| Coachwhips | |
| Origin: | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Genre: | Garage punk, noise rock |
| Years Active: | 2001–2005, 2012, 2014 |
| Label: | Black Apple Records Show and Tell Recordings Narnack Records |
| Associated Acts: | Pink and Brown Landed Burmese Thee Oh Sees The Hospitals Zeigenbock Kopf |
Coachwhips was a garage rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2001. The band consisted of John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), John Harlow (drums) and Mary Ann McNamara (keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine). In their second incarnation, Val-Tronic played keyboard/tambourine, and Matt Hartman (former guitarist for Cat Power and multi-instrumentalist for Sic Alps) played drums.
Coachwhips are known for their stripped-down, unpolished garage rock and completely unintelligible lyrics, a sound that is similar to The Oblivians and The Gories.[1]
In a 2005 interview with SLUG Magazine, Dwyer claims the band steals telephones for use in their music from hotel rooms every time the band stays in a hotel on tour, which he says is why the band is usually not invited back to the hotels they have visited.[2]