Strawman

There are two bands named Strawman: (1) a 1990s punk band, and (2) a 2000s rock band. (1) Strawman, the punk band: With a sound recalling the Minutemen and Stiff Little Fingers, Strawman were an anarcho-syndicalist-inspired punk band from the Mission District of San Francisco, California, active between (roughly) 1990-1995. Led by Tommy Strange (Tom Seiler) on rhythm guitar, a San Francisco transplant from Sandusky, Ohio, and Jimmy Broustis (from Chicago, former guitarist of X-Tal) on lead guitar, Strawman hosted a variety of Bay Area drummers and bassists.

(1) Strawman, the punk band:

With a sound recalling the Minutemen and Stiff Little Fingers, Strawman were an anarcho-syndicalist-inspired punk band from the Mission District of San Francisco, California, active between (roughly) 1990-1995. Led by Tommy Strange (Tom Seiler) on rhythm guitar, a San Francisco transplant from Sandusky, Ohio, and Jimmy Broustis (from Chicago, former guitarist of X-Tal) on lead guitar, Strawman hosted a variety of Bay Area drummers and bassists.

Early recordings featured the rhythm section of the Bedlam Rovers, while later incarnations consisted of drummers Aaron Cometbus (from Crimpshrine, Pinhead Gunpowder et al.), Adam Pfahler (from Jawbreaker), Diane Glaub (from Ohio) and bassists Rich McClain and Chandan Narayan (from the east bay, currently a linguistics professor at the University of Toronto). Strawman played shows across California and the West Coast with the likes of fellow Mission-district acts J Church and Jawbreaker.

Strawman (Strange, Broustis, Narayan, and Glaub) toured western Europe in 1994 and released 7"s, LPs and CDs on Allied Recordings. Following Strawman, Strange formed Songs for Emma (1998-2003), and now performs solo.

(2) Strawman, the rock band:

An alternative rock/post-grunge band, whose music, according to their website (strawmanland.com), "falls somewhere between ass-shaking-bump-n-grind, neck-fracturing-Beavis-rock, and foot-stompin-ditties."