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American Football

American Football are an influential indie-rock band and Midwest emo trailblazers from Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, known for their emotionally charged music, intricate arrangements, and pioneering role in the first-wave emo and math-rock genres. Formed in 1997, the band initially consisted of Mike Kinsella (vocals, guitar), Steve Lamos (drums, trumpet), and Steve Holmes (guitar), and they are best known for their self-titled debut album American Football (1999), which is often considered one of the defining records of the late 1990s emo movement. The band’s early sound was charac...