I didn ' t know we were starting the reincarnation of Barry Sanders ! !!<| sep |> That makes sense . But in that case it would be a hardware fault rather than a software one , right ? <| sep |> We all need to get behind Melissa . Dude has so many followers and fans who prob don ' t even watch rhap who are voting . He just tweets out vote for him and his youtube fans come . <| sep |> Animal Collective artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2521 c 82 b 362459 f 4 e 74 bb 39 b 8 f 5 d 35 d 72 f 6 . png Animal Collective is a musical group which formed in Baltimore , Maryland , United States in 1999 . The band consists of Panda Bear Noah Lennox , Avey Tare David Portner , Deakin Josh Dibb and Geologist Brian Weitz . Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members the lineup is not uniform . The band has released ten albums Spirit They ' re Gone , Spirit They ' ve Vanished 2000 , Danse Manatee 2001 , Campfire Songs 2003 , Here Comes the Indian 2003 , Sung Tongs 2004 , Feels 2005 , Strawberry Jam 2007 , Merriweather Post Pavilion 2009 , Centipede Hz 2012 and Painting With 2016 . Prior to Here Comes the Indian , the group ' s albums were not credited to the band name Animal Collective but instead to Avey Tare Panda Bear for Spirit , Avey Tare , Panda Bear Geologist for Danse and Campfire Songs for Campfire Songs . The band members met in school and started recording together in various forms of collaboration from a young age . Although the band is often classified as psych folk or noise rock , it is hard to define the Animal Collective sound as they often experiment with diverse styles and ideas from album to album . The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks on which they have released their own material as well as material by artists such as Ariel Pink , Terrestrial Tones , and The Peppermints . Paw Tracks ' latest signee is Tickley Feather , with whom the band recently toured . Read more on Last . fm . Collective 1 , 223 , 108 listeners , 73 , 376 , 013 plays tags experimental , indie , freak folk , seen live , indie rock Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .