# Bad Books | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/bad-books
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 11:45 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/bad-books
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Bad Books
- Visible lyric pages: 23

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `bad-books`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 11:45 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-e94ecf7bb9a1371e
- Visible lyric pages: 23
- Pages with stored lyric text: 23
- Video-backed song pages: 23
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 28875
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 34
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Holding Down the Laughter, Ambivalent Peaks, Forest Whitaker, Lake House, Mesa, Arizona, Petit Mort, 42, and Army
- 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

Bad Books is a band that formed around Andrew Dost and Kevin Martin. They've released three albums: a self-titled debut in 2010, followed by 'II' in 2012, and 'Front Row Seat to Earth' in 2014. Their songs, like 'Forest Whitaker' and 'Holding Down the Laughter,' tend to work with quiet, introspective moods. Guitarist and vocalist Ben Bridwell was part of the group early on but left in 2013 after a...

## 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. Holding Down the Laughter — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/holding-down-the-laughter
2. Ambivalent Peaks — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/ambivalent-peaks
3. Forest Whitaker — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/forest-whitaker
4. Lake House — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/lake-house
5. Mesa, Arizona — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/mesa-arizona
6. Petit Mort — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/petit-mort
7. 42 — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/42
8. Army — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/army
9. Baby Shoes — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/baby-shoes
10. Friendly Advice — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/friendly-advice
11. How This All Ends — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/how-this-all-ends
12. I Begged You Everything — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/i-begged-you-everything
13. It Never Stops — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/it-never-stops
14. Lost Creek — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/lost-creek
15. No Reward — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/no-reward
16. No Sides — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/no-sides
17. Please Move — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/please-move
18. Pyotr — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/pyotr
19. Texas — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/texas
20. The After Party — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/the-after-party
21. The Easy Mark & The Old Maid — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/the-easy-mark-amp-the-old-maid
22. You Are a Mirror I Cannot Avoid — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/you-are-a-mirror-i-cannot-avoid
23. You Wouldn't Have To Ask — https://lyroverse.com/bad-books/you-wouldn-t-have-to-ask