Blonde redhead

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Blonde Redhead performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California in May 2007; from left to right: Kazu Makino, Simone N. Pace, Amedeo F. Pace
Blonde Redhead performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California in May 2007; from left to right: Kazu Makino, Simone N. Pace, Amedeo F. Pace
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Misery is a butterfly
  US 180 04/10/2004 (1 week)
23
  US 154 05/05/2007 (2 weeks)
Penny Sparkle
  US 79 October 02, 2010 (1 week)
Barragan
  US 180 09/20/2014 (1 week)

Blonde Redhead are an American dream pop band from New York .

history

The band was founded in New York in 1993 by the art students Kazu Makino (vocals / guitar) and Maki Takahashi (bass) from Kyoto and the Italian twin brothers Simone (drums) and Amedeo Pace (vocals / guitar). They named their band after a song from Arto Lindsay's No wave band DNA . Their first album Blonde Redhead was produced by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and appeared on Smells like records , shortly after the release Takahashi left the band. For the recordings of the album Fake Can Be Just As Good in 1997 Vern Rumsey from Unwound played the bass, the album Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons from 2000 was recorded again as a trio.

After a break of several years due to a Makinos riding accident, Blonde Redhead released the most commercially successful album to date, Misery Is a Butterfly, on the independent label 4AD in 2004 . 4AD also released albums 23 (2007) and Penny Sparkle (2010).

Her title For the Damaged Coda was used in the first and third seasons of the animated series Rick and Morty . Since the melody always appears when the character "Evil Morty" (an evil version of one of the two main characters) turns out to be the mastermind behind the respective episode, it is considered the character's signature melody.

Discography

Albums

  • Blonde Redhead (1995; Smells Like Records)
  • La Mia Vita Violenta (1995; Smells Like Records)
  • Fake Can Be Just As Good (1997; Touch And Go)
  • In An Expression Of The Inexpressible (1998; Touch And Go)
  • Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons (2000; Touch And Go)
  • Misery Is A Butterfly (2004; 4AD )
  • 23 (2007; 4AD)
  • Penny Sparkle (2010; 4AD)
  • The Dungeon Masters (2011; Standard Pictures)
  • Barragán (2014; Blonde Redhead)

Compilations

  • Blonde Redhead / La Mia Vita Violenta (1999; Smells Like Records)
  • For the Damaged Coda (2000; Blonde Redhead)
  • Masculin Féminin (2016; Numero Group)
  • Freedom Of Expression On Barragán (2016; Blonde Redhead)

Singles and EPs

  • Amescream / Big Song (1993; Oxo Records)
  • Blonde Redhead / Sammy (1994; Misha Records)
  • Vague / Jet Star (1994; Smells Like Records)
  • Flying Douglas (1995; Rough Trade )
  • 10 Feet High / Valentine (1995; Smells Like Records)
  • Symphony Of Treble / Kasuality (1997; Touch And Go)
  • Slogan / Limited Conversation (1998; Touch And Go)
  • Mélodie Citronique (2000; Touch And Go)
  • Equus (2004; 4AD)
  • Elephant Woman (2004; 4AD)
  • The Secret Society Of Butterflies (2005; 4AD)
  • Spring And By Summer Fall (2007; 4AD)
  • Silently (2007; 4AD)
  • 23 (2007; 4AD)
  • Signs Along The Path (2007; 4AD)
  • Not Getting There (2010; 4AD)
  • Here Sometimes (2010; 4AD)
  • Blonde Redhead Remixes (2011; 4AD)
  • Dripping (2014; Blonde Redhead)
  • Peel Sessions (2016; Numero Group)
  • Lele Sacchi vs Blonde Redhead - You're Only (2016; Rebirth)
  • 3 O'Clock (2017; Ponderosa Music & Art)

Web links

Commons : Blonde Redhead  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US chart history (Billboard)