# The Merkins | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 17:56 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The Merkins
- Visible lyric pages: 9

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `the-merkins`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 17:56 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-b7a1100229283bc8
- Visible lyric pages: 9
- Pages with stored lyric text: 9
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 15018
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: (Arya) I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight..., As Long As You're Bloody, Careless Sister, Every Life I Take, Friends With No Faces, Hotline Scream, I'll Kill You That Way, and Man In The Box
- 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 Merkins were a punk band from New York City that started playing in the late 1970s. John Gavanti sang and played guitar, Mark Cazorla was on bass, and P.J. O'Connor played drums. They put out records like 'Social Suicide' in 1978 and 'American Barbarian' in 1980. Their song 'Careless Sister' got some attention, along with tracks like 'Every Life I Take' and 'As Long As You're Bloody.' The band's...

## 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. (Arya) I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight... — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/arya-i-just-died-in-your-arms-tonight
2. As Long As You're Bloody — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/as-long-as-you-re-bloody
3. Careless Sister — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/careless-sister
4. Every Life I Take — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/every-life-i-take
5. Friends With No Faces — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/friends-with-no-faces
6. Hotline Scream — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/hotline-scream
7. I'll Kill You That Way — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/i-ll-kill-you-that-way
8. Man In The Box — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/man-in-the-box
9. Seven Kingdom Army — https://lyroverse.com/the-merkins/seven-kingdom-army