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Victor Krummenacher
Victor Krummenacher performing live
Background information
Birth name	Victor Krummenacher
Born	(1965-04-07) April 7, 1965 (age 53) Riverside, California, US
Genres	Rock, Southern rock, blues, world music
Occupation(s)	Musician, graphic designer
Instruments	Bass
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Columbia Legacy Recordings
Associated acts	Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom, Cracker, Fifth Business, Camper Van Chadbourne
Website	Official website

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

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^[update], 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

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  Out in the Heat (1995)


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  Saint John's Mercy (1998)


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  Bittersweet (2000)


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  Nocturne (2003)


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  Sans Soleil (2003)


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  The Cock Crows at Sunrise (2007)


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  Patriarch's Blues (2008)


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  I Was a Nightmare, But I'm Not Going to Go There (2012)


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  Hard to See Trouble Coming (2015)


• 
  Blue Pacific (forthcoming, 2018)

with Camper Van Beethoven

Albums

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  Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)


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  II & III (1986)


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  Camper Van Beethoven (1986)


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  Vampire Can Mating Oven (1987)


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  Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)


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  Key Lime Pie (1989)


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  Tusk (2002)


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  New Roman Times (2004)


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  La Costa Perdida (2013)


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  El Camino Real (2014)

Compilations and special releases

• 
  The Virgin Years (1993) (Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker)


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  Camper Vantiquities (1993) – rarities compilation


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  Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven (2000) – rarities compilation


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  Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years (2002) – box set


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  In the Mouth of the Crocodile - Live in Seattle (2004)


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  Discotheque CVB: Live In Chicago (2005)

with Monks of Doom

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  Soundtrack to the Film "Breakfast on the Beach of Deception" (1987)


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  The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989)


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  Meridian (1991)


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  The Insect God (EP, 1992)


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  Forgery (1993)


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  What's Left For Kicks? (2004)


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  The Brönte Pin (2017)

with Eugene Chadbourne

• 
  Camper Van Chadbourne (1987)


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  Eddie Chatterbox Double Trio Love Album (1988)


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  Eugene Van Beethoven's 69th Sin-Funny (1991)


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  Used Record Pile (1999)


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  Revenge of Camper Van Chadbourne (1999)


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  PsyCHADelidoowop (2001)

Other recordings (as bassist)

• The Wrestling Worms – The Wrestling Worms (1987)


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  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)


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  Greg Lisher – Handed Down the Wire (1999)


• Magnet – Caffeine Superstar (1999)


• Robi Del Mar – Alone in the Belly (2000)


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  Jonathan Segel – Edgy Not Antsy (2003)


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  Jonathan Segel – Honey (2007)


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  McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Time For Leaving (2009)


• Incidental music for the Bob Dylan film Masked and Anonymous (with Bruce Kaphan)

External links

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  Victor Krummenacher (official website)


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  Camper Van Beethoven (official website)


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  Monks of Doom (official website)


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  Victor Krummenacher collection on the Internet Archive's live music archive


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  Camper Van Beethoven collection on the Internet Archive's live music archive


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  McCabe and Mrs. Miller collection on the Internet Archive's live music archive


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  Magnetic Motorworks – record label formed by Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel