# The Minus 5 | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 22:54 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The Minus 5
- Visible lyric pages: 29

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `the-minus-5`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 22:54 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-4ba6655feb13aae4
- Visible lyric pages: 29
- Pages with stored lyric text: 29
- Video-backed song pages: 28
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 26394
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 35
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: A Thousand Years Away, Queen's Head, Shut Up, What I Don't Believe, Aw Shit Man, Cigarettes Coffee & Booze, Days Of Wine And Booze, and I Don't Want to Fuck Off Anymore
- 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 Minus 5 started in Seattle in the early 1990s, around the time grunge was taking off. Scott McCaughey, who fronts the band, put out their first couple of records in the mid-90s: 'The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy' in 1994 and a self-titled album the following year. They were quieter, more introspective things compared to what was happening around them. In 2000, they released 'Let's Be Still,' which got...

## 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. A Thousand Years Away — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/a-thousand-years-away
2. Queen's Head — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/queen-s-head
3. Shut Up — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/shut-up
4. What I Don't Believe — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/what-i-don-t-believe
5. Aw Shit Man — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/aw-shit-man
6. Cigarettes Coffee & Booze — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/cigarettes-coffee-amp-booze
7. Days Of Wine And Booze — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/days-of-wine-and-booze
8. I Don't Want to Fuck Off Anymore — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/i-don-t-want-to-fuck-off-anymore
9. I'm Not Bitter — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/i-m-not-bitter
10. My Life As A Creep — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/my-life-as-a-creep
11. Myrna Loy — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/myrna-loy
12. Retrieval Of You — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/retrieval-of-you
13. That's Not the Way That It's Done — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/that-s-not-the-way-that-it-s-done
14. The Reason I Quit (Dear Employer) — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/the-reason-i-quit-dear-employer
15. Tunnel of Lungs — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/tunnel-of-lungs
16. Cemetery Row — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/cemetery-row
17. Formerly Hail Centurion — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/formerly-hail-centurion
18. Hotel Senator — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/hotel-senator
19. Leftover Life To Kill — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/leftover-life-to-kill
20. Original Luke — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/original-luke
21. Out There On The Maroon — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/out-there-on-the-maroon
22. Rifle Called Goodbye — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/rifle-called-goodbye
23. Rooting For The Plague — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/rooting-for-the-plague
24. Submachine Girl — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/submachine-girl
25. The Family Gardener — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/the-family-gardener
26. There Is No Music — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/there-is-no-music
27. Twilight Distillery — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/twilight-distillery
28. When God Made Time — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/when-god-made-time
29. With a Gun — https://lyroverse.com/the-minus-5/with-a-gun