Robbie Guertin is a former keyboardist/guitarist/backup vocalist for the

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band

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and a drummer/vocalist for the band

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History

Robbie grew up in

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and went to Belmont High School. He attended college at

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along with the other members of

prior to the group's formation where he studied art. Robbie is featured in The Warhol Economy: How Fashion Art & Music Drive New York City in regards to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Robbie was also the primary art director and often the artist for all of

's album and single covers, as well as several concert posters. The first album's artwork was a collaboration with artist

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. On July 3, 2012 Guertin publicly announced that after a final show in New York City on July 7, he would no longer be a member of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Robbie and Dasha Shishkin also collaborated to create BB&PPINC. They were one of the artists featured in By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art. BB&PPINC had a solo exhibition and book release party at About Glamour Gallery in Brooklyn . Robbie was also in the band Uninhabitable Mansions which also featured

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from

along with Annie Hart from

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, along with Chris Diken. Uninhabitable Mansions is also an art collective and record label. Robbie currently plays drums and sings in the band

Discography

with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

*2005: ''

'' *2007: ''

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'' *2007: '' Live at Lollapalooza 2007: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah'' *2011: '' Hysterical''

with Uninhabitable Mansions

*2009: "We Misplaced a Cobra in the Uninhabitable Mansion" 7-inch single *2009: 'Nature is a Taker" LP

with Radical Dads

*2010: "Recklessness" 7-inch single *2011: 'Mega Rama" LP *2011: "Skateboard Bulldog" 7-inch single *2012: "Torrential Zen" 7-inch split single *2013: 'Rapid Reality" LP *2013: "Creature Out" 7-inch single *2014: "Cassette Brain" Cassette Tape EP *2015: "Universal Coolers" LP *2020: "Paved Mountain" LP

References

External links

Radical Dads website

Uninhabitable Mansions website

BB&PPINC website

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah website
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