# A Crying Shame | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 14:12 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: A Crying Shame
- Visible lyric pages: 6

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `a-crying-shame`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 14:12 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-6eccc6343961f288
- Visible lyric pages: 6
- Pages with stored lyric text: 6
- Video-backed song pages: 4
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 4288
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 9
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 1
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Are You There?, This Last Breath, Coheed And Cambria Eat Your..., In The Night, Let Go, and STEP UP TO THE PLATE, DONT BE AFRAID.
- Current-month titles with activity: Are You There?
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

A Crying Shame formed in Seattle in 1989 with Gary Anderson on vocals and guitar, Bill Reeves on bass, and Steve Wikstrom on drums. They put out three albums in the 1990s, starting with their self-titled debut in 1991. That record included 'Are You There?', which got some alternative radio play. Their 1994 follow-up was called Lost and Found, and their third album, No Cure for the Common Heartache, came...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Are You There? — https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/are-you-there
2. This Last Breath — https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/this-last-breath
3. Coheed And Cambria Eat Your... — https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/coheed-and-cambria-eat-your
4. In The Night — https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/in-the-night
5. Let Go — https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/let-go
6. STEP UP TO THE PLATE, DONT BE AFRAID. — https://lyroverse.com/a-crying-shame/step-up-to-the-plate-dont-be-afraid