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Black Camaro is an American indie rock band that formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001. The band's founding members are guitarist and vocalist Brian Garth and keyboardist and vocalist Tom Miller. Career White People Fucked Up The Blues In 2001, Garth and Miller began recording Black Camaro’s first album, White People Fucked up the Blues in a living room in North Las Vegas on a 16 track digital recorder. In 2003, the two members self-released the album in a handmade run of 300 CDs, which were eventually discovered by music journalist Jarret Keene in Balcony Lights, a local record store the duo frequented. Soon after the release, Las Vegas CityLife alternative-weekly newspaper published an album review, written by Keene, exposing the music to a larger fan base. Black Camaro's first live performance came in the winter of 2003. Musical artist and writer Ted Sablay then conducted an interview with the band for CityLife during which the duo attempted to scare Sablay by assembling a tower of Budweiser cans, bongs and a double-barreled shotgun on a coffee table in their garage where the interview took place. With the addition of Chris Rogers (bass), Gary Wright (drums), Jimi "Fuzz" Berg (Percussion), and Mike “Lazer” Lavin (sound), Black Camaro embarked on its first tour in Spring 2004. The members of the band collaborated on a diary of their tour that appeared on their website. Keene, who would later write about Black Camaro in his book The Underground Guide to Las Vegas, published the diary in CityLife's music issue. Hang Glider After returning home from the tour, Black Camaro moved their equipment into the 910, which were two side-by-side storage units converted into a recording studio that also served as a rehearsal space for the band, and had no bathroom and no air conditioning. Rogers and Wright left the band shortly after the tour, and the remaining members welcomed drummer Jeremy Lamanna into the band, as well as bass player Jason Wilda from Recess Records bands Civic Minded Five and The Mapes. After being approached by film director Kelly Schwarze about creating a soundtrack for his independent film, Black Camaro immediately began working on recordings of original score for the Vision Dynamics Entertainment film The Indie-Pendant. The soundtrack later became Black Camaro’s second LP Hang Glider, and was released in June 2005 along with the film. One review of the album alludes to the band's silliness by making several marijuana related puns, while a writer for Tucson Weekly mentions how the band created "this wild musical world teeming with seedy characters," and compared Hang Glider to the band's first album calling it "darker, more subversive and a heck of a lot longer, although the sense of humor is still intact." Hang Glider 2025 To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hang Glider (2005), the band “remixed and actually mastered” the songs that appeared on the original release, and claim on their website that the new version "presents the same lengthy album sans the lazy mistakes and gratuitous secret tracks", blaming the crude nature of the original release on the naivete of their younger selves, and the apparent laziness that is inherent in young musicians. Miniature Panthers In October 2005, Black Camaro released Miniature Panthers, an EP of all new material. Written and recorded in under a month, Miniature Panthers marked the first time Black Camaro would record an entire release as a full band, with Jason Wilda joining on bass and Jeremy Lamanna on drums. Album credits show previous albums having been mainly tracked by Garth and Miller with the addition of several guest players. In August 2008, the album reached #2 on Tucson’s Toxic Ranch Records top sales list. Miniature Panthers: The Motion Picture In 2006, the band again worked with director Kelly Schwarze on Miniature Panthers: The Motion Picture. After renting a warehouse next door to their local Sam Ash Music, Black Camaro constructed sets and began filming scenes written by the band to coincide with the EP. The majority of the project was shot as live action starring Jeff Ford of The Big Friendly Corporation in the lead role, while the midpoint of the video veers off into a cartoon sequence that was hand painted and animated by artist Casey Weldon. Behind-the-scenes footage of the production shows Black Camaro’s film crew traveling to Hollywood, CA to shoot some scenes. The Black Camaro Variety Show In February 2008, the band performed at the Black Camaro Variety Show, an event that was part of a larger event known as Black Camaro Weekend, held at The Bunkhouse in the Fremont East district of Las Vegas. The show consisted of several acts that incorporated Black Camaro’s material in some way. Created to look like a game show, the Variety Show was hosted by Jewish Dave and included three acts of Black Camaraoke (karaoke versions of the band's songs), a spoken word artist reading lyrics from one of the band’s songs, and actors dressed as God and Satan. During the event, the band raffled off a custom Black Camaro iPod and finally premiered Miniature Panthers: The Motion Picture as the final act before performing a full live set. The Variety Show would mark the band’s first live performance with drummer Trujillo, and it helped to fund their next project, which would find the band traveling to Eugene, OR to record tracks for Pistachio Moustachio. Pistachio Moustachio In June 2008, after several months of writing and pre-production, Garth and Miller traveled to Eugene, OR, met with sound engineer Mike “Lazer” Lavin, and the band entered Gung-Ho Studio. Gung-Ho provided the duo with access to high-end studio equipment, vintage instruments, and a change of environment from the living rooms and storage sheds. Garth would later recall, “Most of the record was recorded in Eugene, Oregon, to have that rainy influence” which helped give the album a “more psychedelic-y” sound. After the sessions, the tracks were brought back to Las Vegas for additional tracking with the rest of the band at the 910. Once the sessions were complete, Black Camaro released their new EP Pistachio Moustachio at a dual CD release party with Las Vegas band The Skooners, who released their EP Blow On My Ha Ha. The event cost $10 and attendees received an EP and a live set from each band. Radio Capricorn In June 2009, the band was asked to play an all ages birthday show at The Gypsy Den on First Friday the following July 3. The band recorded Radio Capricorn to give away to 200 people at the event who had never heard Black Camaro before. The 25 track CD is designed to sound like a radio show that plays Black Camaro’s catalog all day long. With several hosted shows and guest appearances, as well as comical commercials for phony drug stores and 12 of the band's songs, the best-of album quickly received praise from as far north as Oregon. On July 13, 2009, KPSU college radio in Portland played the entire album from beginning to end, only st.... Discover the Kelly Schwarze popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kelly Schwarze books.