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===1990s=== [[File:Nashville Pussy Closeup Photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Nashville Pussy]] incorporates cowpunk into their sound.]] In 1990, ''SPIN'' magazine called [[The Dead Milkmen]] a cowpunk band, also noting that they have been called "scruff rock".<ref>SPIN magazine. June 1990. p. 25</ref> In 1991, a reviewer called [[The Vandals]] a cowpunk band, while noting that by this year, the band was moving away from cowpunk towards a mix of metal with a touch of pop.<ref>Popson, Tom. LOVICH REISSUED ON CD; VANDALS QUIT COW-PUNK. ''CHICAGO TRIBUNE''. 20 September 1991.</ref> [[Dan Baird]] is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer<ref name="LarkinHM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-656-1|page=40}}</ref> best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist from the chart-topping 1980s rock band [[The Georgia Satellites]], who is often credited as one of the pioneers in cowpunk and [[Alternative country|alt-country]] music, as his songs combine elements of rock music, [[country music]], [[outlaw country]], and [[punk rock]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2maCDwAAQBAJ&q=cowpunk+georgia+satellite&pg=PT20|title=Waiting to Derail: Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown, Alt-Country's Brilliant Wreck|last=O'Keefe|first=Thomas|date=26 June 2018|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781510724945|language=en}}</ref> [[Goober & The Peas]] were a cowpunk band from [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], active from 1990 to 1995, known for blending odd humor to a darker side of country music and indie rock (and for [[Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]] having served as drummer for a period). The band was known for their frenetic live shows. [[The Damn Band]] is the cowpunk-influenced backing band of [[Hank Williams III]]. It was formed in 1995 and consists of acoustic guitar (played by Williams), steel guitar, fiddle, bass, drums, electric guitar and banjo. Steve Kidwiller, the former guitarist of [[punk rock]] band [[NOFX]] (on their 1989 and 1991 records) subsequently joined cowpunk band Speedbuggy USA.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rapid |first1=Stephen |title=Interview With Timbo Of Speedbuggy USA |url=https://www.lonesomehighway.com/interviewsold/tag/Interview+with+Timbo+of+Speedbuggy+USA |website=Lonesome Highway |date=5 September 2018 |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> in 1994. Following the breakup of [[Nine Pound Hammer]] in 1997, guitarist Blaine Cartwright formed [[Nashville Pussy]], a Grammy-Nominated American [[rock & roll]] band from [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] that has been called a mix of cowpunk, [[psychobilly]], [[Southern rock]], and [[hard rock]], as well as "sleaze rock".<ref>{{cite web|author=Nashville Pussy |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nashville-pussy-mn0000316536 |title=Nashville Pussy | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref> The [[United States|American]] [[rock and roll]] [[band (music)|band]] [[Supersuckers]]' fourth studio album, ''[[Must've Been High]]'' (1997) was called their first cowpunk album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=supersuckers|title=TrouserPress.com :: Supersuckers|website=www.trouserpress.com}}</ref> It was released on 25 March 1997, via [[Sub Pop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/the_supersuckers/mustve_been_high|title=Mustve Been High|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}}</ref>
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