The Out Crowd

Flashback: Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-One, Matthew Michael Hollywood drops out of art school in San Francisco and falls in with a renegade crew of rabble-rousers going by the name of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Over the next few years things waver between brilliant and insane quite often, albums are recorded, tours are toured and Mr. Hollywood learns a lot about life, love and the rather excessive things people get up to when they’re young, wide-eyed and in a rock and roll band.Meanwhile, further north, Stuart Valentine is learning the ropes himself as the drummer for a country-loving combo called Richmond Fontaine. A born drummer, Stuart keeps time for, tours and records two albums with the band while simultaneously amassing a stunning collection of robots and playing guitar.

Flashback: Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-One, Matthew Michael Hollywood drops out of art school in San Francisco and falls in with a renegade crew of rabble-rousers going by the name of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Over the next few years things waver between brilliant and insane quite often, albums are recorded, tours are toured and Mr. Hollywood learns a lot about life, love and the rather excessive things people get up to when they’re young, wide-eyed and in a rock and roll band.

Meanwhile, further north, Stuart Valentine is learning the ropes himself as the drummer for a country-loving combo called Richmond Fontaine. A born drummer, Stuart keeps time for, tours and records two albums with the band while simultaneously amassing a stunning collection of robots and playing guitar.

After leaving the BJM in 1998 Matt moves to Portland where he becomes acquainted with a long-haired, somewhat shy, young guitar player named Elliott Barnes. The two had met previously while both were living in California and realize they have much in common including a certain occasional social awkwardness which leads to the adoption of the name The Out Crowd. They begin plotting the formation of a band to end all bands and spend several fruitless months attempting to find the right co-conspirators. Eventually they decide to leave things to fate and book a show without having found a drummer yet.

As luck would have it an inebriated Matt is approached by Stuart, who confesses to liking Matt’s songs and playing the drums (both brave assertions.) Hollywood responds by telling Stuart to stop talking and write down his phone number and an audition is scheduled, after which Elliott is heard to exclaim, "I’m in love." Moving along, the band is approached after a few shows by Sarah Jane, a local teenager and fan of the band’s music. She convinces them that the only thing missing from their sound is her. The band wholeheartedly agrees and she begins playing tambourine with them, eventually revealing the fact that she can also play guitar and keyboards. In 2005 Caleb Spiegel, the former frontman and songwriter for My Regrets, joined in as the group’s bassist.

The Present: The band is currently touring North America with their friends The Dandy Warhols. Tonight marks their second appearance in Washington, DC and first time playing the Kennedy Center.

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11/28/05: The Out Crowd

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, The Out Crowd performs works of psychedelic grandeur and precise pop melodies.

The Out Crowd

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, The Out Crowd performs works of psychedelic grandeur and precise pop melodies.

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