Foxboro Hot Tubs
| Foxboro Hot Tubs | |
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 Foxboro Hot Tubs performing in last show New York City on April 26, 2010. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco Bay Area – Oakland, California, United States |
| Genres | Garage rock revival, rock and roll, indie rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Jingle Town |
| Associated acts | Green Day, The Network, The Frustrators, Prima Donna |
| Website | www.foxborohottubs.com |
The Foxboro Hot Tubs band is a side project of Green Day.[1][2] All members of the band perform live with Green Day (with the exception of Kevin Preston).[3] Their debut album, Stop Drop and Roll!!! was released on April 22, 2008.
As with Green Day's other side project (The Network), Billie Joe Armstrong adopted an alter ego who goes by the name Reverend Strychnine Twitch.[4] In 2008, the band embarked on a small tour in the Bay Area, touring tiny club venues.[5]
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[edit] History
[edit] Background and Stop Drop and Roll!!!
The band was brought to the attention of Green Day fans through messages sent to a select few members of the Idiot Club (Green Day's fan club)[6] in December 2007, with three songs on their website. They formed with the idea that they "love to play music and be spontaneous, and after a few late night jams and a few too many bottles of wine, we were inspired to record some rockin' eight-track recordings".[7] While the band's history is, as yet, unknown, they comprise the official and backing members of Green Day (with the exception of Preston), who are performing "garage" music under a nom de plume. Fans of Green Day have noted, on the band's MySpace site, many musical similarities between the band and Green Day. Among the common traits listed are Billie Joe Armstrong's "unmistakable" vocals and guitar playing (despite the fact that Armstrong doesn't play guitar in the Foxboro Hot Tubs), and a rhythm section which recalls the sound of Green Day's own Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.[8]
As speculation started to peak, Green Day confirmed that they were the Foxboro Hot Tubs, with Billie Joe Armstrong stating "The only similarity between Foxboro Hot Tubs and Green Day is that we are the same band".[7] He also went on to explain where the name "Foxboro Hot Tubs" came from, "The Foxboro Hot Tubs were a place we used to sneak booze and chicks into late at night. But most of the time it was just 'dude soup'." Foxboro is a housing development located in Hercules, California.
On December 8, 2007, Green Day site released 6 tracks, in streaming and downloadable mp3 formats, free of charge to the listener. Five days later, on December 13, the MP3s were taken off the site, which then displayed just a clock. The MP3s were reinstated on December 16, but were again removed and replaced with the clock; later the website was changed to simply redirect to the band's MySpace. All the tracks (apart from Highway 1) were included on the band's debut album Stop Drop and Roll!!!, with the samples at the beginning removed. Soon after, the song "Mother Mary" became a hit on alternative rock radio, hitting #16 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. "The Pedestrian" was released as the second single off the album.
The band made their television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly, with a week dedicated to Green Day, with them performing at the end of every show on the week beginning June 15, 2009, and the Green Day played on June 19, 2009. During this performance they played "Stop Drop and Roll" and "Mother Mary", bridging the two songs together.[9]
[edit] Band members
- Mike Dirnt - bass guitar, backing vocals (2007–present)
- Tré Cool - drums, percussion (2007–present)
- Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals (2007–present)
- Jason White - lead guitar, backing vocals (2007–present)
- Jason Freese - keyboard, saxophone, flute (2007–present)
- Kevin Preston - rhythm guitar (2007–present)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Stop Drop and Roll!!! (2008; #21 US, #37 UK)
[edit] Singles
- "Mother Mary" (2008; #16 US Modern Rock, #137 UK)
- "The Pedestrian" (2008)
- "Stop, Drop and Roll" (2008)
[edit] References
- ^ Green Day side project releases new single NME - April 1, 2008
- ^ "Green Day Authority, a dedicated fan site". Greendayauthority.com. http://www.greendayauthority.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "New Green Day music?". Kerrang! magazine. http://www2.kerrang.com/2007/12/new_green_day_music.html. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- ^ Kerrang! June 7, 2008
- ^ Crooks, Peter. "Green Day 2.0" Diablo Magazine, July 2008.
- ^ "Foxboro Hot Tubs on Green Day Authority". Greendayauthority.com. http://www.greendayauthority.com/foxboro/. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ a b NME, May 3, 2008
- ^ "Foxboro Hot Tubs' MySpace". Myspace. http://www.myspace.com/foxborohottubs. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ "NEWS: GREEN DAY". http://www.greenday.com/site/news.php?pageNum_NewsItems=1&totalRows_NewsItems=336.
