Effective period / Period of releases: 2008

The Buttless Chaps were a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The group played a hybrid of punk, new wave and alternative country music. Band members included Dave Gowans on vocals, guitar and banjo,[1] Morgan McDonald on keyboards, Lasse Lutick on guitar and synthesizer,[2] Torben Wilson on drums and Ida Nilsen on vocals, accordion, synthesizer and euphonium.