# Alex McManus

Alex McManus is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska currently based in Vancouver, BC. He has played with such bands as Acorns, Empire State, Lambchop, Vic Chesnutt, and Bright Eyes. He is also in his own band called The Bruces.

## Selected discography
### Albums as The Bruces

| Year | Album Details |
| 1993 | Family Day Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (2002 · Little Army) Format: Digital (Chunklet) Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (2007 · Grotto Records) |
| 2002 | Hialeah Pink Format: LP (1995 · Sing, Eunuchs!/Theme Park) Format: CD (2002 · Little Army) Format: Digital (2002 · Chunklet) |
| 2002 | The War of the Bruces Format: CD (Misra) |
| 2004 | The Shining Path Format: CD (Misra) |
| 2018 | Thieves in the Wick--Songs of Simon Joyner Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (Unread Records/Kerchow Records/Jackson Street Booksellers) |

### Singles as The Bruces

| Year | Single Details |
| 2000 | "102" / "Oil and Vinegar" Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg) |
| 2018 | "I Make Marks" / "Invisible Ceiling" Format: Lathe-cut 7-inch (Unread Records) |

### Compilation Appearances as The Bruces

| Year | Song | Album Details |
| 1994 | "Killer" | You and What Army? Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!) |
| 1995 | "Beginning to See the Light Fade" | Our Salvation Is in Hand Format: CD (Theme Park) |
| 1996 | "Sharpening Stone" | Songs from a Room Format: 7-inch (Sing, Eunuchs!) |
| 1996 | "Upbeat" | Carry On Ooij--A Brinkman Waaghals Compilation Format: CD (Brinkman) |
| 2003 | "There" | As Yet No Title - Skewed Songwriter Format: Cassette (Unread Records) |

### With Acorns

| Year | Release Details |
| 1989 | Acorns Format: LP/Cassette (Post-Ambient Motion) |
| 1991 | Plainsongs Format: Cassette (self-released) |

### With Frontier Trust

| Year | Release Details | Credits |
| 1992 | The Highway Miles EP Format: 7-inch (One Hour Records) | Bass, vocals |

### With Simon Joyner

| Year | Release Details | Credits |
| 1994 | The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: LP (2008 · Team Love) | Violin |
| 1995 | Heaven's Gate Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (1996 · Brinkman) | Violin |
| 1997 | Songs for the New Year Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (Shrimper Records) | Guest artist, guitar, violin |
| 1998 | Yesterday, Tomorrow and in Between Format: 2LP, CD (Sing, Eunuchs!) | Guest artist |
| 2003 | "Here Come the Balloons" / "They Say Man Cannot Fly" Format: 7-inch (Tongue Master) | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals |
| 2004 | Lost with the Lights On Format: LP, CD (Jagjaguwar) | |
| 2006 | Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 Format: 2LP, CD (Jagjaguwar) | Concertina, mastering, sequencing, violin, whistle (human) |
| 2006 | Skeleton Blues Format: LP, CD (Jagjaguwar) | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel |
| 2009 | Out into the Snow Format: LP, CD (Team Love) | Musician |
| 2017 | Step into the Earthquake Format: LP, CD (Ba Da Bing!) | Main personnel |

### With Vic Chesnutt

| Year | Release Details | Credits |
| 1995 | Is the Actor Happy? Format: LP, CD (Texas Hotel) | Concertina, guitar, piano |
| 1996 | About to Choke Format: LP, CD (Capitol) | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar |
| 1998 | The Salesman and Bernadette (with Lambchop) Format: LP/CD (Capricorn) | Atmosphere, euphonium, electric guitar, backing vocals, whistle (human) |

### With Lambchop

| Year | Release Details | |
| 1996 | Thriller Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | Performer |
| 1996 | "Cigarettiquette" / "Mr. Crabby" Format: 7-inch (Merge) | |
| 1997 | "Whitey" / "Playboy the Shit" Format: 7-inch (Merge) | |
| 1998 | What Another Man Spills Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | |
| 1998 | "Your Fucking Sunny Day" Format: 7-inch (Merge) | |
| 1998 | "Give Me our Love (Love Song)" Format: 7-inch (Merge) | |
| 2000 | Nixon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | Electric guitar |
| 2000 | The Queens Royal Trimma Format: CD (City Slang) Tour-only release | Guitar |
| 2000 | "Up with People" / "Miss Prissy" Format: 7-inch (Merge) | Electric guitar, group member |
| 2001 | Tools in the Dryer Format: CD (Merge) | |
| 2002 | Is a Woman Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar |
| 2002 | Treasure Chest of the Enemy Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only release | Guitar |
| 2002 | Pet Sounds Sucks Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only release | Guitar |
| 2004 | Aw Cmon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) Also released as 2LP, 2CD with No You Cmon | Guitar, piano (thumb), group member |
| 2004 | No You Cmon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) Also released as 2LP, 2CD with Aw Cmon | Guitar, piano (thumb), group member |
| 2004 | L'Aurore (Sunrise) Format: DVD (Carlotta Films) | |
| 2004 | Lambchop + The DAFO String Quartet: Boo Fucking Who? Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only release | Guitar |
| 2006 | Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Pt. 2 Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | Group member |
| 2006 | Damaged Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | Guitars |
| 2007 | No Such Silence (Live at the AB in Brussels) Format: DVD (City Slang) | Guitar |
| 2008 | Oh (ohio) Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar |
| 2009 | Live at XX Merge Format: DVD (Merge) | Performer |

### With Empire State

| Year | Release Details | Credits |
| 1999 | Empire State Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings) | Autoharp, bells, cello, chimes, horn, marxophone, trombone |
| 2000 | Why Climb the Highest Mountain EP Format: 12" (Melodic Records) | |
| 2001 | Eternal Combustion Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings) | Multi-instrumentalist |

### With Bright Eyes

| Year | Release Details | Credits |
| 2004 | Lua EP Format: 7-inch, CD (Saddle Creek) | Composer, guitar, vocals |
| 2005 | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Format: LP, CD (Saddle Creek) | Guitar |
| 2005 | Motion Sickness: Live Recordings Format: LP, CD (Team Love) | Group member, performer |

### Other Appearances

| Year | Artist | Release Details | Credits |
| 1999 | Olivia Tremor Control | at NPR Studios | Trombone, percussion |
| 2000 | The Deist's Pouch | "Everybody Has a Pouch" / "Backsliding Deist's Prayer" Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg) Featuring Vic Chesnutt and members of Calexico, Lambchop, and Empire State | Acoustic guitar, recorder, backing vocals |
| 2001 | Summer Hymns | A Celebratory Arm Gesture Format: CD (Misra) | Trombone |
| 2002 | Azure Ray | Burn and Shiver Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings) | Euphonium, trombone |
| 2004 | A Tomato a Day (Brian Poloncic) | The Moon Is Green Format: CD (Public Eyesore) | Engineer |
| 2004 | Tilly and the Wall | Wild Like Children Format: CD (Team Love) | Assistant engineer |
| 2004 | Ed Gray | Fresh Coat on the Powder Keg Format: 7-inch (Unread) | Engineer |
| 2006 | Ed Gray | The Late Gray Ed Great Format: LP (Hot Potato Records) | Electric guitar, violin, engineer |
| 2007 | Charlie Louvin | Charlie Louvin Format: CD (Tomkins Square) | Featured artist, vocals, background vocals on "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" |
| 2007 | Outlaw Con Bandana | The Triple Escape Format: Lathe-cut LP | Engineer, musician |
| 2008 | Crooked Fingers | Forfeit/Fortune Format: LP, CD (Red Pig & Foreign Leisure) | Assistant Engineer |
| 2009 | Miracles of God | O What a Wonderful Day Format: LP, CD (Public School Records) | Engineer |
| 2010 | William Tyler | Behold the Sprit Format: LP, CD (Tompkins Square) | Brass, electronics, tapes, violin |
| 2010 | Bill Hoover | Here We Go Format: Lathe-cut LP | Engineer |