Founded twelve years ago at a booze-fueled party at the Dabbs Hotel along the river in Llano, Texas, the Asylum Street Spankers stand as one of America’s most distinctive groups. Defiantly acoustic, fiercely independent and absurdly good, the Spankers have been led by founders Christina Marrs and Wammo from simple country-blues revivalism toward smart, challenging music of boundless variety, sophisticated arrangements, stunning showmanship and determined inventiveness.  Fueled by an ethos born of their punk roots, Marrs and Wammo have built their lives around making unique music that surprises and entertains. Continuing to tour throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, the Spankers are now a world-renowned underground institution.

Available from Asylum Street Spankers on Yellow Dog Records  (click album cover for details / sound samples) :
	Mommy Says No! This is the new one! An inspired approach to childhood that one pundit likened to “Dan Hicks meets Dan Zanes.” In the best tradition of classic Warner Bros. cartoons, it’s full of the sort of inside joke that will appeal to the Spankers’decidedly adult fans as well as kids.
	Hot Lunch This 1999 classic is back in print after years of unavailability! A beautiful, rocking, and rollicking unplugged beer-and-pot party populated with the most unpretentious, heartbreaking characters you’re ever likely to meet.
	Mercurial Covers from 1898 to 1982, recorded live to two-track tape.  No overdubs, no tricks, just real music played by one of the best line-ups in Spankers’ history.
	My Favorite Record Declaring that the best music is funny, joyful, moving and adventurous, the world’s greatest all-acoustic band loaded the album with musical and lyrical references to their favorite records.  A beautifully produced studio album containing many of the Spankers’ most enduring songs.
	A Christmas Spanking A refreshingly different, slightly irreverent take on holiday tunes.
	Spanker Madness A tour-de-force exposition of the thrills of earthly vices, as only the Spankers can present them.
	Spanks for the Memories This is the one that started it all! Recorded to one microphone in an old pink house in East Austin, this debut album features the classic line-up that took the city by storm: Christina, Wammo, Guy, Stanley, Pops, John, Kevin, Jimmie Dean, Oliver and Josh.