The Fools

The Fools are a Massachusetts rock band best known for the party atmosphere of their live performances and tongue-in-cheek original songs, covers and parodies.

History

Hailing from Ipswich, Massachusetts, the band was previously named "The Rhythm A's", where future Nervous Eaters' Steve Cataldo, Robb Skeen, and Jeff Wilkinson were joined by singer Mike Girard and guitarist Rich Bartlett. By 1975, Girard and Bartlett teamed up with Stacey Pedrick (guitar), Doug Forman (bass), and Chris Pedrick (drums), becoming The Fools.

In 1979, the band released "Psycho Chicken", a parody of The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer", and it was an immediate hit on Boston radio stations. The group followed it up with "It's a Night for Beautiful Girls," which peaked at #67 on the Billboard charts. EMI signed the band and sent them on a U.S. tour with The Knack. Shortly after, they recorded their debut album, Sold Out.

In 1981, the band released their second album Heavy Mental, which featured a cover of Roy Orbison's "Running Scared" that reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. That year, The Fools were the opening band for Van Halen on their Fair Warning tour.

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Theatre

Games and Tarot

Literature

Food

Film

Music

Blue Neighbourhood

Blue Neighbourhood is the debut studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Troye Sivan. It was released internationally on 4 December 2015 via EMI Music Australia and Capitol Records America. The album is preceded by Sivan's fourth extended play Wild, which served as a 6-song opening installment to Blue Neighbourhood.

Upon its release, Blue Neighbourhood received critical acclaim and was succeeded by the singles "Wild", "Talk Me Down", and "Youth".

Release and promotion

On 13 October 2015, Sivan revealed that Wild served as an opening introduction to the album. Pre-orders for the album opened on 15 October 2015, with the album reaching No. 1 within hours on iTunes in ten countries, including the United States. "Talk Me Down" was included as a promotional single to those who preorder the album and was the only previously unreleased song made available before release. Those who had already purchased Wild received a discount to purchase Blue Neighbourhood. Sivan also launched merchandise bundles on his site, selling jumpers with the album logo, candles scented to match the mood of his songs, CDs, vinyl, posters, digital downloads, bags, and notebooks. "Youth" was released as the third single from the album. The song premiered exclusively on 12 November on Shazam Top 20 at 7PM AEST and was officially released worldwide after midnight in each country on 13 November.

Fools (EP)

"Fools" EP is the debut music release from half-British, half-Maltese songwriter Lauren Aquilina. Aquilina self-released the EP on October 22, 2012. Without record label support, independent funding, radio support or any PR the EP reached number 10 in the main UK iTunes album chart, peaking ahead of many releases from major labels during that week.

The title track 'Fools' also reached number 72 in the official UK singles chart making her the only British artist to achieve an official chart placement during 2012.

Reception

"Fools" EP received critical acclaim upon its release in 2012, Aquilina's loyal fanbase guided her to becoming the biggest selling independent artist in the UK in 2012 with this single release. The title track 'Fools' was chosen for BBC Radio 1's 'BBC Introducing Playlist' where the song was played on daytime radio throughout January 2013. During this time the EP received a positive response from Greg James, Jen Long and Huw Stephens.

Track listing

Tour

In February 2013 Aquilina performed her first ever set of headline shows to support the release of 'Fools'. The 4 date tour sold-out completely within 2 days of sale.