Rob Campanella
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| Rob Campanella | |
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 Rob Campanella and Anton Newcombe 2005
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Silverlake, California, United States |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Associated acts | The Quarter After Brian Jonestown Massacre |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Hammond Organ, Dobro, Mandolin, Piano, Trumpet | |
Rob Campanella is a multi- talented musician, and best known for being a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of his current band The Quarter After.
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[edit] Music career
[edit] The Quarter After
Like Rob's former band The Drummed (which also featured Anthony Scarpa, Moni Ritchie and Christian Hejnal of Scarling.), The Quarter After hail from Los Angeles, although their music has more to do with the spirit of Northern California's New Paisley Underground than LA's hyperbolic rock scene. The Quarter After offer bewitching psychedelic pop songs that shine with an obvious love for the classic sounds of The Kinks, The Byrds, and The Beatles, and contemporaries like The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. The band is led by Rob and his brother Dominic Campanella. Like all great brotherly musical duos, they have a nearly telepathic rapport when it comes to writing and performing together. Nelson Bragg is the drummer, he is also currently a member of Brian Wilson's band. Nelson's incredibly solid groove locks the music in place, even when the band veer off into one of their lengthy psychedelic jams. Victor Penalosa replaced original bassist Dave Koenig (who played on the album) and brings to the band teen idol looks and a great deal of songwriting, vocal, and performing experience. All four of them make a beautiful racket together. The Quarter After's self-titled debut album was released July 12, 2005 on Bird Song Recordings.
[edit] Producer, Engineer
Besides playing in the Q.A., Rob Campanella is an in-demand producer and engineer who mainly works out of his studio, the Committee to Keep Music Evil Headquarters/Figment Sounds, which is located in Hollywood, California. Figment Sounds was opened in 1999 and since then has played host to some of the most talented, most controversial and most exciting musicians from Los Angeles and beyond. The studio offers a laid-back and creative environment that stimulates fun, productive and inventive sessions (as well as the odd party). Moreover, the studio is home base for several slacker/stoner types who spend many a day (and night) lounging lazily about, soaking up the beautiful sunshine and, in general, "digging" the general grooviness of such a laid-back lifestyle.
Rob has produced and engineered many fine albums including his own band The Quarter After, Brian Jonestown Massacre (of which he's also an occasional member), The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, Dead Meadow, Mia Doi Todd, The Morning After Girls, and Scarling. He is also an accomplished musician, playing almost every instrument known to man and has done guest appearances on countless albums. Rob also is a big advocate of the Revolution that is so much talked about by Anton Newcombe, of the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums/CDs
- The Ethers, The Ethers, album (1999) — Producer, Engineer
- Sunstorm, Sunstorm, album (2000) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar
- The Tyde, Once, album (2001) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bravery, Repetition & Noise, album (2001) — Producer, Engineer, Hammond Organ, Melotron Flute, Spanish Guitar, Vox Fuzz Repeater
- Cloud Eleven, Orange and Green and Yellow and Near, album (2002) — Mandolin
- The Tyde, Twice, album (2003) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Dead Meadow, from Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter, album, "Let's Jump In" (2003) — Producer, Engineer
- Brian Jonestown Massacre, And This Is Our Music, album (2003) — Producer, Engineer, Hammond Organ, Dobro, Mandolin, Piano, Trumpet
- The Tyde, from Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before: 25 Years of Rough Trade, album, "Tell Me" (2003) — Engineer
- Meow Meow, Snow Gas Bones, album (2004), — Mixing
- Dead Meadow, from Matador At Fifteen album, "The Whirlings" (2004) — Producer, Engineer
- Frausdots, Couture, Couture, Couture, album (2004) — Mandolin
- Daydream Nation, Bella Vendetta, album (2004) — Slide Guitar
- Mia Doi Todd, Manzanita, album (2005) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Dulcimer, Mandolin, Piano, Electric Guitar
- Dusty Sound System, "Days Of Horror, Nights Of Splendor", album (2005) — Producer, Engineer, Guitar
- The Quarter After, The Quarter After, album (2005) — Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Mellotron, Organ, Dobro, Mandolin, Bass Guitar
- C24C, Stay Gold, album (2005) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Scarling., So Long, Scarecrow, album (2005) — Producer, Engineer
- Goldrush, Ozona, album (2005) — Producer
- Imogene, Imogene, album (2005) — Engineer
- The Tyde, Three's Co., album (2006) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Slide Guitar
- Mia Doi Todd, from La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita, album (2006) "Norwegian Wood" — Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron, and "The Last Night Of Winter" — Re-mixer
- The Abe Lincoln Story, Kings Of The Soul Punk Swing — Engineer
- The Lovetones, Axiom, album (2007) — Producer, Engineer, Mellotron, Slide Guitar, Bazouki
- Dead Meadow, "Old Growth", album (2008) — Producer, Engineer
- The Stereo Workers Union "God Bless The Stereo Workers Union!", album (2008) — Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Mandolin, Shitar, Tambourine
- The Quarter After, Changes Near, album (2008) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron, Piano, Hammond Organ, Tamboura, Dobro
- Meow Meow, Meow Meow, album (2008) — Producer, Engineer, Mixing
[edit] Singles and EPs
- Basement Youth Miracle, Self-titled EP, (1999); Engineer
- The Drummed, "Eraserhead", EP (1997) — Guitar
- The Drummed, "Mosquito", EP (1998) — Guitar
- The Drummed, "The Drummed", EP (1999) — Guitar
- The Tyde, "Strangers Again"/"Improper" (2000) — Engineer, Mixing
- The Tyde, "All My Bastard Children"/"Silver's Okay Michelle" (2001) — Engineer, Mixing
- Beachwood Sparks, "Once We Were Trees"/"Wake Up Little Susie" (2001) — Producer, Engineer
- The Tyde, "The World's Strongest Man/"Sullen Eyes" (2001) — Engineer, Mixing
- The Tyde, "Blood Brothers EP" (2002) — Engineer, Mixing
- The Tyde, "Go Ask Yer Dad"/"Blood Brothers" (CD single also includes "Play It As It Lays") (May 2003) (US) — Engineer, Mixing
- Meow Meow, "Cracked"/"Not Worth Recovering"/"Nature Is A Machine" (2004) — Engineer, Mixing
- Scarling., "Crispin Glover"/"Art Of Pretension" (2004) — Producer, Engineer
- Scarling., "Crispin Glover"/"Love Becomes A Ghost" (2004) — Producer, Engineer
- The Tyde, "Look By In Anger"/"Roadrunner" (2004) — Engineer, Mixing
- Frausdots, "Dead Wrong"/"Pastels" (2004) — Producer, Engineer
- Frausdots, "Gonna Lose It" (2005) — Producer, Engineer
- Scarling. / The Willowz split 7",(2005) We Are the Music Makers — Producer, Engineer
- Scarling. "Staring To The Sun" (2006)— Producer, Engineer
- The Quarter After, "Too Much Too Think About" (2008) — Producer, Engineer, guitar, vocals, sitar
[edit] Filmography
- DiG! (2004)
[edit] External links
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre |
| Anton Newcombe | Matt Hollywood | Joel Gion Peter Hayes | Jeffrey Davies | Rob Campanella | Miranda Lee Richards | Dean Taylor | Ricky Maymi | Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson | Collin Hegna | Pacer Stracktrain | Daniel Allaire | Raugust |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Spacegirl & Other Favorites | Methodrone | Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request | Take It From The Man! | Thank God For Mental Illness | Give It Back! | Strung Out in Heaven | Bringing it All Back Home - Again | Bravery, Repetition and Noise | And This Is Our Music | Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective | We Are the Radio | My Bloody Underground |
| Related articles |
| DiG! | Ondi Timoner | Bomp! Records |
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