Lucero
Lucero - Live in Concert
Background information
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee
Genres	Rock Alt. country Indie rock Southern rock Cowpunk
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Universal Music Group (2008 - Present) Liberty & Lament Madjack Records Soul is Cheap Love Lost Thick Syrup Records Landmark Records
Associated acts	A Town Too Small Lucky Old Son Overjoid The Paper Hearts Red 40 The Simple Ones Vegas Thunder The Honorary Title
Website	www.luceromusic.com
Members
Ben Nichols Brian Venable John C. Stubblefield Roy Berry Rick Steff Todd Beene
Former members
Shane Callaway Jeremy Freeze Reiko Steve Selvidge Todd Gill

Lucero is an American punk/country infused rock band that is based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Singles 2.2 Albums 2.3 Compilation appearances 3 Videography 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Lucero's punk rock roots flavor their now "country-ish" music, while their Southern roots give them the twang that they have come to be known by. The band played for the first time in early 1998. Since 2001, they have played between 150 and 200 shows a year across the United States and Canada. They have released seven full length albums, the latest entitled 1372 Overton Park.

The members of Lucero are Roy Berry (drums), John C. Stubblefield (bass), Brian Venable (guitar), and Ben Nichols (guitar and vocals), and occasionally Rick Steff (piano, organ, accordion). Todd Gill substituted for Brian Venable from 2003 to 2004. The band also experimented with guitarist Steve Selvidge in the early months of 2003. Ben Nichols' previous band was Red 40 in which he played alongside Colin Brooks and Steve Kooms.

In late 2008 the band announced they had signed a 4 album deal with Universal Music Group. Their latest album, 1372 Overton Park, was released October 6, 2009.

The Last Pale Light in the West, the first solo release from frontman Ben Nichols, was released in January 2009 on the band's own label Liberty & Lament. The 7 song record was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's book Blood Meridian.

Nichols co-stars in MTV's "$5 Cover," a Craig Brewer-produced quasi-fictionalized series about the Memphis music scene that started in May 2009. A performance of Lucero's song "San Francisco" at the Young Avenue Deli in Memphis is featured in the trailer for the series.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

• My Best Girl

Slow dancing,diamond state heartbreak....... - Landmark Records (2000)

• Split w/ Loggia Soul is Cheap (2004)

[edit] Albums

• The Attic Tapes - Soul is Cheap/Love Lost (2000)
• Lucero - Madjack Records (2001)
• Tennessee - Madjack Records (2002)
• That Much Further West - Tiger Style Records (2003)
• Nobody's Darlings - Liberty & Lament (2005)
• Dreaming In America - Liberty & Lament (2005)
• The Attic Tapes (reissue) - Liberty & Lament (2006)
• Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers - Liberty & Lament (2006)
• 1372 Overton Park - Universal Records / Republic Records (2009)

[edit] Compilation appearances

• Thick Syrup Records - Thick Syrup Records (2007)

[edit] Videography

Title

Bright Stars on Lonesome Nights

Dreaming In America

[edit] External links

• Lucero (official website)
• Lucero at Allmusic
• Lucero feature on hardrock.com
• Review of Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers
• Interview on Brightest Young Things
• Photos/Review of Lucero at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, April 2009