Mother Tongue (band)
Mother tongue | |
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Mother Tongue live in 2007 |
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General information | |
origin | Austin , United States |
Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
founding | 1990, 2002 |
resolution | 1996 |
Website | www.mothertonguelives.de |
Current occupation | |
David "Davo" Gould | |
Christian Leibfried | |
Bryan Tulao | |
Sasha Popovic (since 2002) | |
former members | |
Geoff Haba | |
Chris Cano | |
Gabriel Roland | |
Jesse Tobias |
Mother Tongue is a Californian alternative rock band whose sound is reminiscent of the bluesy rock of the 1970s ( Jimi Hendrix , Led Zeppelin etc.), with influences from funk , soul and other musical styles.
history
Mother Tongue was founded in Austin ( Texas ) in 1990 and just a year later they moved to Los Angeles , where their energetic live performances in particular attracted many fans, including celebrities such as Ian Astbury ( The Cult ) and Trent Reznor ( Nine Inch Nails ) , gave.
After their debut ( Mother Tongue , 1994), which was valued in the scene , but which had little commercial success, the band split up in February 1996. This was followed by quarrels with the old label Sony, which later re-released the debut after the successful restart of the band without giving the band a share of the revenues.
In 2002 there was a reunion, but without the old drummer and under a different label. On their second longplayer Streetlight they find Chris Cano and Gabriel Roland replacing Geoff Haba, who left, but neither of them wants to take part in a tour because they feel obliged to other projects. Finally, the Australian Sasha Popovic is hired as the drummer, who also sits behind the drums on the third album, Ghost Note .
After several delays, the band recorded the album Follow the Trail with producer Noah Shain in autumn 2007 . The band had already written songs for an entire album in advance, but most of them were discarded in favor of new compositions.
After the release of a so-called “Fan Edition” of Streetlight / Ghost Note in the form of a double CD album, Mother Tongue went on a “In the Blood” tour in 2016 and worked again with the Noisolution label .
Discography
Albums
- Mother Tongue, August 23, 1994
- Streetlight, April 2, 2002
- Ghost Note, June 23, 2003
- Mother Tongue (Fan Edition), February 2, 2004 (reissue of debut with four bonus live tracks)
- Follow the Trail, 2008
- Streetlight / Ghost Note (fan edition), 2016 (reissue of albums from 2002 and 2003)
EPs
- Broken, 1996
- Now or Never, June 2004
- Visions Xmas Tour EP, December 2006
Compilations
- The Best of Mother Tongue 1990–2010, 2010 (free supplement in the August issue of Visions magazine 2010)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Official MySpace page with videos and audio (English)
- Approved concert recordings by Mother Tongue (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nois-O-Lution. January 1, 2016, accessed April 6, 2017 .