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The members of indie punk band Les Savy Fav met while studying art at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1995 and started a band based on their mutual admiration of Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate. Their most recent album is 2007's Let's Stay Friends.
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Fast Facts:
- Formed in 1995 in Rhode Island
- Members: Tim Harrington, Seth Jabour, Syd Butler, Harrison Haynes
- The name, pronounced Lay-sah-vee-fahv, sounds French but is just nonsense
- Bassist Butler runs Frenchkiss Records
- Notable for the eccentric on-stage antics of frontman Harrington
- Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem is their former drummer
- Songs appear in the video games College Hoops 2K7, MLB 2K7, NHL 2K8 and Grand Theft Auto 4
- Played Coachella 2008
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Career Overview
After playing shows up and down the East Coast, Les Savy Fav were signed to Sub Pop Records in 1997 and released their debut album, 3/5, that same year. Two more albums followed, The Cat and the Cobra and Go Forth before the band announced an extended hiatus in 2005.Les Savy Fav returned in 2006 to begin recording their fourth album, Let's Stay Friends, and two years after their departure, the full lineup reunited at an All Tomorrow's Parties concert in England in May of 2007.
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@harieldiaz ecucha Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
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@norbertpek zag Dennis weleens bij concerten van toffe bands als les savy fav. niet gedurfd te vragen: waar ben je mee bezig?
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Dance party of four to Les Savy Fav. Two of us, a dog, and one sleepin'. Now Silver Jews "Trains Across the Sea". So amazing.
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obligations are so passe - Les Savy Fav
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listening to "Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee" ♫ http://blip.fm/~gwru4
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