Commander Venus

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title: "Commander Venus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["conor-oberst", "indie-rock-musical-groups-from-nebraska", "musical-groups-from-omaha,-nebraska", "saddle-creek-records-artists", "american-emo-musical-groups", "1995-establishments-in-nebraska"] description: "American indie rock band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Venus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American indie rock band ::

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Field	Value
name	Commander Venus
caption	Armstrong, Nansel, Oberst, and Baechle
origin	Omaha, Nebraska, USA
genre	* Emo
years_active	1995–1997
label	Saddle Creek
Grass Records
associated_acts	Bright Eyes
The Faint
Cursive
The Good Life
past_members	Ben Armstrong
Todd Baechle
Matt Bowen
Tim Kasher
Robb Nansel
Conor Oberst
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| name = Commander Venus | image = | caption = Armstrong, Nansel, Oberst, and Baechle | origin = Omaha, Nebraska, USA | genre = * Emo

• punk rock
• post-hardcore
• indie rock | years_active = 1995–1997 | label = Saddle Creek Grass Records | associated_acts = Bright Eyes The Faint Cursive The Good Life | website = | past_members = Ben Armstrong Todd Baechle Matt Bowen Tim Kasher Robb Nansel Conor Oberst ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Conor_Oberst_aka_Bright_Eyes,_Hardly_Strictly_Bluegrass_2010.jpg" caption="Conor Oberst in 2010"] ::

Commander Venus was an American emo band from Omaha, Nebraska. Fronted by Conor Oberst and Tim Kasher, the band also included Todd Fink and Matt Bowen of The Faint, Ben Armstrong of Head of Femur and Robb Nansel, executive producer of the indie label Saddle Creek. Kasher subsequently went on to front the band Cursive, and Oberst later became famous as the core member of the indie folk collective Bright Eyes, and later the punk band Desaparecidos.

They recorded two albums, Do You Feel at Home? on Saddle Creek and The Uneventful Vacation, on Grass Records, which became Wind-up Records, that ultimately licensed the CD to Thick Records.

Members

• Conor Oberst – vocals, guitars (1994–1998)
• Robb Nansel – guitars (1994–1998)
• Tim Kasher – bass (1994–1997)
• Todd Baechle – bass (1997–1998)
• Matt Bowen – drums (1994–1997)
• Ben Armstrong – drums (1997–1998)

Discography

Albums

• Do You Feel at Home? (1995; CD & LP on Saddle Creek)
• The Uneventful Vacation (1997; CD THICK Records, LP on Saddle Creek)

Singles

• Music Me All Over (1997; 7" split with Lux-O-Values, Norman Bailer & Weld on Saddle Creek)
• Some Songs (1996; 7" split with Drip on Saddle Creek & Ghostmeat Records)

Compilations

• Apollo's Salvage (1995; CD on Ghostmeat Records; features the song "Pay Per View")
• Saddle Creek Records, A Sampler (1998; CD on Saddle Creek; featured the songs "Bent on Broken Nerves" & "Waiting for Enoch Arden")

References

References

1. "Ghostmeat Records {{!}} Commander Venus".
2. "Commander Venus".
3. "Commander Venus reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic".
4. "Commander Venus".
5. "The Uneventful Vacation - Commander Venus".

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