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* [http://kingbobbysix.blogspot.com/2008/04/raveonettes-interview.html Interview with Sharin Foo by Rob Townsend]
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* [http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/03/raveonettes-sharin-foo-new-gay.html The Raveonettes' Sharin Foo: The New Gay Interview]
* [http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/03/raveonettes-sharin-foo-new-gay.html The Raveonettes' Sharin Foo: The New Gay Interview]
* [http://www.roxwel.com/player/lolla09theraveonettes.html The Raveonettes' Lollapalooza 2009 Interview and Live Performance]


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The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes are a Danish rock duo consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (on guitar, instruments, vocals) and Sharin Foo (on bass, guitar and vocals). Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers[1] coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of 50s and 60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats and often dark lyrical content, similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground. "We are not scared of being blunt about what the references are in our music," said Sharin Foo. "For instance, if you look at our name, The Raveonettes, it's a complete direct reference to The Ronettes and Buddy Holly's "Rave On!" So, in that sense, we're pretty clear about it."[2] Sune has said in an interview: "I see us as an extremely good rock 'n' roll band." [3]

Biography

The duo met in Copenhagen and, after forming the band, began recording Whip It On at Once Was & Sauna Recording Studio, a former Sony Studios facility. They booked the studio for three weeks during non-session down time late in 2001 and handled all production chores by themselves. Adding guitarist Manoj Ramdas and jazz drummer Jakob Hoyer, the Raveonettes booked one of their first gigs at the SPOT festival in Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark. After the release of Whip It On Hoyer and Ramdas would contribute to the next 3 Raveonettes albums along with other additional musicians although by the time Lust Lust Lust was released Sune and Sharin would be the only two musicians credited showing a return to the dynamic around the time of the mini album.

Officially the band was discovered by Rolling Stone editor David Fricke at the SPOT festival and his rave review of them immediately resulted in a number of offers from the major labels. Unofficially the band discovered that David Fricke would be present at the SPOT festival, and they rushed a band together and headed for the festival.

The band is managed by Scott Cohen and Richard Gottehrer who have been with them from the start.

Whip It On (in which every song was under three minutes and in the key of B-flat minor) was named "Best Rock Album of the Year" at the Danish Music Awards (Denmark's Grammy equivalent) on March 1, 2003 while the Raveonettes were picked by Rolling Stone and Q Magazine as being among the harbingers of the "Next Wave" of contemporary music.

In 2006, Blender named Sharin Foo one of rock's hottest women, alongside Courtney Love, Joan Jett, and Liz Phair. [4] Sharin Foo has said that movies play a big role in her musical creative process. [5]

In December 2008 Sune Rose Wagner released a self-titled solo album, simply titled Sune Rose Wagner. All of the songs are sung in his native language of Danish. [1]

Chain Gang of Love

The band's first full-length album, Chain Gang of Love (in which all but two songs were under three minutes, and all were in the key of B flat major), was produced by the legendary Richard Gottehrer — the author of rock classics like "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy" as well as the producer for hit albums by Blondie, the Go-Go's, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, and many more — and the Raveonettes' own Sune Rose Wagner. The album was recorded in Denmark and New York on October 9-17, November 6-12, and December 4-10, 2002 and mixed in London in early 2003. The thirteen songs on Chain Gang of Love are written by Sune Rose Wagner with the exception of "That Great Love Sound", which Sune co-wrote with Gottehrer. Portions of this song were featured in a US ad for K-Mart. The album has often been compared to Psychocandy, the debut album by The Jesus and Mary Chain[citation needed].

Pretty in Black

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The band's album Pretty in Black broadened their musical palette, featuring guest vocals from Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes as well as guest instrumental spots from Maureen Tucker (of The Velvet Underground) and Martin Rev. This was their first album in which Sharin Foo did not play bass, instead The Raveonettes added bass player Anders Christensen who had toured with seminal jazz drummer Paul Motian, amongst others. Christensen recorded on the album and now tours with the band. At the end of the 2005 tour, guitar player Manoj Ramdas left the band to concentrate on his new band SPEKTR.

The video for the single "Love in a Trashcan", directed by Peder Pedersen, features pink bars and blocks with words like "Vamp" and "Teaser" scrawling by the band members, and is reminiscent of an early-1960s cosmetic ad.

Instrumentation

While live the band use mainly Fender instruments (Sune uses a number of Jazzmasters while Sharin opts for either Mustang or Jazz bass, and a Jazzmaster), Sune plays a number of different guitars and basses on their albums, including different Fenders, Gibsons and Gretsches. In the fall of 2005, the tour van containing the band's equipment (including Sune's prized 1960 Jazzmaster and Sharin's treasured Gretsch 6120) was stolen during their tour of the US.

On the 2007 tour, the band used the following effects pedals: [6]

Sune:

  • Electro-Harmonx Pulsar
  • ProCo Rat Distortion
  • Boss Mega Distortion MD-2
  • Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
  • Boss Digital Reverb RV-3 (2x)
  • Danelectro Spring King
  • Boss Chromatic Tuner TU-2

Sharin:

  • Boss TR-2 Tremolo
  • ProCo Rat Distortion (2x)
  • Boss Digital Reverb RV-3 (2x)
  • Boss Chromatic Tuner TU-2

Line-up

The band have a some line up changes over each record which are as follows

Whip It On

  • Sharin Foo
  • Sune Rose Wagner
(Specific instruments not known)

Chain Gang Of Love

  • Sune Rose Wagner: Guitars and Vocals
  • Sharin Foo: Basses and Vocal
  • Manoj Ramdas: Guitars
  • Jakob Hoyer: Drums

Pretty In Black

  • Sune Rose Wagner: Guitars/Vocals/Synth,Percussion/Drums/Bass/Programming
  • Sharin Foo: Vocals,Percussion
  • Jakob Hoyer: Drums,Percussion
  • Anders Christiensen: Bass,Percussion,Organ
  • Manoj Ramdas: Guitar

Lust Lust Lust

  • Sune Rose Wagner: Instruments, Vocals
  • Sharin Foo : Vocals

Discography

Sune Rose Wagner
Sharin Foo.

Studio albums

Year Details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
DEN
[7] 		FLA
[8] 		FRA
[9] 		NED
[10] 		SWE
[11] 		UK
[12][13] 		US
[14] 		WAL
[15]
2003 Chain Gang of Love 5 — 120 81 53 43 123 — -
2005 Pretty in Black 3 61 109 — — 71 152 93 -
2007 Lust Lust Lust 20 — — — — —1 108 — -
2009 In and Out of Control[16]

1 Lust Lust Lust's inclusion of 3D glasses rendered it ineligible for the UK Albums Chart.

EP's

  • Whip It On (2002) (UK #114)[12]
  • The Raveonettes Remixed - EP (2008)
  • Sometimes They Drop By - EP (2008)
  • Beauty Dies - EP (2008)
  • Wishing You A Rave Christmas - EP (2008)

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
DEN
[18] 		UK
[12][13] 		UK Ind[13]
2002 "Attack of the Ghostriders" — 73 — "Whip It On"
2003 "Beat City" — 83 —
"That Great Love Sound" — 34 — Chain Gang of Love
"Heartbreak Stroll" 3 49 —
2004 "That Great Love Sound" (re-issue) — 52 —
2005 "Ode to LA" (10"-only) — 78 — Pretty in Black
"Love in a Trashcan" — 26 —
2007 "Dead Sound" (7"-only) — — — Lust Lust Lust
2008 "You Want the Candy" (7"-only) — — 15
"Aly, Walk with Me" (promo-only) — — —
"Blush" with "Black/White" (7"-only) — — —

Soundtracks

References

  1. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16151932
  2. ^ Interview with The Raveonettes, David Shankbone, Wikinews, October 16, 2007
  3. ^ http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/raveonettes.htm
  4. ^ "http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2295&src=blender_ed
  5. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/48288-interview-the-raveonettes
  6. ^ http://guitargeek.com/chat/showthread.php?threadid=27551
  7. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in Denmark". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  8. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in Flanders". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  9. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in France". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  10. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in the Netherlands". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  11. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in Sweden". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  12. ^ a b c "Raveonettes positions in the UK". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  13. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 451. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  14. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in the US". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  15. ^ "Raveonettes album positions in Wallonia". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  16. ^ "Raveonettes reveal new album title and release date". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  17. ^ "Raveonettes unveil album release". Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  18. ^ "Raveonettes single positions in Denmark". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  19. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Nordkraft-Original-Soundtrack/release/1210459

Interviews

External links

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