The Fuzztones
Pays d'origine | États-Unis |
---|---|
Genre musical | Garage rock, rock psychédélique |
Années actives | Depuis 1980 |
Labels | Cleopatra Records[1], Midnight Records, Music Maniac Records, Get Back Records, Situation Two |
Membres |
Rudi Protrudi Lana Loveland David "Damon" Thorpe Marco Rivagli |
---|---|
Anciens membres |
Deb O'Nair Jake Cavaliere Ira Elliot Michael Jay Elan Portnoy Jason Savall John Carlucci Jordan Tarlow Mike Czekaj Gabe Hammond Philip Arriagada Mark Lane Vince Dante (Bernard Yin) Screamin' Bo Pille |
The Fuzztones est un groupe de garage rock américain, originaire de New York.
Biographie
[modifier | modifier le code]Le groupe est formé en 1980[2] par le géant Rudi Protrudi, chanteur et guitariste, et Deb'o Nair, claviers, qui avaient fait leur début dans le combo Tina Peel. Inspirés par le son des groupes garage rock des années 1960, dont The Sonics, les Fuzztones, armés de guitares Phantom à l'apparence et aux sonorités sans pareilles, délivrent pendant quinze ans un rock psychédélique énergique enrobé par des nappes d'orgue remettant à l'honneur des compositions oubliées ou restées inconnues. À l'occasion, ils collaborent avec le bluesman Screamin' Jay Hawkins, avec Ian Astbury le chanteur de The Cult ainsi qu'avec Sky Saxon, le mythique leader de The Seeds et James Lowe de The Electric Prunes.
Sous le titre Songs we taught the Fuzztones, Rudi Protrudi sort en 1993 une compilation (en double CD) des versions originales (tirées de sa collection personnelle) des morceaux des formations garage des années 1960 qui l'avaient inspiré.
Après une pause à la fin des années 1990, les Fuzztones refont un honorable album Salt for Zombies en 2003 et, en 2005, célèbrent 25 ans de carrière par une compilation intitulée LSD 25 (25 Years of Fuzz and Furry) agrémentée d'un DVD d'images live et de clips.
Ira Elliot, ancien batteur des Fuzztones, est depuis début 1995 le batteur du groupe de rock américain Nada Surf.
Membres
[modifier | modifier le code]Membres actuels
[modifier | modifier le code]- Rudi Protrudi - chant, guitare, harmonica
- Lana Loveland - claviers, chœurs
- Eric Geevers - basse, chœurs
- Marco Rivagli - batterie, chœurs
Musiciens de tournée
[modifier | modifier le code]- Nico Secondini - claviers, chœurs
- Vince Dante - guitare, chœurs
Discographie
[modifier | modifier le code]Albums studio
[modifier | modifier le code]- Voices Green and Purple
- Blackout of Gretely
- No Friend of Mine
- We're Pretty Quick
- My Flash on You
- The Bag I'm In
- You Burn me up and Down
- Alligator Wine
- I Put a Spell on You
- It's That Time Again
- Constipation Blues
- 1-2-5
- Gotta get Some
- Journey to Tyme
- Ward 81
- Radar Eyes
- Cinderella
- Highway 69
- Just Once
- She's Wicked
- Living Sickness
- Bad Little Woman
- Blues Theme
- Cellar Dwellar
- Love at Psychedelic Velocity
- 1523 Blair
- Run Chicken Run
- 13 Women
- 7 and 7 Is
- Gotta get Some
- Journey to Tyme
- Human Fly
- Psychotic Reaction
- I'm Loose
BONUS FLEXI 7" 5000 COPIES
- Gloria (Live London 1985)
- In Heat
- Nine Months Later
- Cheyenne Rider
- Everything You Got
- Black Box
- Shame on You
- It Came in the Mail
- Me Tarzan, You Jane
- Heathen Set
- Hurt on Hold
- What You Don't Know
- Charlotte's Remains
- 99th Floor (1982 Demo)
- Riot on Sunset Strip (1982 Demo)
- Don't Do It Some More (1982 Demo)
- Sheez Wycked (The Twisted's 1984 Single)
- The Thing (The Twisted-B Side)
- Fabian Lips (1983 Demo)
- Irving Plaza Radio Spot (12-10-84)
- Brand New Man (1984 Single-B Side)
- Action Woman (From Television France 1985)
- Green Slime (Battle Of The Garages-Compilation LP, 1984)
- Bad News Travels Fast (1984 Single-A Side)
- Ward 81 (Rebel Kind-Compilation LP, 1983)
- The Witch (1982 Demo)
- Third Time's the Charm
- Skeleton Farm
- Romilar D
- Fear
- Rise
- Ghost Clinic
- 7 and 7 Is
- Look for the Question Mark
- I Looked at You
- The People in Me
- All the Kings Horses
- Blackout
- Jack the Ripper
- All Black and Hairy
- Charlotte's Remains
- Dinner With Drac
- Night of the Phantom
- The Witch
- Happy Halloween
- D.O.A.
- Cellar Dweller
- I'm the Wolfman
- She's my Witch
- Goin' to a Graveyard
- Night of the Vampire
- Horror Asparagus Stories
- Nine Months Later
- Girl, You Captivate Me
- Cheyenne Rider
- Greatest Lover in the World
- I Can't Control Myself
- You Must Be a Witch
- Jack the Ripper
- Action Speaks Louder Than Words
- I Never Know
- Yeah Babe
- My Nothing
- Intro
- In Heat
- I Never Knew
- Try It
- My Little Red Book
- Be a Caveman
- Look for the Question MArk
- It Came in the Mail
- Romilar D
- Rari
- Shape of Things to Come
- All the King's Horses
- Love at Psychedelic Velocity
- Epitaph for a Head
- Have Love, Will Travel
- 99th Floor
- She's Wicked
- Boss Hoss
- Psychotic Reaction
- No Friend of Mine
- You Burn me up and Down
- Strychnine
- 1-2-5
- Nine Months Later
- Heathen Set
- Action Speaks Louder than Words
- I Never Knew
- Bad News Travels Fast
- Charlotte's Remains
- Ward 81
- Strychnine
- In Heat
- All ther King's Horses
- Rise
- Down on the Street
- Look for the Question Mark
- She's my Witch
- Blue's Theme
- Blood from a Stone
- Hurt on Hold
- Romilar D
- I'm the Wolfman
- She's Wicked
- Cinderella
- My Brother the Man
- Get Naked
- Face of Time
- Be Forewarned
- Johnson in a Headlock
- This Sinister Urge
- Black Lightning Light
- Idol Chatter
- Hallucination Generation
- A Wristwatch Band
- Group Grope
- Don't Blow Your Mind
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jesus?
- Johnson in a Headlock
- I Never Knew
- One Girl Man
- Gotta get Some
- Nine Months Later
- Ward 81
- Action Speak Louder than Words
- I'm Gonna Make You Mine
- Heathen Set
- They're Gonna Take You Away
- She's my Witch
- Rise
- Third Time's the Charm
- Don't Blow Your Mind
- Brand New Man
- Bad News Travels Fast
- Thirteen Women
- Romilar-D
- Hurt on Hold
- She's Wicked
- This Sinister Urge
- Salem Witch Trial
- Strychnine
- In Heat
- Cinderella
DVD
- The Witch (Promo Video 1984)
- Ward 81 (Promo Video 1984)
- Rudi Protrudi & Michael Jay Interview (Videowave NY TV 1984)
- Bad News Travels Fast (Psychomania Festival - German TV 1987)
- Hurt on Hold (Promo Video 1989)
- Rudi Protrudi & Jordan Tarlow Interview (Music Box - English TV 1990)
- Girl You Captivate Me (Promo Video 1988)
- Nine Months Later (Promo Video 1990)
- Action Speaks Louder Than Words (The Alternative - LA TV 1990)
- Down on the Streets (Live At Scream LA 1990)
- Garden of my Mind
- Bad News Travels Fast
- Brand New Man
- I Never Knew
- Girl, You Captivate Me
- Black Lighning Light
- Ward 81
- Blood from a Stone
- Highway 69
- Alexander
- Yeah Babe
- She's Wicked
- Johnson in a Headlock
- Gotta Get Some
- 1-2-5
- Bad News Travels Fast
- I Never Knew
- Caught You Red Handed
- Garden of my Mind
- Romilar-D
- Look for the Question Mark
- Nine Months Later
- Get Naked
- This Sinister Urge
- Ward 81
- Hallucination Generation
- Hurt on Hold
- All the King's Horses
- Strychnine
- Third Time's the Charm
- Heathen Set
- Highway 69
- Brand New Man
- Action Speaks Louder than Words
- Cinderella
- In Heat
- She's Wicked
- My Black Cloud
- Between the Lines
- Flirt, Hurt & Desert
- Launching Sanity's Dice
- Invisible
- Set me Straight
- Don't Speak Ill of the Dead
- Old
- This Game Called Girl
- Lust Pavillion
- Bound to Please
- Come to Me
Notes et références
[modifier | modifier le code]- (en) Matt Carison "The Fuzztones - Biography" AllMusic.com.
- Larkin, Colin, Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave 2E, Firebird Distributing, (ISBN 0-85112-657-X)
Liens externes
[modifier | modifier le code]- (en) Site officiel
- Ressources relatives à la musique :