{{Short description|American post punk band}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Rifle Sport |background = group_or_band |origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |instrument = |genre = Post-punk |occupation = |years_active = 1982–1995, 2004 |label = Reflex<br />Ruthless |past_members = J. Christopher<br />Gerard Jean-Boissy<br />Peter Conway<br />Todd Trainer<br />Jimmy Petroski }} '''Rifle Sport''' was an American post-punk band active in the 1980s and 1990s, from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The band took its name from an arcade in downtown Minneapolis which was open in the 1940s to 1960s.<ref name="ScholtesSeptember1998">{{Citation | last = Scholtes | first = Peter S. | title = Bring in the Noise - From Wrong's free-improv chaos to Savage Aural Hotbed's circle-saw precision, a disparate local noise scene maps the sound of modern anxiety | newspaper = City Pages | date = 9 September 1998 | url = http://www.citypages.com/1998-09-09/arts/bring-in-the-noise/full/ | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20150423230627/http://www.citypages.com/1998-09-09/arts/bring-in-the-noise/full/ | archivedate = 23 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Billboard 1950">{{Citation | title = Coinmen You Know: Twin Cities | newspaper = Billboard | pages = 117 | date = 1 April 1950 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=j_UDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rifle+Sport+minneapolis&pg=PA117 | accessdate = 22 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Billboard 1964">{{Citation | title = Invoke Old Law Against Minneapolis Arcade Op | newspaper = Billboard | pages = 43 | date = 12 December 1964 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OSAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rifle+Sport+minneapolis&pg=PA43 | accessdate = 22 April 2015 }}</ref> An unrelated art gallery, Rifle Sport Gallery, also named after the arcade and housed in its old space, established their name after the band.<ref name="ScholtesSeptember1998"/>
Drummer and vocalist Todd Trainer later formed Shellac with Steve Albini formerly of Big Black.
[[File:Rifle Sport - First Avenue Star.jpg|thumb|Star honoring Rifle Sport on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue]]Rifle Sport was honored with a star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue,<ref name="FirstAveStars">{{cite web |url=http://first-avenue.com/about/thestars |title=The Stars |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=First Avenue & 7th Street Entry |publisher= |access-date=2020-05-10 |archive-date=2020-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418135117/https://first-avenue.com/about/thestars |url-status=dead }}</ref> recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise demonstrated a major contribution to the culture at the iconic venue.<ref name="StarTribune2019">{{cite news |last=Bream |first=Jon |url=https://www.startribune.com/10-things-you-ll-learn-about-first-avenue-in-new-minnesota-history-center-show/509374312/ |title=10 things you'll learn about First Avenue in new Minnesota History Center show |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |date=2019-05-03 |accessdate=2020-05-10 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308123225/https://www.startribune.com/10-things-you-ll-learn-about-first-avenue-in-new-minnesota-history-center-show/509374312/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Receiving a star "might be the most prestigious public honor an artist can receive in Minneapolis," according to journalist Steve Marsh. Unlike most of the other stars on the mural, Rifle Sport's is hidden from view, underneath the awning of the door to the 7th Street Entry.<ref name="MSPMag2019">{{cite news |last=Marsh |first=Steve |url=http://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/first-avenue-star-wall/ |title=First Avenue's Star Wall |work=Mpls.St.Paul Magazine |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |date=2019-05-13 |accessdate=2020-05-10 }}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Voice of Reason'' (Reflex) (1983) *''White (Made in France)'' (Ruthless Records (1987) *''Live at the Entry, Dead at the Exit'' (Ruthless) (1989) *''Primo'' (Big Money-Ruthless) (1991)
===Singles and EPs=== *"Plan 39/Dub" 7" (Ruthless) (1985) *"Complex EP" (Ruthless) (1985) *"Little Drummer Boy/Shanghaied" 7" (Big Money) (1991)
===Compilations=== *''Barefoot & Pregnant'' CD v/a compilation (Reflex) (1998) - "Angel Tears", "No Money" *''Kitten: A Compilation'' v/a compilation (Reflex) (1999) - "Keep On Workin'", "Church"
==See also== *List of alternative rock artists *Music of Minnesota *Flour *Breaking Circus
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p144028|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
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