Victor Krummenacher
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Background information | |
Birth name | Victor Krummenacher |
Born | Riverside, California, US | April 7, 1965
Genres | Rock, Southern rock, blues, world music |
Occupation(s) | Musician, graphic designer |
Instrument | Bass |
Years active | 1984–present |
Labels | Columbia Legacy Recordings |
Website | Official website |
Victor Krummenacher is an American bass guitarist and guitarist. He is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven.
Career
In addition to co-founding Camper Van Beethoven, Krummenacher is also a co-founder of CVB offshoot Monks of Doom, and a member of Camper Van Chadbourne. In the spring of 2017, he appeared on Monks of Doom's first album of new compositions in 25 years, entitled The Brönte Pin.
As a recording artist, Krummenacher has been active for more than 30 years and has appeared with numerous projects including Cracker, Fifth Business, A Great Laugh, and McCabe and Mrs. Miller, a duo formed in 2008 with Alison Faith Levy of The Loud Family.
Krummenacher has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter since 1994. His ninth solo album, Hard To See Trouble Coming, was released in January 2015. As of 2017[update], he remains active as a live artist in Northern California, and is preparing a studio recording for 2018.
In addition to his musical career, Krummenacher was previously art director of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and is currently a managing art director for Wired.
Discography
Solo albums
- Out in the Heat (1995)
- Saint John's Mercy (1998)
- Bittersweet (2000)
- Nocturne (2003)
- Sans Soleil (2003)
- The Cock Crows at Sunrise (2007)
- Patriarch's Blues (2008)
- I Was a Nightmare, But I'm Not Going to Go There (2012)
- Hard to See Trouble Coming (2015)
- Blue Pacific (2018)
with Camper Van Beethoven
Albums
- Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)
- II & III (1986)
- Camper Van Beethoven (1986)
- Vampire Can Mating Oven (1987)
- Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)
- Key Lime Pie (1989)
- Tusk (2002)
- New Roman Times (2004)
- La Costa Perdida (2013)
- El Camino Real (2014)
Compilations and special releases
- The Virgin Years (1993) (Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker)
- Camper Vantiquities (1993) – rarities compilation
- Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven (2000) – rarities compilation
- Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years (2002) – box set
- In the Mouth of the Crocodile - Live in Seattle (2004)
- Discotheque CVB: Live In Chicago (2005)
with Monks of Doom
- Soundtrack to the Film "Breakfast on the Beach of Deception" (1987)
- The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989)
- Meridian (1991)
- The Insect God (EP, 1992)
- Forgery (1993)
- What's Left For Kicks? (2004)
- The Brönte Pin (2017)
with Eugene Chadbourne
- Camper Van Chadbourne (1987)
- Eddie Chatterbox Double Trio Love Album (1988)
- Eugene Van Beethoven's 69th Sin-Funny (1991)
- Used Record Pile (1999)
- Revenge of Camper Van Chadbourne (1999)
- PsyCHADelidoowop (2001)
Other recordings (as bassist)
- The Wrestling Worms – The Wrestling Worms (1987)
- Jonathan Segel – Storytelling (1989)
- Fifth Business – "Prince of Lies" b/w "Hey Robert" (single, 1994)
- Dent – Stimmung (1995)
- The Electric Chairmen – Toast (1996)
- Dent – Verstärker (1998)
- Greg Lisher – Handed Down the Wire (1999)
- Magnet – Caffeine Superstar (1999)
- Robi Del Mar – Alone in the Belly (2000)
- Jonathan Segel – Edgy Not Antsy (2003)
- Jonathan Segel – Honey (2007)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Time For Leaving (2009)
- Incidental music for the Bob Dylan film Masked and Anonymous (with Bruce Kaphan)
External links
- Victor Krummenacher (official website)
- Camper Van Beethoven (official website)
- Monks of Doom (official website)
- Victor Krummenacher collection on the Internet Archive's live music archive
- Camper Van Beethoven collection on the Internet Archive's live music archive
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller collection on the Internet Archive's live music archive
- Magnetic Motorworks – record label formed by Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel