Wilco

Wilco
Wilco is a Chicago-based rock band that formed in 1994. The remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo formed the basic musicians of this band. Wilco's lineup has frequently undergone changes, leaving only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt from the original line up. Currently, the other members include multi-instrumentalists Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen, guitarist Nels Cline, and drummer Glenn Kotche.

Wilco has released six studio albums, a live double album, and three collaborations: two with Billy Bragg, and one with The Minus 5. Wilco's music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including Bill Fay and Television, and has in turn influenced music by The National and Cherry Ghost.

Wilco band continued in the alternative country of Uncle Tupelo on its debut album A.M. (1995), but has since introduced more experimental aspects to their music. Wilco garnered media attention for its fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002), and the controversy surrounding it. After the recording sessions were complete, Reprise Records rejected the album and dismissed Wilco from the label.

As part of a buy-out deal, Reprise gave Wilco the rights to the album for free. After streaming Foxtrot on its website, Wilco sold the album to Nonesuch Records in 2002. Both record labels are subsidiaries of Warner Music Group, leading one critic to say that the album showed "how screwed up the music business [was] in the early twenty-first century." Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is Wilco's most successful release to date, selling over 590,000 copies.

Wilco won two Grammy Awards for their fifth studio album, 2004's A Ghost Is Born, including Best Alternative Music Album. Wilco came together after the breakup of the influential alternative country music group Uncle Tupelo. Singer Jay Farrar quit the band in 1994 supposedly because of a soured relationship with co-singer Jeff Tweedy.

Both Tweedy and Farrar sought to form bands immediately after the breakup. Tweedy was able to keep the entire Uncle Tupelo lineup sans Farrar, including bassist John Stirratt, drummer Ken Coomer, and multi-instrumentalist Max Johnston. The band was tempted to keep the Uncle Tupelo name, but ultimately decided to rename the band. The group named itself "Wilco" after the CB radio voice procedure for "I Will Comply". After collaborating with Syd Straw on a cover version of the Ernest Tubb song, "The T.B. is Whipping Me" (released in September 1994 on the Red Hot + Country compilation), Wilco began recording tracks for A.M., their first studio album, at Easley studio in June 1995.

The alternative rock band Wilco was formed from the ashes of the group Uncle Tupelo. Its music is inspired from a number of talented musicians such as Bill Bay and is influenced by popular contemporary alternative rock acts. The band with its phenomenal album releases has made record sales. Its fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sold 670,000 copies and earned the band two Grammy Awards right away. The band has released a total of nine studio albums so far and not even one has gone unnoticed by the audiences worldwide.

Wilco idolizes the eras of sixties and seventies for its music and composes the conventional beats in its own style. This specific style has done wonders for the band in terms of awards and recognitions. Apart from the Grammy Awards, it has to its name, Wired Rave Award and a number of Shortlist Music Prizes.

The Rolling Stone Magazine commends the band stating that ?Wilco is among America's most consistently interesting bands.' Wilco has come up with some rocking music in its ongoing career. The band after great appreciation from the critics worldwide is in the position of influencing aspiring young artists, who want to make a name for themselves in the same genre. It positively influences The National, Derek Webb and Grace Potter among a number of other musicians.

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