Laddio Bolocko was a

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band from

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, formed in 1996 by members of Panicsville and the Dazzling Killmen. Their sound has drawn comparisons to

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groups such as

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and Can and free jazz musicians like

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.Pitchfork review of "The Life & Times of Laddio Bolocko"
The band favored limited releases, offering only small pressings of their original albums. They toured internationally, recording and releasing the EP "As if by Remote" in Europe only. After disbanding in 2000, Armstrong and St. Ivany formed a new noise rock band, The Psychic Paramount, while Fleming and DeGrazia formed Electric Turn to Me. No Quarter Records released the anthology of Laddio Bolocko in 2003, compiling all three original releases for the first time widely available to the listening public. They were featured in a

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DVD entitled "''Let America Laugh''."

Members

* Drew St. Ivany – guitar * Ben Armstrong – bass * Blake Fleming – drums * Marcus DeGrazia – horns

Discography

* '' Strange Warmings of Laddio Bolocko'' (1997, Hungarian Records) * '' In Real Time'' (1998, Hungarian Records) * '' As if by Remote'' (1999, Hungarian Records) * '' The Life & Times of Laddio Bolocko'' (2003, No Quarter Records) (featuring the Super 8 film "''As if by Remote''" by

Aran Tharp New York filmmaker Aran Tharp was born in 1977, and raised in Edwardsville, IL. He is best known as a "fourth member" of the avant-garde music group The Psychic Paramount. Tharp tours with the band, doing filming, photography, and lighting effec ...

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References

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