20 Facts About Bob Schneider

Robert Schneider was born on October 12,1965 and is an Austin, Texas based musician and former lead singer of the rock band Ugly Americans.

Bob Schneider has recorded and officially released over 20 studio albums and EPs, many on his own Shockorama Records label.

Bob Schneider is known to perform live as both a solo act, and with various musical groups, including his own Lonelyland and Texas Bluegrass Massacre bands, and has developed a reputation for improvisation and audience involvement.

Bob Schneider continues to have a long-standing Monday night residency at the Saxon Pub in Austin.

Bob Schneider is married to Laura Moore-Schneider, with whom he has a daughter, Scarlet.

Bob Schneider has a son, Luc, from his previous marriage.

Bob Schneider was raised with his sister in El Paso, Texas, as well as Munich, Germany, where he moved with his family at the age of 2 so his father could receive vocal training.

Bob Schneider later recalled the experience as a marginal existence, stating that his parents "had this big plan, but my dad just didn't have the voice".

Bob Schneider learned guitar and piano at an early age, and often performed at his parents' parties.

Bob Schneider dropped out of the University of Texas at El Paso, where he studied art while performing in his first major band, a local funk-rock outfit called Joe Rockhead.

Bob Schneider subsequently performed with the Ugly Americans, sometimes as an opening act for the Dave Matthews Band, and signed with the revived Capricorn Records.

In 1997, Bob Schneider co-founded The Scabs, a funk ensemble that regularly played local Austin venues, and was described as "inspired by The Rugburns [with] bawdy show tunes and puerile blues".

Bob Schneider briefly dated actress Sandra Bullock between the years 1999 and 2001.

Bob Schneider was eventually dropped by Universal, but went on to record I'm Good Now in 2004, which was distributed by Vanguard Records, garnering further national attention and some critical acclaim.

Bob Schneider went on to sign with Kirtland Records in 2009, releasing his next major album Lovely Creatures, which featured the single "40 Dogs ", as well as Patty Griffin on the track "Changing Your Mind".

In 2017, Bob Schneider began formerly making his massive backlog of recorded demos available to fans through Patreon.

Bob Schneider has won 55 Austin Music Awards, to date, for multiple different projects ranging from 1992 to 2017.

Bob Schneider has many unpublished musical projects that, while never officially released, have been made available to fans via Patreon and similar platforms.

Since the 2000s, Bob Schneider has recorded almost every one of his live performance, making the recordings available for purchase as show souvenirs for the audience.

Originally available only as physical double-disc CD sets, Bob Schneider began to phase out physical media around 2010 in favor of USB drives and digital online purchasing.