The Evaporators

The Evaporators
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia
Genres	Garage rock
Years active	1986-present
Labels	Alternative Tentacles, Mint, Nardwuar
Associated acts	Thee Goblins, Destroyer, The New Pornographers
Members	Nardwuar the Human Serviette John Collins David Carswell Scott Livingstone
Past members	Lisa Marr

The Evaporators is a Canadian garage rock band formed in 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Nardwuar, its founding member, is known for interviewing musicians and celebrities.

History

The Evaporators often collaborate with other musicians, such as Rodney Graham. John Collins is a member of the band The New Pornographers and David Carswell is in The Smugglers.

As of 2007, the band consists of vocalist/keyboardist Nardwuar the Human Serviette, guitarist David Carswell, bassist John Collins, and drummer Scott Livingstone. The band members also perform as Thee Goblins and other incarnations. Lisa Marr, formerly of Cub, was also formerly a member of The Evaporators.

Members

Current

• Stephen Hamm
• David Carswell
• Scott Livingstone
• Nardwuar

Former

• Lisa Marr

Release formats

Most of their releases have been available on both compact disc and vinyl, as well as 8-track.

Discography

Singles

• "Welcome to My Castle" (1992)
• "I'm Going to France!" (1993)
• "Honk the Horn" (2001)
• "A Wild Pear" (Split 7" with Andrew W.K.) (2009)

Albums

• I'm Going to France! (1994) Tosk Worldwide 8-tracks
• United Empire Loyalists (1996)
• I Gotta Rash (1998)
• Ripple Rock (2004)
• Gassy Jack & Other Tales (2007)
• Busy Doing Nothing (2012)

Compilations

• Canadian Relics EP with the song "Coho? Coho!" (1995)

See also

• Music of Canada
• Music of Vancouver
• Canadian rock
• List of Canadian musicians
• List of bands from Canada
• List of bands from British Columbia
• Category:Canadian musical groups

External links

• The Evaporators Official site
• The Evaporators Profile at New Music Canada.
• Interview with Nardwuar (2008)