Circus Lupus

Circus Lupus was a Post-Hardcore band based in the area of Washington, D.C. The band originally formed in Madison, Wisconsin, where one-time Ignition and Soul Side bassist Chris Thomson met guitarist Chris Hamley and drummer Arika Casebolt while attending school. The name "Circus Lupus" comes from an SCTV sketch about "Circus Lupus, the Circus of Wolves", a mock TV commercial for an entirely wolf-filled traveling circus, with graphics of wolves on trapeze swings and other circus apparatus. This was Chris' first time singing and not only did it turn out that he was a solid lyricist, but the music that the band created seemed a perfect setting for his pointed diatribes. Circus Lupus released two albums on Dischord, "Super Genius" (1992) and "Solid Brass" (1993), as well as a single produced by Joan Jett, who had become a fan of the band. This was one of Jett’s first production jobs since she went into the studio with The Germs in 1979. When Circus Lupus split up, Casebolt, Lorinczi, and Hamley stayed together and played under the name Antimony, while Thomson formed a new band with ex-Fidelity Jones members Dug E. Bird and Jerry Busher called Las Mordidas. A few years later, Hamley and Thomson would reunite in a band called The Monorchid.

Super Genius (1992)

01 - Unrequited
02 - Cyclone Billy
03 - Pacifier
04 - Breaking Point
05 - Straight Through The Heart
06 - Marbles
07 - Mean Hot & Blessed
08 - Cat Kicking Jerk
09 - Blue Baby
10 - Amish Blessing
11 - Pulp
12 - Tightrope Walker
13 - Chinese Nitro

Solid Brass (1993)

01 - Right Turn Clyde
02 - 7x4x1
03 - I Always Thought You Were An Asshole
04 - And You Won
05 - New Cop Car
06 - Texas Minute
07 - Deviant Gesture Catalog
08 - Takes About An Hour: Epilepsy
09 - Pop Man
10 - Pop Man (Version)
11 - Pressure Point

Circus Lupus (2024)

01 - Mean Hot And Blessed
02 - Tight Rope Walker
03 - Cat Kicking Jerk
04 - Thermo King
05 - Chinese Nitro
06 - Deviant Gesture Catalog
07 - Marbles
08 - Kansas City Bomber
09 - Pulp

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