The Arm of Roger

The Arm of Roger is a fake band created by Jason Lytle and other members of American Rock band 'Grandaddy'. Back in 1999, Jason Lytle finished the mixing for the Sophtware Slump; in the prior two years however, the band wrote and performed joke songs made to sound awful. Before they sent them tapes for the real album, he created and sent 7 tapes of their joke album 'The Ham and it's Lily' in hopes for a reaction. On the following Tuesday, a V2 Records official called and said "I got the album….now will you send me the real one you fucking asshole?!"[1] They then sent over The Sophtware Slump, the real album.

The Arm of Rogers creation

Three years later, in the making of Sumday, the band decided to make a "little label called Sweat of the Alps". One of the first releases on this label was The Ham and it's Lily, a fake band and backstory was created to suit the album and it was sold at stalls in Sumday tours.

The fake reality was that The Arm of Roger was an indie band from the 90's who had an album in plan to "change the world[2]" called The Velvet Insides. In the story, a rival band called A Fight with Sticks burned down the composers home, taking the tapes with it. All but one tracks were destroyed, 'A Robot Escort' (The first track of the album). It was then said that the album was recorded in 1998 and released in 2002, including The Velvet Inside's Robot Escort.

Shows

The Arm of Roger only ever played two shows, one in 2003 with Elliott Smith, Built Like Alaska, Earlimart and Pine Marten at the Derby in Los Feliz and two more in 2012 along with Granddaddy's reunion.

Track listing
  1. Robot Escort[3]
  2. Down with the Animals[4]
  3. I Like Lo-Fi Recordings[5]
  4. One Time They Called and Asked For Freddy
  5. Counting to Zero[6]
  6. Seven Days of the Week
  7. Band Synergy (A Peek Inside the Magic)[7]
  8. You Know You're Fucked Up[8]
  9. Down With the Animals (Radio Remix)
  10. The Pussy Song[9]

References
  1. "Grandaddy". PIAPTK. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. "Essential Albums: Arm of Roger - The Ham and its Lily". Media Junkie. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. F4NGS (2015-01-20), Arm Of Roger - Robot Escort, retrieved 2017-03-09
  4. crusser (2008-11-23), Down With The Animals, retrieved 2017-03-09
  5. Fletcher Lenz (2009-04-02), Arm of Roger - I Like Lo-Fi Recordings, retrieved 2017-03-09
  6. Fletcher Lenz (1969-12-31), Arm of Roger - Counting to Zero, retrieved 2017-03-09
  7. Fletcher Lenz (2009-04-02), Arm of Roger - Band Synergy (a Peek inside the Magic), retrieved 2017-03-09
  8. Fletcher Lenz (2009-04-02), Arm of Roger - You Know You're Fucked Up, retrieved 2017-03-09
  9. abruhkadabruh21 (2016-05-16), Arm of Roger "The Pussy Song", retrieved 2017-03-09


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