rank strangers

original independent rock music, established 1990 based in minneapolis, minnesota the united states of amerika

rank strangers nine facts:

1. rank strangers' Target won a Minnesota Music Award for Best Album of MCMXCVII (1997).
2. rank strangers were the subject of cover story features in City Pages (1996) and The Pulse (2001).
3. rank strangers' Tucke Des Objekts, Die was selected as Best Record of MMVIII (2008) by the Star Tribune.
4. rank strangers had a star on the wall outside the venerable rock club First Avenue until the stars were repainted several years ago.
5. rank strangers will play their 693 shows.
6. rank strangers have released 19 LPs, EPs, or singles and have contributed music to numerous benefit/tribute/sampler projects.
7. There have been 8 rank strangers: bass player Davin Odegaard joined in mcmxciv (1994) and drummer Shawn Davis joined in mmiv (2004); Mike Wisti is the original founding member.
8. rank strangers/Albatross Recording founder Mike Wisti is the subject of the on-going film project known as “The Making of My Genius: The Movie”.
9. As proprietor of Albatross Recording, Mike Wisti has recorded over 300 records in the past 25 years by such luminaries as Lifter Puller, Brute Heart, Grant Hart, Lucy Michelle, and Black Diet.

no computers were employed!

mike wisti: guitar/vocal, davin odegaard: bass/vocal, shawn davis: drum

RANK STRANGERS ARE A UNIQUE BAND NO ONE LIKE US