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Bumper Crop (album)
''Bumper Crop'' is an album by Volcano Suns, released in 1987. Track listing The vinyl LP featured these 11 tracks. The cassette and CD added this bonus track. The CD also contained a second bonus track. Personnel *Sean Slade & Volcano Suns – producer * Peter Prescott – drums, vocals *Bob Weston Bob Weston (born 1965) is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer. Critic Jason AnkenyAnkeny, Jason. " Bob Weston: Overview from Allmusic.com declares that "Weston's name and fingerprints are all over th ... – bass *Chuck Hahn – guitar, background vocals References 1987 albums Volcano Suns albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volcano Suns
Volcano Suns was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed by Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1984.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 559 History The band was founded in Spring 1984 by former Mission of Burma and Molls drummer Peter Prescott, the only founding member of the Suns to remain until their break-up in 1991.Coley, Byron (1987)Under the Volcanos, ''SPIN'', January 1987, p. 53-4, retrieved 2010-09-11 Prescott had auditioned for the position of drummer with Disneyland, but took two of that band's members to form Volcano Suns; The other original members were Gary Waleik and Steve Michener who would leave after a few months, before the release of the first Suns album, to form Big Dipper.Klein, David (2009)Even with two lauded reissues, Volcano Suns ducks fame: Escaping a certain fate, ''Independent Weekly'', February 25, 2009, retrieved 2010-09-11 Prescott then added Jeff Weigand on bass guitar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s with the likes of the grunge, shoegaze, and Britpop subgenres in the United States and United Kingdom, respectively. During this period, many record labels were looking for "alternatives", as many corporate rock, hard rock, and glam metal acts from the 1980s were beginning to grow stale throughout the music industry. The emergence of Generation X as a cultural force in the 1990s also contributed greatly to the rise of alternative rock. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial rock or pop. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homestead Records
Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York-based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996. The label was known for not paying its artists and not spending any money on promotion. History The label was created and named by Sam Berger while he worked as the American Independent buyer at Dutch East India. Berger saw that many bands had already recorded tapes ready to be put out and just needed somebody to press them and distribute them. He came to Dutch East owner Barry Tenenbaum who agreed to the venture. Tennenbaum had started a mail-order business, called Lord Sitar Records, from his bedroom when he was a teenager, importing records by the Beatles and other artists from England that he could sell for a profit in the States. Tenenbaum had established an extensive distribution network, called Dutch East India Trading, so when the Copyright Act of 1976 curtailed his ability to import artists who already had U.S. labels, he bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Night Lotus Party
''All-Night Lotus Party'' is an album by the American band Volcano Suns, released in 1986. In 2009, the album was remastered by Bob Weston and reissued by Merge Records with bonus tracks. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' wrote that "the Suns are defining their own punk-pop-metal turf." ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' included the album among the 10 best of 1986, noting the "bashing sonic impact of punk ndthe melodic skill of the most accessible rock music." ''The Washington Post'' called "White Elephant" "an exemplary post-punk romp: clamorous and frenetic, but also melodic and tightly structured." The AllMusic review by Andy Kellman states: "The noisier abandon is immediately apparent from Jon Williams' nasty abrasion at the beginning of 'White Elephant', undeniably sounding much like some of Roger Miller's more memorable antics in Mission of Burma. And with that song, as with ''The Bright Orange Years 'Jak', the band once again sticks their catchiest (and funniest) song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farced
''Farced'' is an album by the American band Volcano Suns. It was released in 1988 via SST Records. Critical reception ''The Providence Journal'' deemed the album "muscular post-punk guitar rock." ''Trouser Press'' concluded that "the band's melodic sense comes and goes; too many of the songs dissolve into a cacophonous blur." Robert Christgau praised the "half joke band" aspect of Volcano Suns. '' Spin'' included ''Farced'' on its list of "80 Excellent Records of the 80s". Track listing *All lyrics by Peter Prescott, except track 1 (Bob Grant). All music as noted. Personnel Volcano Suns *Peter Prescott – drums, vocals *Bob Weston – bass, vocals, trumpet *Chuck Hahn – guitar, vocals Additional Personnel *Nick Maldonado: Sampler *Gary Waleik, Michael Cudany: Guitars *David Kleiler: Guitars, Backing Vocals *Chris George: Sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African popular music in the West. Christgau spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for ''The Village Voice'', during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. He has also covered popular music for ''Esquire'', '' Creem'', '' Newsday'', ''Playboy'', ''Rolling Stone'', '' Billboard'', NPR, ''Blender'', and '' MSN Music'', and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University. CNN senior writer Jamie Allen has called Christgau "the E. F. Hutton of the music world – when he talks, people listen." Christgau is best known for his terse, letter-graded capsule album reviews, composed in a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colour My World (Petula Clark Song)
"Colour My World" (Color My World on U.S. Release) is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, and recorded by Petula Clark in 1966. Background While overall conforming to the hit formula Hatch had come up with for Clark with "Downtown" - and being especially reminiscent of Clark's 1965 #1 hit " My Love - "Colour My World" acknowledged the sound of the later 1960s by featuring a riff played on the sitar. Recorded in New York City, "Colour My World" was rush released in December 1966 in an attempt to counteract the disappointing performance of Clark's preceding single " Who Am I?" which had fallen short of the US Top 20 and more seriously had become the first Petula Clark single since "Downtown" (1964) to not rank in the UK Top 50. ''Billboard'' magazine's original review of the song predicted it would make the top 20 of the Hot 100. "Chalk up another chart topper in this intriguing Hatch-Trent rhythm number featuring the popular Indian sitar sound and exceptional Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Slade
Sean Slade (born 14 November 1957) is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. On many of his productions he worked in partnership with Paul Q. Kolderie. Career Slade was born in Lansing, Michigan, United States. He graduated from Yale University in 1978. Slade and Kolderie became friends at Yale, where they played in bands together. They both later relocated to Boston, where they became members of Sex Execs, a new wave music band of the early 1980s. The duo had their formative experience as producers while they were in Sex Execs. Most of the group lived in a house in Dorchester, Boston that was wired up as a primitive studio. In a 2018 interview, Slade discussed how their career as producers got started at that house with a four-track reel-to-reel recorder they had bought in New York. Other bands came over to record as well, including a local act called Three Colors, which featured saxophonist Dana Colley, later of Morphine. As Sex Execs became more successful, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Prescott (musician)
Peter Glen Prescott is a musician from Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known as the drummer for Mission of Burma. After Burma disbanded in 1983, Prescott remained active in the Boston music scene, forming Volcano Suns and later Kustomized, Peer Group, and Minibeast. Since Burma's reformation, beginning with 2004's '' ONoffON'', Prescott has resumed his original duties alongside bandmates Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping Country music, country and pop hits "King of the Road (song), Ki ... and Clint Conley. References External links Peter Prescottat Discogs 20th-century American drummers Living people Male drummers Mission of Burma members Musicians from Boston Year of birth missing (living people) American post-punk musicians {{US-drummer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Weston
Bob Weston (born 1965) is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer. Critic Jason AnkenyAnkeny, Jason. " Bob Weston: Overview from Allmusic.com declares that "Weston's name and fingerprints are all over the American underground rock of the post-punk era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of bands." As a performer, Weston is best known as the bass guitarist in the groups Volcano Suns and Shellac. Biography Weston was born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts. During the summers of 1985 and 1987, he marched as a bugler with the renowned Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps from Garfield, New Jersey.Engineers ," from Chicago Mastering Service The corps won the Drum Corps International World Championships in both those years. Weston still plays trum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Albums
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