The A-Bones
| The A-Bones | |
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 A-Bones, August 2009, Tokyo |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
| Genres | Garage rock, garage punk, Rockabilly |
| Years active | 1984–1994- 2004–present |
| Labels | Norton Records[/Various] |
| Associated acts | The Zantees |
| Members | |
| Miriam Linna, Billy Miller, Bruce Bennett, Marcus "The Carcass" Natale, Ira Kaplan | |
| Past members | |
| Mike Mariconda, Mike Lewis, Lars Espensen | |
The A-Bones is a garage rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their name was derived from a song by The Trashmen. The band was formed in 1984 by vocalist Billy Miller and his wife, drummer Miriam Linna; the couple had previously been the editors of the pop culture journal Kicks and later launched Norton Records.[1]
The New York Times described the band as "dedicated rock revivalists," noting "The A-Bones include Miriam Linna and Billy Miller, proprietors of Norton Records, which worships rockabilly, 1960s garage and anything having to do with that most cartoonish rock archetype: the juvenile delinquent in a leather jacket."[2]
The band also features Mike Mariconda, Mike Lewis (a founding member of both the Lyres and Yo La Tengo), Bruce Bennett, Marcus "The Carcass" Natale and Lars Espensen, with Miller, Linna, Bennett, Natale and Espensen playing on the bulk of the band's recordings and for most of the band's touring life.
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[edit] From Brooklyn to Europe
Aside from recording three albums, two EPs and roughly a dozen 45s, the A-Bones also performed as a backup band for acts such as Hasil Adkins, Ronnie Dawson, Cordell Jackson, The Flamin' Groovies' Roy Loney and many others. Though the band broke up in 1994,[3] the A-Bones reunited in 2004 and continued to perform sporadic gigs in the US and in Europe, with their core line-up frequently augmented by Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on keyboards.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Selected band albums
- Tempo Tantrum (1986)
- Free Beer for Life! (1988)
- The Life of Riley (1991)
- I Was a Teenage Mummy (1992)
- Music Minus Five (1993)
- Crash the Party (1996)
- Not Now! (2009)
[edit] Compilation albums
- Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers (2004)
- I Hate CD's: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection, Vol. 1 (2007)
- Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos (The Wind / Norton Records, 2010, TWR002 LP) track: Real True Love
[edit] References
- ^ Eder, Bruce (2009). "Billy Miller Overview". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p23798. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ^ Sisario, Ben. "Ring Out, Ring In, And You Can Choose the Beat," The New York Times, December 29, 2006.
- ^ Deming, Mark (2009). "A-Bones Biography". Allmusic Magazine. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3490/biography. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
