What type of details about claw hammer can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: claw hammer was an american indie rock band from california . claw hammer formed in 1986 in long beach , california ; its members were from several neighboring municipalities . their name was taken from a captain beefheart song . the group released a cassette and some small-issue eps and singles before signing to sympathy for the record industry , who released their debut lp , an eponymous effort , in 1990 . in 1991 they did an album entirely covering devo 's 1978 '' are we not men ? we are devo ! '' . the group signed to epitaph records for their 1993 release , '' pablum '' . in 1994 , claw hammer performed as the backing band on wayne kramer 's epitaph release , '' the hard stuff '' . jumping to major label interscope , they released two more lps , the last being 1997 's '' hold your tongue -lrb- and say apple -rrb- '' . the group played live until 2000 .
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