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The Giraffes were formed in 1998 in Brooklyn, New York by founding and present band members Damien Paris (guitar) and Andrew Totolos (drums). The current line-up was completed by vocalist and ringmaster Aaron Lazar who joined the band in 2000 and bassist Jens Carstensen who was conscripted in 2007. Throughout the ten year history of The Giraffes, they have remained a genre defying mix of punk, heavy metal, classic rock and roll, surf guitar rock with echoes of Eastern European and Middle Eastern traditional music surfacing in their riffs. Prolific as they are destructive, these boys from Brooklyn have already released three full-length albums and two EPs as well as having toured with the likes of Eagles of Death Metal, Local H, The Means, The Vacation, Skeleton Key and others.

* Prime Motivator was recorded at the legendary Rancho De La Luna studios in Joshua Tree, CA (Desert Sessions) by Dave Catching; engineered by Ed Monsef; and features guest vocals from Jessie “The Devil” Hughes and Melissa Auf Der Mar (Hole / Smashing Pumpkins). Prime Motivator was mixed by Joel Hamilton at Studio G in Brooklyn (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and mastered by Enoch Jensen at Eastlake Recording in Boston MA.

Prime Motivator tracklist
1. Prime Motivator
2. Done
3. The Power of Fatherhood
4. Diskowarts
5. Allergic to Magnets
6. Medicaid Benefit Applique
7. Honest Men
8. Smoke Machine
9. Clever Girls
10. Sickness (this is)
11. Clever Boy
12. Louis Guthrie Wants to Kill Me
13. E.S.F.

The Giraffes Live!
Oct 24 2008 CMJ Show @ Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York
Oct 25 2008 CMJ EARLY Show @ Club Europa Brooklyn NY w/ US Christmas and Akimbo
Nov 5 2008 Now That s Class Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 6 2008 Liar s Club Chicago, Illinois
Nov 7 2008 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 8 2008 Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
Nov 9 2008 The Parlor Bar Laramie, Wyoming
Nov 10 2008 Czar Bar Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 11 2008 Big V s St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov 12 2008 The Frequency Madison, Wisconsin
Nov 13 2008 The Summit Columbus, Ohio