The Presidents of the United States of America Albums for song lyrics and biography.

The Presidents of the United States of America is an alternative band which was formed in 1989. They are a grunge pop group that had a sequence of hits in the mid 1990s, such as "Lump", "Dune Buggy", "Kitty", and "Peaches". They were noted for their amusing lyrics and simple, catchy guitar riffs, usually with guitars from which they had removed strings. They also perform the theme music for The Drew Carey Show, "Cleveland Rocks".

The Presidents are credited with creating the instruments known as the 'basitar' and the 'guitbass'. Both instruments are modifications of traditional six string electric guitar bodies with specific strings removed and different tunings. The basitar was first created by Mark Sandman, good friend of lead singer Chris Ballew, and leader of the band Morphine. A basitar acts like a bass guitar. It consists of a normal (six string) guitar body fitted with two bass guitar strings on the two middle tuning pegs, tuned to C sharp and G Sharp (lowest to highest). The guitbass acts as an electric guitar and was created by band member Dave Dederer to compliment Ballew's basitar. It consists of a normal six string guitar with only three strings, tuned to C sharp, G sharp and C sharp (lowest to highest). The second C sharp is an octave higher.