Cows (band)

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Cows
From left to right: Kevin Rutmanis, Norm Rogers, Thor Eisentrager and Shannon Selberg.
Background information
Origin	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Genres	Noise rock, post-hardcore, hardcore punk
Years active	1986–1998
Labels	Treehouse Records Amphetamine Reptile Records
Past members	Band members

Cows were a noise rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota who formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1998. The band’s music mixed punk rock with surreal humour and copious amounts of noise played through distorted amplifiers and trumpet bleats, codifying them as a noise rock band.^[1] Throughout their career Cows released nine studio albums, all but one on the Minneapolis-based label Amphetamine Reptile Records. A star in honor of the Cows is on the outside mural of First Avenue.