Seth Greathouse) and Walker (replaced by Uvula's Wade Parish). During this time, a collection of demos recorded during rehearsals was compiled as their third album, , and was released independently in 2000 through the band's management company, after being rejected from Doghouse.

The double LP retrospective,  (which is also the name of a song from ) was released independently in 2002. The album features live tracks and old demo recordings as well as tracks from compilations and hard to find releases.

The members are currently involved with many different musical projects in ,  and . Curtis Mead and Charlie Walker play, together with former  bass player and video director  and ex  drummer Philips, in , which released an EP in 2008.

Reunion

On the heels of a mini-Chamberlain reunion at the 2008 South by Southwest festival that featured Moore, Rubenstein, Walker and Mead, The band reformed with Snyder in May 2009 for a series of shows culminating in the Burning Fight book release show in Chicago. The show celebrated the release of the '90s hardcore book of the same name released by Revelation Records. Aside from the Chicago date, two other shows were played in Louisville and Indianapolis in May, followed by a December performance at New York's Bowery Ballroom. Prior to these gigs, Snyder hadn't played with the band since 1998.

Chamberlain toured with  and  in summer 2010, and performed at  in Louisville, Kentucky in May, 2011. No further touring is planned; however, an interview with Rubenstein in the July '11 Alternative Press hinted at continued collaborations

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