# The Legitimate Excuse | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-legitimate-excuse
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/the-legitimate-excuse/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 09:36 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-legitimate-excuse
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/the-legitimate-excuse/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/the-legitimate-excuse/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The Legitimate Excuse
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `the-legitimate-excuse`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 09:36 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-3a11de7068bd357f
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 885
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Long Nights, Stupid Fights
- 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

The Legitimate Excuse formed in Boston in the early 2000s, with Peter Murphy on vocals and guitar and Matt Cohen on bass. They started writing songs about relationships and the small tensions that build up over time. Their debut album in 2006 included the song "Long Nights, Stupid Fights," which became their most recognizable track. The band faced a legal dispute over their name around 2005 but continued working after...

## 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. Long Nights, Stupid Fights — https://lyroverse.com/the-legitimate-excuse/long-nights-stupid-fights