The Buttless Chaps

The Buttless Chaps
Origin	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	1998 (1998)–2009
Labels	Mint
Past members	Dave Gowans Lasse Lutick Morgan McDonald Ida Nilsen Torben Wilson

The Buttless Chaps were a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1998 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The group played a hybrid of punk, new wave and alternative country music.

History

Band members included Dave Gowans on vocals, guitar and banjo, Morgan McDonald on keyboards, Lasse Lutick on guitar and synthesizer, Torben Wilson on drums and Ida Nilsen on vocals, accordion, synthesizer and euphonium.

They were featured on CBC Radio 3's Sessions in June 2007.

In an interview on CBC Radio 3 on January 7, 2009, Dave Gowans announced that the band would be breaking up after completing their remaining touring commitments. The band members moved on to other projects: McDonald on his band Fond of Tigers, Nilsen on Great Aunt Ida and The Violet Archers, Wilson on Clean and Pristine the NOEX Castaway, and Gowans on Cloudsplitter. Today, Gowans and Lutick also own and operate Red Cat Records, a record store in Vancouver.

In Popular Culture

A poster for The Buttless Chaps appears in the background of "We'd like to Thank the Academy", an episode (Season 5, Ep. 13) of USA's hit comedy, Psych.

Discography

• The Buttless Chaps (1998)
• Tumblewire (1999)
• Death Country Live (2000)
• Death Scenes I II III (2001)
• Experiments (2002)
• Love This Time (2003)
• Where Night Holds Light (2006)
• Cartography (2008)

See also

• Canadian rock
• List of bands from Canada
• List of Canadian musicians

External links

• The Buttless Chaps at CBC radio 3