Dumptruck, led by Seth Tiven and Kirk Swan, were college radio favourites in the mid 80s, contemporaries of bands like Miracle Legion, Game Theory and IRS-era R.E.M. Their albums include D Is For Dumptruck, Positively and their best-known, For The Country. Commercially sunk by label and legal problems, Tiven has continued to release records under the Dumptruck name.

Dumptruck was also the name of a mid-90s Sacramento, CA hardcore band led by Tony Avila.


Dumptruck was also the name of a mid-00s Boston, MA hardcore band led by Chris Morgado. Now called The Wrong Side. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.