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Fetchin Bones
Fetchin Bones was a cross-genre rock band from North Carolina. During a six-year career they produced five albums but were most celebrated for inspired live performances. One reviewer stated they were "a band that must be seen live for a full grasp of their eclectic frenzy". During numerous tours Fetchin Bones supported acts such as R.E.M., the B52s, X and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Allmusic described the band as "a truly underrated group that didn't hit it big when they should've". Musical style The band mixed blues, punk and country music, and Hope Nicholls' "powerhouse" vocals were compared to Janis Joplin's in their "dirty intensity". In a 1985 Whistle Test interview with Andy Kershaw, Nicholls said her influences include British bands Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cocteau Twins. Fetchin Bones' second through fourth albums were produced by Don Dixon and recorded at Mitch Easter's Drive-In Studio and at Reflection Studios in Charlotte. The fifth and final album was prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the seventh most populous city in the South, and the second most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the U.S. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 census-estimated population of 2,846,550. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. Residents are referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Kershaw
Andrew J. G. Kershaw (born 9 November 1959) is a broadcaster and disc jockey, predominantly on radio, and known for his interest in world music. Kershaw's shows feature a mix of country, blues, reggae, folk music, African music, spoken word performances and a wide variety of other music from around the world. Early life and education Kershaw was born in Littleborough, Lancashire, on 9 November 1959. His older sister is broadcaster Liz Kershaw. A headmaster and headmistress, Kershaw's parents instilled in him the ethics of education and self-improvement at an early age. As a party trick aged two, he would name the whiskered military men in his father's history books of the Great War, but he never felt the love or pride from his parents that he got from his grandparents, who provided a home from home.Kershaw, Andy. ''No Off Switch". Serpents Tail, 2011. He was educated at Hulme Grammar School in Oldham where he took A-Levels in History, Economics and Spanish. He left the Econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more mainstream (spearheaded by the grunge explosion in the early 1990s), alternative and mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, the genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster (Fetchin Bones Album)
''Monster'' is the fourth and final studio album by the American Alternative rock band Fetchin Bones, released on June 9, 1989 through Capitol Records. Reception ''Monster'' proved to be the band's most successful release, peaking at #175 on the Billboard charts and producing the popular single "Love Crushing". Tommy Steele was nominated the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for his artwork on the album. Tom Demalon of allmusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, praising the emotion depth of the lyrics and noting that "the quintet doesn't let up often, serving up a punk-tinged, power pop musical backdrop for the strafing vocals of Hope Nicholls." Track listing All songs composed by Fetchin Bones Chart positions ;Album ;Singles Personnel ;Fetchin Bones * Hope Nicholls – vocals * Danna Pentes – bass guitar, violin * Aaron Pitkin – guitar * Clay Richardson – drums * Errol Stewart – guitar ;Additional musicians and production * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxy 500 (album)
''Galaxy 500'' is the third studio album by the American band Fetchin Bones. It was released in 1987 through Capitol Records. The album was produced by Don Dixon. The band supported the album with a North American tour. Critical reception ''The Washington Post'' wrote that, "paced by Hope Nicholls' assertive yelping, the quintet's ''Galaxy 500'' claims shards of funk and metal." The ''Ottawa Citizen'' called Hope Nicholls's voice "flat, shrill and grating, an outcome made worse by the abundance of hard-edged material." The ''Orlando Sentinel'' opined that the album "shows the Bones are as wildly imaginative as R.E.M., the B-52's or any of the New South rock bands that have preceded them to prominence." ''The Charlotte Observer'' considered the "funky punk-rap" "Stray" to be the album's best track. Track listing All songs written by Fetchin Bones Personnel ;Fetchin Bones * Hope Nicholls – vocals, harmonica * Danna Pentes – bass guitar * Aaron Pitkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Pumpkin
''Bad Pumpkin'' is the second album by alternative rock band Fetchin Bones, released in 1986 through Capitol Records. Track listing All songs written by Fetchin Bones Personnel ;Fetchin Bones * Gary White – Lead Guitar, Bass, Vocals * Aaron Pitkin – Guitars, Backing Vocals * Marc Mueller - Drums, Percussion * Danna Pentes – Bass, Violin, Backing Vocals * Hope Nicholls – Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion ;Additional musicians and production * Don Dixon – production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ... References {{Authority control 1986 albums Albums produced by Don Dixon (musician) Capitol Records albums Fetchin Bones albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabin Flounder
''Cabin Flounder'' is the debut studio album by alternative rock band Fetchin Bones. It was released in 1985 through DB Records. Track listing All songs written by Fetchin Bones Personnel ;Fetchin Bones * Marc Mueller – drums, bongo * Hope Nicholls – vocals, harmonica * Danna Pentes – bass guitar, violin * Aaron Pitkin – guitar * Gina Stewart – bass guitar, guitar, vocals * Gary White – guitar, vocals, photography ;Additional musicians and production * Danny Beard – executive production * Don Dixon – production, engineering, bass guitar * Fetchin Bones – design * James Flournoy Holmes – design * LuAnn McEachern – photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ... * Liz Wink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Stasium
Ed Stasium is an American record producer and audio engineer, who has worked on albums by the Ramones, Talking Heads, Motörhead, the Smithereens and Living Colour. History Stasium began his recording career in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine. He appeared on their sole LP, ''Aged''. When he returned to the music industry three years later, it was as a recording engineer, working on a wide variety of projects ranging from the Chambers Brothers' ''Unbonded'' to Barry Miles' ''Magic Theater'' to Sha Na Na's ''Sha Na Now''. He was the engineer on " Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips as well as "Dynomite (song)" by Tony Camillo and Bazuka. In 1976 he was again involved as a sound engineer in the production of the album ''Morin Heights'' by the Scottish band Pilot, which was recorded in Canada in the studios of the same name. Stasium's long affiliation with the American punk and new wave, and the latter-day alternative rock, began in 1977, the year he engi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Easter
Mitchell Blake Easter (born November 15, 1954) is a musician, songwriter, and record producer. Frequently associated with the jangle pop style of guitar music, he is known as producer of R.E.M.'s early albums from 1981 through 1984, and as frontman of the 1980s band Let's Active. Early life Easter was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and became deeply involved in music from an early age. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1974 until his graduation in 1978. He played in a number of school bands, some of them with his childhood friend Chris Stamey (later of The dB's). Career Record production and engineering In 1980, Easter started the Drive-In Studio, a professional recording studio located in what was originally his parents' garage. One of his earliest recording sessions was the debut single by R.E.M., "Radio Free Europe". Drive-In Studio became an integral part of the local indie-rock scene of Winston-Salem, recording a number of bands at low "knock-do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dixon (musician)
Don Dixon (born December 13, 1950) is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is considered to be one of the key producers of what is called the jangle pop movement of the early 1980s, including working with R.E.M. and The Smithereens. Early life Dixon was born in Lancaster, South Carolina. He says he learned to play the bass guitar in junior high school "because of the control that it offered". He said, "I bought a bass, one of those great Danelectro Silvertones, and I wish I had it back. From Sears for $79. Then a few months later I really liked upright, so I found an old upright in a church in Charlotte, and just was sort of self-taught on those things, but I could read music." At the age of fifteen, he made his first recording, playing upright bass with jazz musician Louis McGloughn in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also sang in church. Dixon attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his roommate was the writer Bruce Brooks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects-laden sound and the soprano vocals of Fraser, whose lyrics often eschew any recognisable language. They pioneered the 1980s alternative subgenre of dream pop. After signing with the British record label 4AD in 1982, they released their debut album '' Garlands'' later that year. The addition of Raymonde in 1983 solidified their final lineup, which produced their biggest hit in the UK, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops", peaking at No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1988, Cocteau Twins signed with Capitol Records in the United States, distributing their fifth album, ''Blue Bell Knoll'', through a major label in the country. After the 1990 release of their m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They have been widely influential, both over their contemporaries and with later acts. ''Q'' magazine included John McKay's guitar playing on " Hong Kong Garden" in their list of "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever", while ''Mojo'' rated guitarist John McGeoch in their list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" for his work on " Spellbound". ''The Times'' called the group “one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era". Initially associated with the punk scene, the band rapidly evolved to create "a form of post-punk discord full of daring rhythmic and sonic experimentation". Their debut album ''The Scream'' was released in 1978 to widespread critical acclaim. Following membership changes, including the addition of guitarist McGeogh and drummer Budgie, they radically changed their musical direction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
