Chicanery is an American

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band consisting of

Warren Cuccurullo Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, restaurant owner and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s ...

and Neil Carlill. Based in Venice, California, with various members from across the United States and around the world, the focus of the project is to present an alternative musical form that is a psychotic and surreal vision of pop music.

History

The history of Chicanery extends back to the late 1990s in

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. With Duran Duran at that time, Cuccurullo had founded TV Mania with

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, and he was searching for a lead singer for the second segment of that project. While working in his recording studio, Cuccurullo heard the voice of Neil Carlill, lead singer of the group

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on one of that band's music videos, and thought that it would fit the project. Cuccurullo found Carlill through the group's record label, and invited him to record some music at the studio.Salvo Zuppard
"duranasty.com interviews Chicanery"
"duranasty.com" response to 1st question Prior to that meeting,

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and Cuccurullo recorded material together in the summer of 1998, some of which was used for "Cut Me from the Mirror", a track on the '' Chicanery'' album. When Cuccurullo relocated back to

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after his tenure with Duran Duran ended in 2001, he lost touch with Carlill for a period of time. After they reestablished contact, Carlill sent demos of his latest music to Cuccurullo. Four of those tracks were used on the ''Chicanery'' album. In 2005 the bulk of the tracks for the debut album were cut in Los Angeles at Red Rum Studios, and some of the music was recorded in

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. Often, tracks would be recorded at home studios, sent to Simone Sello, and then on to the larger studios for recording and mixing to create the finished product. The album was released on May 11, 2010 through Recordings. Also with Cuccurullo and Carlill on selected sessions are long-time Cuccurullo collaborator

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Perso ...

, Frank Zappa alumnus Joe Travers, and various other guests.Luana Salvator
"Chicanery, la vita oltre i Duran Duran"
"Rolling Stone Magazine", Italy May 6, 2010 para. 3

Discography

Album

Singles

Videography

Music videos

References

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External links

Warren Cuccurullo's official site
American experimental rock groups Musical groups from Los Angeles Progressive rock musical groups from California