Rock
United States
Neutral Milk Hotel
About Neutral Milk Hotel
Hometown
Ruston, LA, United States
Formed
1989
Genre
Rock
Blending folk, psychedelia, and orchestral rock with creative yet lo-fi production, Neutral Milk Hotel released two full-length albums in the ’90s and became a 21st-century cult phenomenon. Bandleader Jeff Mangum began Neutral Milk Hotel as a solo project when he was a teenager in Ruston, LA, and he and a few local friends eventually formed the musical collective Elephant 6. Mangum moved around, including a stint in Athens, GA—where some E6 associates had relocated—and released the first Neutral Milk Hotel single, “Everything Is,” while living in Seattle in 1993. In 1995, he and his friend and collaborator Robert Schneider recorded On Avery Island, and it became a critical hit after its 1996 release. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, a high-concept record that combined grandly static-covered rock with intimate folk, followed two years later. Neutral Milk Hotel went on hiatus soon afterward, but Aeroplane in particular developed a fervent fandom, and Mangum spearheaded a reunion tour in 2013 that ended in 2015.
Musical InfluencesNeutral Milk Hotel's musical influences include The Beatles, Alex Chilton, Guided By Voices and more.
Influenced by Neutral Milk HotelNeutral Milk Hotel has influenced the music of Mothers, The Microphones, The Besnard Lakes and more.
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