Victor Krummenacher

Victor Krummenacher is an American bass guitarist and guitarist. He is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven.

Victor Krummenacher
Victor Krummenacher performing live
Background information
Birth nameVictor Krummenacher
Born (1965-04-07) April 7, 1965
Riverside, California, US
GenresRock, Southern rock, blues, world music
Occupation(s)Musician, graphic designer
InstrumentsBass
Years active1984–present
LabelsColumbia
Legacy Recordings
Associated actsCamper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom, Cracker, Fifth Business, Camper Van Chadbourne
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

In addition to co-founding Camper Van Beethoven, Krummenacher is also a co-founder of CVB offshoot Monks of Doom, and a member of Camper Van Chadbourne. In the spring of 2017, he appeared on Monks of Doom's first album of new compositions in 25 years, entitled The Brönte Pin.

As a recording artist, Krummenacher has been active for more than 30 years and has appeared with numerous projects including Cracker, Fifth Business, A Great Laugh, and McCabe and Mrs. Miller, a duo formed in 2008 with Alison Faith Levy of The Loud Family.

Krummenacher has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter since 1994. His ninth solo album, Hard To See Trouble Coming, was released in January 2015. As of 2017, he remains active as a live artist in Northern California, and is preparing a studio recording for 2018.

In addition to his musical career, Krummenacher was previously art director of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and is currently a managing art director for Wired.

Discography

Solo albums
  • Out in the Heat (1995)
  • Saint John's Mercy (1998)
  • Bittersweet (2000)
  • Nocturne (2003)
  • Sans Soleil (2003)
  • The Cock Crows at Sunrise (2007)
  • Patriarch's Blues (2008)
  • I Was a Nightmare, But I'm Not Going to Go There (2012)
  • Hard to See Trouble Coming (2015)
  • Blue Pacific (2018)

Albums

Compilations and special releases

with Monks of Doom
  • Soundtrack to the Film "Breakfast on the Beach of Deception" (1987)
  • The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989)
  • Meridian (1991)
  • The Insect God (EP, 1992)
  • Forgery (1993)
  • What's Left For Kicks? (2004)
  • The Brönte Pin (2017)

with Eugene Chadbourne
  • Camper Van Chadbourne (1987)
  • Eddie Chatterbox Double Trio Love Album (1988)
  • Eugene Van Beethoven's 69th Sin-Funny (1991)
  • Used Record Pile (1999)
  • Revenge of Camper Van Chadbourne (1999)
  • PsyCHADelidoowop (2001)

Other recordings (as bassist)
  • The Wrestling Worms – The Wrestling Worms (1987)
  • Jonathan Segel – Storytelling (1989)
  • Fifth Business – "Prince of Lies" b/w "Hey Robert" (single, 1994)
  • Dent – Stimmung (1995)
  • The Electric Chairmen – Toast (1996)
  • Dent – Verstärker (1998)
  • Greg Lisher – Handed Down the Wire (1999)
  • Magnet – Caffeine Superstar (1999)
  • Robi Del Mar – Alone in the Belly (2000)
  • Jonathan Segel – Edgy Not Antsy (2003)
  • Jonathan Segel – Honey (2007)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Time For Leaving (2009)
  • Incidental music for the Bob Dylan film Masked and Anonymous (with Bruce Kaphan)
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