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Bob Nanna
Background information
Birth name	Robert Thomas Nanna
Born	(1975-06-14) June 14, 1975 (age 49)
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock, emo
Instrument(s)	vocals, guitar, drums
Years active	1991–present

Bob Nanna (born June 14, 1975) is an American musician best known as the singer and guitarist for the bands Braid^[1] and Hey Mercedes. Nanna also currently performs as part of the band Lifted Bells, as well as a solo project The City on Film.

Robert Thomas Nanna was born in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2013 he co-founded Downwrite, a songwriting website, with Mark Rose of the band Spitalfield.

• 1995 (Expert Work, 2020) - LP 2020

• Blurred In Six (Allied, 1993) - LP 1993
• Hours of Operation (Polyvinyl, 2002) - 2xCD 2002

• Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five
• The Age of Octeen
• Frame and Canvas
• Movie Music, Vol. 1
• Movie Music, Vol. 2
• Lucky to Be Alive
• Closer to Closed
• No Coast

• Everynight Fire Works (Vagrant)
• Loses Control (Vagrant)

• In Formal Introduction (Grand Theft Autumn)
• La Vella (Topshelf, 2014)

• The Sky Corvair - Unsafe At Any Speed (Actionboy Records, 2005) CD

• Certain People I Know - Certain People I Know (Count Your Lucky Stars, 2012)

• Lifted Bells - Minor Tantrums (Run For Cover, 2018)

• Friction / Cap'n Jazz - 'Nothing Dies with Blue Skies (Shadefork Records, 1994) - single
• Friction - Makeshift (Shadefork Records, 1993) - 3 song 7"
• Braid - Rainsnowmatch (Enclave /Polyvinyl 1993) - EP
• Braid - I'm Afraid of Everything / Radish White Icicle / Now I'm Exhausted (Grand Theft Autumn, 1994) - single
• Braid - Niagara / That Car Came Out Of Nowhere (Grand Theft Autumn, 1994) - single
• Braid - First Day Back / Hugs From Boys (Polyvinyl, 1995) - single
• The City On Film / Kind Of Like Spitting / Sterling Silver - Slowdance Tour (Slowdance, 1998) - EP
• Braid - Please Drive Faster Polyvinyl (1998) - EP
• The City On Film - Two Hour Anniversary (About Midnight, 1997) - 7"
• The City On Film / Kind Of Like Spitting - Split (Sport, 1998) - 7"
• Braid / Eversor / The Lovemen / 3minutemovie - Japan Tour CD (1999) - 3" CD
• Hey Mercedes - Hey Mercedes Polyvinyl, (2000) - EP
• Bob Nanna / Elizabeth Elmore - Bob Nanna/Elizabeth Elmore EP (Troubleman Unlimited, 1999) - EP
• Hey Mercedes - The Weekend (Vagrant, 2003) - single, EP
• Hey Mercedes / Favez - Split (Sound Fiction, 2003) - 7"
• The City On Film - I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk (Post 436, 2004) - EP
• The City On Film / The Novi Split - The Sea Was Angry That Day My Friends (Eat The Fly, 2004) - EP
• Hey Mercedes - Unorchestrated (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - EP, compilation
• The City On Film - Little Informal (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - EP
• The City On Film - American Diary (Redder, 2005) - EP
• The City on Film / Minus the Bear - Split (Polyvinyl, 2006) - 7"
• The City on Film / Owen - Split (Red Cars Go Faster, 2007) - 7"
• Bob Nanna & Lauren Lo / Into It Over It - "Split" (Evil Weevil, 2010) - 7"^[2]
• Braid / Balance and Composure - "Split" (No Sleep, 2013) - 7"
• Lifted Bells - s/t EP (Naked Ally, 2013) - 12" EP
• Lifted Bells - "Lights Out" (Naked Ally, 2014) - 7"
• Braid "Kids Get Grids" (Topshelf, 2015) - Record Store Day Exclusive 7"
• Lifted Bells - "Overreactor" (Run For Cover, 2016) - 12" EP

• Various - Direction (Polyvinyl) - Braid - "I'm Glowing and You're The Reason"
• Various - Direction (Polyvinyl) - Orwell - "Angular Momentum" (guest artist)
• Various - My Pal God Holiday Record (My Pal God, 1997) - The City On Film - "Fairytale Of New York"
• Various - World Domination in Thirteen Easy Steps (Stratagem, 1998) - Braid - "Collect From Clark Kent"
• Various - Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies (Glue Factory, 1998) - Braid - "Trompe Le Monde"
• Various - Another Year On The Streets Vol. 2 (Vagrant, 2001) - Hey Mercedes - " Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday"
• Friction - Hours of Operation: Discography, 1991-1993 Polyvinyl (2004) - compilation
• Various - THICK: Oil (Thick, 2003) - The City On Film - "Lost My Lights (acoustic)"
• Various - In The Film They Made Us A Little More Articulate (Escape Goat, 2003) - The City On Film - "Bad Liver And A Broken Heart"
• Various - My Favorite Songwriters (Five One Inc., 2004) - The City On Film - "I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk (demo)"
• Various - Polyvinyl Does Polyvinyl (Polyvinyl, 2016) - Braid- "Next of Kin"
• Various - Planet Home Series Vol 2. (Arctic Rodeo, 2017) - Bob Nanna - "Valparaiso / Smallpox Champion"

• Various - Exquisite Corpse (Polyvinyl) - "So Much To See"
• Various - The Actuality Of Thought (Bifocal Media, 2001) -- live footage of Braid's "What A Wonderful Puddle" - VHS
• Hubcap - Those Kids Are Weirder LP/CD (Actionboy, 1996 54'40 Or Fight!, reissue 2001)
• Bob Nanna - Threadless Songs LP (Self-released, 2014)

• Braid
• Hey Mercedes
• The City on Film

• Official Website
• Bob Nanna's Blog
• Bob's Twitter