Lambchop, originally Posterchild, is an American band from Nashville, Tennessee.^[1]

Initially formed as a three piece in 1986 with Kurt Wagner, bassist Marc Trivillion and guitarist Jim Watkins with the name Posterchild. They released some low-fi bedroom recordings on cassette such as I’m Fucking Your Daughter. In 1992 they released a split 7” with Crop Circle Hoax which got the attention of entertainment lawyer George Regis, who sued on behalf of the similarly named band Poster Children. After trying a few different names they settled on Lambchop and signed to Merge Records in 1993 releasing their debut single Nine that year.

Never a band with a "core" lineup, Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre.^[2] Initially indebted to traditional country, the music has subsequently moved through a range of influences including post-rock, soul and lounge music.

Whatever the style, the characteristic mood of Lambchop's music is evoked by Wagner's distinctive songwriting: lyrically subtle and ambiguous, the vocals melodic but understated. American Songwriter described Wagner's lyrics as "witty and deeply insightful."^[3]

They were the backing band for Vic Chesnutt on his 1998 album The Salesman and Bernadette.^[2]

Singer Kurt Wagner is married to founder of Nashville 90's record store, Lucy's Record Shop and Tennessee Democratic Party leader Mary Mancini.^[4]

Summary of members as credited on studio albums (1994–present)

Former bass player Marc Trovillion died of a heart attack in October 2013, aged 56.^[5]

• "An Open Fresca" / "A Moist Towlette" (split with Crop Circle Hoax) (1992)

• Secret Secret Sourpuss (1990)
• Big Tussie (1992)
• Sorry About the Deformed Heart (split with Crop Circle Hoax and Spent) (1993)

• "Nine" / "Moody Fucker" (1993)
• "My Cliche" / "Loretta Lung" (1994)
• "Soaky in the Pooper" (1994)
• "Your Life as a Sequel" (1995)
• "Scared Out of My Shoes" (split 5" vinyl single with Spent) (1995)
• "The Man Who Loved Beer" (1996)
• "Hank" (1996)
• "Cigaretiquette" / "Mr. Crabby" (1996)
• "Whitey" / "Playboy, the Shit" (1997)
• "Give Me Your Love (Love Song)" (1998)
• "Your Fucking Sunny Day" (1998)
• "Up with People!" / "Miss Prissy" (2000)
• "Is a Woman" (2002)
• "Something's Going On (and On)" (2004)
• "The Hustle" / "When You Were Mine" (2017)

• Tools in the Dryer (2001)
• The Decline of the Country and Western Civilization (1993-1999) (2006)
• The Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Part 2: The Woodwind Years (2006)
• Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine (2010)
• Turd Goes Back: Essential Tracks from Secret Secret Sourpuss & Big Tussie (2011)

• Pet Sounds Sucks (Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco) (2002)
• Mono (Live in Würselen, Germany) (2003-04)
• Nashville Does Dallas (2004)
• Boo Fucking Who? (Live in Brussels, Belgium) (2004)
• Succulence (Live in Vienna, Austria) (2006)
• Rainer on My Parade (Live, various locations) (2008)
• Democracy (2012)
• Live at the Shanghai Symphony Chamber Hall (2017)

• Hank (1996)
• The Queens Royal Trimma (Live Royal Festival Hall, London – Tour Only) (2000)
• Treasure Chest of the Enemy (Tour Only) (2001)
• CoLab (with Hands Off Cuba) (2005)
• Mr. N (2012)
• Basement Tapes (2019)^[6]

• Live at XX Merge (2009)

• No Such Silence (2007)

• Official website