Timbuk 3 dibentuk pada 1986 oleh suami istri Pat MacDonald (acoustic, electric, bass dan MIDI guitars, harmonica, vocals) dan Barbara K. MacDonald (electric guitar, mandolin, violin, rhythm programming, vocals). Mulanya mereka pentas sebagai duo dengan diiringi ghettoblaster.
Pada 1991, Wally Ingram dan Courtney Audain bergabung. Album perdana mereka, Greetings from Timbuk 3, menghasilkan hit song "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" yang dimainkan dalam film My Best Friend is a Vampire dan Kuffs. Dari album yang sama, "Shame On You" dimainkan dalam film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Mereka juga tampil dalam film D.O.A. Mereka bubar pada 1995.
Diskografi sunting
Single sunting
- "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" (1986) - Billboard Hot 100 # 19; UK Singles Chart # 21
Album sunting
- Greetings from Timbuk 3 (1986) - Billboard Hot 200 # 50; UK Albums Chart # 51
- Eden Alley (1988) - Billboard Hot 200 # 107
- Edge of Allegiance (1989)
- Big Shot in the Dark (1991)
- Some Of The Best Of Timbuk3: Field Guide (1992) [the 45, 'Assholes On Parade' appears on CD only here]
- Espace Ornano (1993) - [recorded live, Espace Ornano, Paris, France, Nov 1991]
- Looks Like Dark To Me (1994) - 6-track EP
- A Hundred Lovers (1995)
- Live From Austin City Limits - (2011)
Catatan kaki sunting
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (edisi ke-19th). London: Guinness World Records Limited. hlm. 560. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Pranala luar sunting
- (Inggris) Timbuk3 official website
- (Inggris) Pat MacDonald official website
- (Inggris) The Legendary Sons of Crack Daniels official website
- (Inggris) Record Label website
- Pat MacDonald di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Barbara MacDonald di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Timbuk3 discography 2009-04-29 di Wayback Machine. at Rolling Stone
- (Inggris) Pat MacDonald's Steel Bridge Songfest project