For nearly 15 years, the magnificently indefinable Asylum Street Spankers’ incomparable blend of string-band virtuosity, vaudeville panache, and countercultural wit has made this all-acoustic revue one of America’s most distinctive live bands.

Since founding the group in 1994 at a booze-fueled party at the Dabbs Hotel along the river in Llano, Texas, vocalist Christina Marrs and harmonica/washboard player/vocalist Wammo have led their constantly mutating musical troupe from country-blues revivalism toward smart, challenging music of boundless variety, sophisticated arrangements, stunning showmanship and determined inventiveness.

Along the way, they’ve been lauded by the most prestigious of media outlets, including The New York Times, NPR's All Things Considered, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Hollywood Reporter, The Village Voice, Variety, and The Bob & Tom Show, and garnered nearly a million views on YouTube with their anti-oil war, pro-soldier anthem “Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV.”

Defiantly acoustic, fiercely independent and absurdly good, the Spankers have snowballed from a local favorite at Austin dives to an internationally renowned underground institution. Fueled by an ethos born of their punk roots, Marrs and Wammo have built their lives around making unique music that surprises and entertains.

Available from Asylum Street Spankers on Yellow Dog Records  (click album cover for details / sound samples) :
	What? And Give Up Show Biz?   The punch line to a worn-out vaudeville joke served as the title when the Asylum Street Spankers set up shop for two weeks at New York's Barrow Street Theatre. Juicing their acclaimed live show with a double shot of theatricality, the Spankers interwove tales of the ups and downs of life on the road with favorite songs old and new.
	Mommy Says No!   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.