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Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with singer/guitarist Jonathan Donahue and guitarist/clarinetist/sound generator operator Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak as the only constant members. The band's music has incorporated indie rock, psychedelic rock and American roots, amongst other forms. Mercury Rev have been closely associated with The Flaming Lips, and the two bands have shared historical ties.

Albums

1991 Yerself Is Steam
1993 Boces
1995 See You on the Other Side
1998 Deserter’s Songs
2001 All Is Dream
2005 The Secret Migration
2007 Inner Autumn Outer Space
2008 Snowflake Midnight
2008 Strange Attractor
2015 The Light in You
2016 Live SXSW 1999
2019 Bobbie Gentry's the Delta Sweete Revisited
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