Bob Schneider
Bob Schneider (born October 12, 1965) is an American musician based in Aust… Read Full Bio ↴Bob Schneider (born October 12, 1965) is an American musician based in Austin, TX. He is the former lead-singer of Ugly Americans.
For nearly ten years, Schneider has performed a Monday night residency at the Saxon Pub, an intimate and legendary venue on South Lamar, Austin, Texas. Schneider and the members of Lonelyland, the band name that he uses to keep these shows “underground,” are seated on stage as they work through a “live rehearsal” of songs that Schneider calls up from his repertoire of over four hundred songs.
There are always new songs that are played for the first time or new
arrangements of classics that are tested. The show often begins with acoustic, somber and introspective songs and eventually gives way to storytelling, raunchy rock and comedic breaks.
But anything goes…really. And, that is exactly what the audience loves about Schneider.
Schneider's recording career spans some 20 albums, which include eight solo albums and those with his bands, all of which are legendary in the Austin, Texas music scene of the 90’s, The Scabs, Joe Rockhead and The Ugly Americans. There are many peaks within these albums but Lonelyland (2001) and I’m Good Now (2004) stand out at as the “mainstream highlights” while The Galaxy Kings (2002) and Underneath the Onion Trees (2000), are beautiful “artistic statements” and fan favorites.
If you take a journey through this collection of albums you’ll discover an artist with no boundaries. Schneider's repertoire covers a spectrum of musical styles…. mambo, rap, blues, country, Latin, swing, soul, even bluegrass…. all done with the aplomb of a virtuoso of any one of those musical genres.
Many of these genres are explored on Schneider’s album, Tarantula. Tarantula sparkles with songs that reflect a songwriter, artist and entertainer at the peak of his creative heights. It is an apex in Schneider's album catalog and stands alongside Lonelyland and I’m Good Now as one of his best.
Fans will know “['track artist=Bob Schneider]Tarantula” as the name of the song that has been Schneider's live signature for years. It’s the part of the show where the audience jumps to their feet, dances in the aisles, howls at the moon and sings the refrain along with Schneider. Sheer fun.
The song has never been available on a studio album so fans will know right away that they are in for a treat. Those lucky enough to have been at the Saxon the night that the lead single, “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)” was debuted knew right away that they were in for something special with this album. There is a beautiful heart-rendering break-up song, “Changing Your Mind,” with Patty Griffin lending even more rue. “Trash” and “Bicycle Vs. The Car” both prove again that Bob is a master of pop hooks, melody and inspired wordplay.
Bob Schneider: At A Glance
He was born in Michigan but moved to Germany when he was two where he grew up attending Catholic school. His father sang opera and his mother taught school. He left Germany as a student to attend art school at the University of Texas/El Paso. He dropped out and moved to Austin where he struggled around as a musician before gaining some national recognition via his punk-funk band Joe Rockhead. He signed to Capricorn Records as the rock n’soul band, Ugly Americans, and nearly simultaneously formed The Scabs with a band of infamous Austin neo-legends known for (and still performing) their outrageous live shows.
In 1999, Bob took a solo turn to explore his introspective singer/songwriter side, and in 2001, Republic Records signs him after Lonelyland, explodes in his hometown and becomes (and remains) the biggest selling album in the history of Austin’s infamous Waterloo Records. A couple of self-released “artistic exploration” albums are released before, I’m Good Now, is released on Vanguard in 2004, and there is another flirt with mainstream chart success with the singles, “Captain Kirk” and “Come With Me Tonight.”
He has built his audience by touring relentlessly and over the years has opened for the Dixie Chicks, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews and the H.O.R.D.E Tour, but mostly through headlining club and theater tours. Bob will be on tour in May and June of 2009 playing songs from the new album, Tarantula.
For nearly ten years, Schneider has performed a Monday night residency at the Saxon Pub, an intimate and legendary venue on South Lamar, Austin, Texas. Schneider and the members of Lonelyland, the band name that he uses to keep these shows “underground,” are seated on stage as they work through a “live rehearsal” of songs that Schneider calls up from his repertoire of over four hundred songs.
There are always new songs that are played for the first time or new
arrangements of classics that are tested. The show often begins with acoustic, somber and introspective songs and eventually gives way to storytelling, raunchy rock and comedic breaks.
But anything goes…really. And, that is exactly what the audience loves about Schneider.
Schneider's recording career spans some 20 albums, which include eight solo albums and those with his bands, all of which are legendary in the Austin, Texas music scene of the 90’s, The Scabs, Joe Rockhead and The Ugly Americans. There are many peaks within these albums but Lonelyland (2001) and I’m Good Now (2004) stand out at as the “mainstream highlights” while The Galaxy Kings (2002) and Underneath the Onion Trees (2000), are beautiful “artistic statements” and fan favorites.
If you take a journey through this collection of albums you’ll discover an artist with no boundaries. Schneider's repertoire covers a spectrum of musical styles…. mambo, rap, blues, country, Latin, swing, soul, even bluegrass…. all done with the aplomb of a virtuoso of any one of those musical genres.
Many of these genres are explored on Schneider’s album, Tarantula. Tarantula sparkles with songs that reflect a songwriter, artist and entertainer at the peak of his creative heights. It is an apex in Schneider's album catalog and stands alongside Lonelyland and I’m Good Now as one of his best.
Fans will know “['track artist=Bob Schneider]Tarantula” as the name of the song that has been Schneider's live signature for years. It’s the part of the show where the audience jumps to their feet, dances in the aisles, howls at the moon and sings the refrain along with Schneider. Sheer fun.
The song has never been available on a studio album so fans will know right away that they are in for a treat. Those lucky enough to have been at the Saxon the night that the lead single, “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)” was debuted knew right away that they were in for something special with this album. There is a beautiful heart-rendering break-up song, “Changing Your Mind,” with Patty Griffin lending even more rue. “Trash” and “Bicycle Vs. The Car” both prove again that Bob is a master of pop hooks, melody and inspired wordplay.
Bob Schneider: At A Glance
He was born in Michigan but moved to Germany when he was two where he grew up attending Catholic school. His father sang opera and his mother taught school. He left Germany as a student to attend art school at the University of Texas/El Paso. He dropped out and moved to Austin where he struggled around as a musician before gaining some national recognition via his punk-funk band Joe Rockhead. He signed to Capricorn Records as the rock n’soul band, Ugly Americans, and nearly simultaneously formed The Scabs with a band of infamous Austin neo-legends known for (and still performing) their outrageous live shows.
In 1999, Bob took a solo turn to explore his introspective singer/songwriter side, and in 2001, Republic Records signs him after Lonelyland, explodes in his hometown and becomes (and remains) the biggest selling album in the history of Austin’s infamous Waterloo Records. A couple of self-released “artistic exploration” albums are released before, I’m Good Now, is released on Vanguard in 2004, and there is another flirt with mainstream chart success with the singles, “Captain Kirk” and “Come With Me Tonight.”
He has built his audience by touring relentlessly and over the years has opened for the Dixie Chicks, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews and the H.O.R.D.E Tour, but mostly through headlining club and theater tours. Bob will be on tour in May and June of 2009 playing songs from the new album, Tarantula.
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Bob Schneider Lyrics
/ Getting Better Driving downtown in my big red caddilac Sipping on ice wine…
2002 The year is two thousand & two I'm doing exactly what…
40 Dogs Well, if I spell it out, if I yell it…
40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet) Well if I spell it out If I get it out Will…
A Long Way To Get I've got a mountain to climb before I get over…
Am I Missing Something i'll buy you dinner take the train to boston i'm inconside…
American Jesus I can't be your american Jesus I can't be your…
Another Bad Idea i knew it was a bad idea to meet you here…
Assknocker All I wanna do is rock this motherfucker all night…
Assknocker / Come With Me Tonight Oh, there's johnny he's so sweet He's booger sugar and devil…
Best Day Ever Mr. Sun came up and he smiled at me. Said it's…
Better To feel your poison tongue your Winter lips upon me To stain…
Big Blue Sea Woke up in a stupor Guess it's time to face the…
Blood in the morning hours of forever i'm running down your…
Blood and Bones Wish I could be your castle Keep you safe from harm Wish…
Blue I've got a mad proposition Put your heart on the line Take…
Blue Skies For Everyone Spit on the ground, hold your breath try to scare to…
Bombananza When I saw you, down at the lido It was a…
Bombanaza When I saw you, down at the lido It was a…
Boys You Like hard and heavy high and silly boys with names like luc…
Brand New Life It's a beautiful day to start a brand new life Roll…
Bridge Builders You asked me a question I think I was somewhere else You…
Bullets I gotta freak I gotta flow I gotta throw my ass…
C They say love finds it's own way home Around the snakes…
C'Mon Baby They say love finds it's own way home Around the snakes…
Candyman I'll be the sugar in your coffee baby I'll be your…
Cap'n Kirk I want to be captain kirk Get up every day and…
Captain Kirk I wanna be Captain Kirk Get up every day and love…
Changing Your Mind What's so funny is nobody's laughing at this change of…
Cheaper Stack the alligators End to end Send in the forensic men Thi…
Chinatown There's a mad wind blowin' down the ninety nine And the…
Come With Me Oh, there's johnny he's so sweet He's booger sugar and devil…
Corn Flakes and Sodium Penethol I am corn flakes and sodium penethol And little yellow snak…
Dirtmouth pretty little dirt mouth don't turn on the tv just lay…
Dirty Feeling As the words fell from your mouth The ice trees burned…
Drinking Song Sit at my table And drink all my wine And tell me…
Everybody's Doing It One night at the green dock You think somebody through a…
Everyhour Everyday Somewhere, skies are blue Somewhere, skies are grey So…
Everything I Have Means Nothing to Me Now Now that I've got a million dollars in my pocket,…
Everything Is Cool it's a good thing you are you it's a good thing…
Everything You Love it was a beautiful day the sky was blue when you said…
Flowerparts Tell me how do you make a superman? With courage and…
Funcake fun cake like this sunkist big lake you like i missed all…
Funky Weather This funky weather baby's got me down down down Baby it's…
Game Plan baby here's the game plan i'm gonna be a new…
Get Up On It Take it out sugar, I'ma let my groove in It's the…
Getting Better Driving downtown in my big red caddilac Sipping on ice wine…
Give It Away Midnight, I come and pick you up No headlights, baby. Long d…
God Is My Friend I can see God on A cloud in the sky On top…
Gold In the Sunset I went to your house a little monkey in the…
Good Luck I don't play bingo cause I never win And I'll never…
Han Solo Woke up with glass in my eye And gold in my…
Hand Me Back My Life Well did-did-did-did-did-did-did-didn't ya tell me That you'…
Heavy Day after day Press onto each other Week after week Runni…
Holding In The World Got my breath turned off Machine gun Biscuits and gravy…
Honeybomb Postal fever, Dow Jones, N'Sync, Rolling Stones, Nasdaq, Tal…
Honeypot Woke up in a stupor Guess its time to face the…
Horses & Ponies Horses & ponies and butterfly wings Little red angels and st…
Horses And Ponies Horses and ponies and butterfly wings Little red angels on s…
I i got big baby eyes they're my only disguise i'm late…
I'm Good Now There was that time in West Virginia When the cops showed…
In A Roomful Of Blood With A Sleeping Tiger in the morning hours of forever i'm running down your…
Jingy I got a little monkey His name is Jingy His first name's…
Joey's Song Am I a bird or am I a shoe or…
King Of The World Jimmy said its not easy being the king of the…
Lake Michigan I'm going down to Lake Michigan I'm gonna throw myself into…
Lazy No I don? t like idlers Who just lay around With their…
Let The Light In Wicked witch of Cincinnati pulled out her old broom Dusted o…
Long Way Down I've got a mountain to climb before I get over…
Lorena They're gonna put you out in the streets, Lorena They're gon…
losing you Late at night As I lay sleeping All the vampires They come c…
Love Is Everywhere Soon Yin was a pilot in the nationally known Amazing ladies…
Lubricate The Death Machine We? ve got to lubricate the death machine Clean it out…
Madeline I've been out On my own for so long I can feel…
Magic Wand I wish I had a magic wand So I can make…
Making It Up I will go through this life and never know who…
Medicine I got a heart it don't work so good It just…
Metal & Steel I am metal I am steel But I don't mind cause…
Miss Oblivion I met a sweet, young angel at a Holiday Inn She…
Mix It Up I will go through this life and never know who…
Montana If I were a tree standing silent in the forest Or…
Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Without a friend to my name Without …
Moon Song I like the sun When it shines On the moon At night I like…
Mudhouse Well it's four in the morning, n' in the back…
Napolean's Palace We're all going down To Napoleon’s palace Eyeballing God f…
Oklahoma She came from Oklahoma She said the end of the world Was…
One Love One Touch One Kiss you can have the money the house and the car take everything…
Ooey Gooey Chocolate You're ooey gooey chocolate A sweet and sticky dream Your …
Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Party at the Neighbors We had a party at the neighbors While they were out…
Peaches Listen while you read! I love you like peaches You're sweet …
Pencil Me In Pencil me in Give me two lips to kiss you with Give…
Penelope Cruz (doo-ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo) (doo-ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo) (doo-ooo-oo-oo…
Piggyback I read about a guy When he was 23 years old Stood…
Ready Let's Roll Em rusty rays of light shine down on his face while…
Realness of Space I want some eyebrows bushy and big and full of bear fur s…
Round & Round When your head falls off your neck And hits the ground…
Running on Empty Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back…
Sideshow Tornado I got shattered heart membrane I got hair on end I'm a…
Silver Butterfly Silver Butterfly with big ole' cherry eyes Landed on the pla…
Slower Dear I've been makin' money at the grocery store, So I can…
Small Dreams i'll take your small dreams and put them with mine and we'll…
Somewhere Over The Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Spacesuit Cincinnati apple pie Where do we go when we die I don't…
Suiciday My friend got shot All by himself In the head Just last week…
Sunkist There's something about an ice cold Sunkist really right ou…
Swimming in the Sea I became a fish in your eyes. I was swimming in…
Tarantula I met a woman down in Mexico Sweet as sugar with…
The Bridge Builders You asked me a question I think I was somewhere else You…
The Bringdown Turn the corner Right into the hail Think we oughta Set s…
The Californian You don't know me but my name's Eileen I was brought…
The Enemy Inside of Me Well I was broke down at Rose n' Bee With a…
The Fools Falling in to a deep blue Feeling so young For no real…
The Hands of a Fool You can think straight most of the time when it…
The King of the World Jimmy said its not easy being the king of the…
The Long Black Road There's a big black heart in a big black box In…
The Other Side I have reason to believe The grass might be a little…
The Sky Is Blue Spit on the ground, hold your breath try to scare to…
The Stars over Your House I heard something in the shadows of the words that…
The Sun's Coming your smile's like coca cola and tangerine your smile's like…
The Tiger and the Lamb you be the tiger, i'll be the lamb, you be the…
The Way Life Is Supposed To Be I saw a falling star At the foot of the moutain…
The World Exploded Into Love There is a universe that can't be seen It's just a…
The World Expoloded into Love There's a universe that can't be seen It's just a feeling…
The World Passes You By Sometimes you feel like a king And sometimes, well, you don…
Thor thor is the god of thunder but he's also a…
Thousand Pound Clown She's nice and naughty and gets around The maggots and the…
Tiger and the Lamb you be the tiger, i'll be the lamb, you be the…
Til Someone Catches a Feelin' I want to go back to the way it used…
Tokyo I went where all the girls are beautiful Golden hair…
Trash well here i am walking down the street again like the scen…
Tumblin We roll through this life Just like tumblin' dice Two of a…
Under My Skin Under my skin I'm all wet Under my skin I'm all…
Unpromised Land It's not too late to come by my house Even though…
Version Mary Virgin Mary comes on strong Hold my breath the whole night…
Way Life Is Supposed To Be I saw a falling star At the foot of the moutain…
Weed Out the Weak I had a dream A dream I was dying To see you Again When…
Wish All they found Was a foot inside a shoe In a alittle…
Wish the Wind Would Blow Me I wish I was a baby bird sleeping on the…
World Exploded Into Love There is a universe that can't be seen It's just a…
World Turns Blue I'd like to hang around with you while the world…
Yeah, I'll Do That I said, "Yeah, I'll do that" Shh, I love you, baby It…
You Don't Know Me I know that you don′t know me But I just wanna…
You May Want To Take Some Time You may wanna take some time, before you go. No matter how…
Your Head Holds Gold. Your Heart Holds Diamonds. I'll take all that you've given And stack it in a…