The Fuzztones

The Fuzztones
Rudi Protrudi live with the Fuzztones, Barcelona, June 2008
Background information
Origin	New York, U.S.
Genres	Garage rock revival, Psychedelic rock, Protopunk revival
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Midnight, Music Maniac, Get Back
Website	http://www.fuzztones.net
Members
Rudi Protrudi Rob Louwers Lana Loveland Lenny Silver
Past members
Deb O'Nair Jake Cavaliere Ira Elliot Michael Jay Elan Portnoy Jason Savall John Carlucci Jordan Tarlow Mike Czekaj Gabe Hammond Philip Arriagada

The Fuzztones are a garage rock revival band formed in 1980.^[1] Founded by singer-guitarist Rudi Protrudi ( in New York City, the band has gone through several member changes but is currently active in Europe. Dismissed by some critics and listeners as a "bar band" or unoriginal, they maintained a strong fan base in New York, in Europe (with their music being played on Hungarian State Radio), and in Los Angeles. Rudi Protrudi moved to Los Angeles in 1987, after the breakup of the original band, to organize a new Fuzztones, consisting of Jordan Tarlow, (Lead Guitar) John "Speediejohn" Carlucci, (Bass) Jason Savall, (Vox Organ) & "Mad" Mike Czekaj on drum. This lineup bears the distinction of being the only 1980's garage rock revival band to secure a major label record deal, when they signed to RCA.

The group's name is derived from FuzzTone, the commercial name of a guitar effect pedal invented in 1964 and whose distinctive sound was popularized in the 1965 hit song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.

Contents 1 Founder members 2 Current members 3 Discography[2] 3.1 LP 3.2 Singles & EP 3.3 Live 3.4 Compilation 3.5 Tribute and other stuff 3.6 Compilation appearances 4 Related bands 5 References 6 External links

Founder members

• Rudi Protrudi (vocals/guitar)
• Deb O'Nair (organ)
• Elan Portnoy (guitar)
• Michael Jay (artist) (bass)
• Michael Phillips (artist) (drums)

Current members

• Rudi Protrudi (founder)
• Mike Czekaj
• Lana Loveland
• Lenny Silver
• Screamin Bo
• Vince Dante

Discography^[2]

LP

• Lysergic Emanations (1985)
• In Heat (1989)
• Braindrops (1991)
• Monster A-Go-Go (1992)
• Salt for Zombies (2003)
• Horny as Hell (2008)
• Preaching to the Perverted (2011)

Singles & EP

• Bad News Travels Fast
  • (7" single,1984, United States, Midnight, MID4504)

Side A

1. Bad News Travels Fast - 2:39

Side B

1. Brand New Man (And A Brand New Car) - 2:33

• • (12" EP reissued in 1986 in United Kingdom by ABC, ABCS 011T and in 2006 by Spain Munster, REF.7199)

Side A

1. Bad News Travels Fast
2. As Times Gone

Side B

1. Green Slime
2. Strychnine

• She's Wicked (7"/12" EP,1986, United Kingdom - ABC Records - ABCS 006/ABCS 006T)

Side A

1. She's Wicked

Side B

1. Epitaph For A Head
2. Cinderella (12" EP only)

• 1-2-5 - (7" split album,1986 - Enigma Europe - CARA 1D 223)

Side A

1. 1-2-5

Side B

1. Just A Dream Away - The Wipers

• Gloria (flexidisc,1987, Germany Music Maniac, free with first 5,000 copies of Live in Europe, Rat Scabies and Doctor and the Medics appear on the song "Gloria")

• Nine Months Later
  • (12" EP, 1988, Germany, Music Maniac MM013) reissued in UK in 1989 on 12" EP and 7" single by UK Situation Two - SIT 61T)

Side A

1. Nine Months Later (Written-By – Rudi Protrudi 4:56)
2. Girl, You Captivate Me (Written-By – R. Martinez* 2:21)

Side B

1. Cheyenne Rider (Written-By – J. Tarlow*, M. Czekaj* 3:06)
2. The Greatest Lover In The World (Written-By – E. McDaniels* 2:30)

• • (Reissued in UK in 1989 on 12" EP and 7" single by UK Situation Two - SIT 61T)

Side A

1. Nine Months Later

Side B

1. You Must Be A Witch
2. Down on the Street (Ian Astbury - 12" EP only)

• Hurt on Hold (7" single/12" EP,1989, UK, Situation Two, SIT 58 T)

Side A

1. Hurt on Hold

Side B

1. Jack the Ripper
2. I Can't Control Myself (12" EP only)

• Action (12"EP/CD,1990, UK, Situation Two, SIT 69 T)

Side A

1. Action Speaks Louder Than Words" - 2:15
2. I Never Knew" - 3:18

Side B

1. Yeah Babe - 3:21
2. My Nothing - 2:02

• Romilar D 12" EP (1992, UK, Music Maniac, MM 12004)

Side A

1. Romilar D (Alternate Version) - 3:58
2. Rise - 3:49

Side B

1. Romilar D (Espanol)
2. Romilar D (Italiano)

• Face Of Time/My Brother The Man (7" single, US, 1994, RAFR)

Side A

1. Face Of Time 3:05

Side B

1. My Brother The Man 2:13

• People In Me/I'm Gonna Make You Mine (1998, Misty Lane - FREE with issue #16)

• One Girl Man (7" single, 1998, USA, Sundazed Music, SEP 139)

Side A

1. One Girl Man - 3:22

Side B

1. You Must Be a Witch - 2:41
2. I'm Gonna Make You Mine - 2:29

• Help, Murder, Police (7" single, 2001, Italy, Teen Sound TEENS-021-A)

Side A

1. Help, Murder, Police 2:01

Side B

1. Out Of Our Tree 3:29
2. Brand New Man (Brand New Version) 2:37

• Idol Chatter/A Wristwatch Band (7" single, 2002, Italy, Beard of Stars BOSS32)

Side A

1. Idol Chatter

Side B

1. A Wristwatch Band

• Hallucination Generation (7" single, 2002, Mexico, Darkzone, DZ01)

Side A

1. Hallucination Generationr

Side B

1. Get Naked

• Lord Have Mercy On My Soul (7" single, 2005, Twist, Twist 34)

Side A

1. Lord Have Mercy On My Soul (Black Oak Arkansas)

Side B

1. They're Gonna Take You Away (Rudi Protrudi)

Live

• Screamin' Jay Hawkins and the Fuzztones LIVE 12" EP (1984, United States Midnight Records MIRLP114B)
  • reissued in 2006 on 12" EP by Italy Get Back Records

• Leave Your Mind At Home (12" EP, 1984, United States Midnight Records - MIRLP105)
  • reissued in 2006 on 12" EP by Italy Get Back Records

1. Voices Green and Purple
2. Blackout of Gretely
3. No Friend of Mine
4. We're Pretty Quick
5. My Flash on You
6. Bag I'm In
7. You Burn Me Up and Down

• Lysergic Love/Lovely Sort Of Death (1986, Furlined Vulcano/Purple Helmut) (bootleg live album)

• Live in Europe! flexidisc (1987, Germany Music Maniac Records MM06)
  • reissued in 2006 on 12" LP with gatefold sleeve by Italy Get Back Records
    • First 1,000 copies contain one-sided 7-inch picture disc of the Glora flexidisc

• Blue Themes/13 Women And The Only Man Around (1988, Mint Minus Records MMR666) live bootleg
  • Blue Theme (1987) - German bootleg of above

• In Heat Tour souvenir 10" picture disc (1989, United Kingdom Situation Two Records SIT 61)

• Lysergic Ejaculations CD (1994, Germany Music Maniac Records MM052)

• LSD 25: 25 Years of Fuzz and Fury CD & DVD (2005, Sin 002 / Italy Get Back Records GET138)

• Lord Have Mercy On My Soul (Recorded at Lincoln Lounge, Venice, CA. - 7" single, 2005, Twist, Twist 34)

Compilation

• Creatures That Time Forgot (LP/CD,1989, Germany, Music Maniac - MMLP020/United States Skycad CD/LP HEAD 64CD/HEAD 64)
• Teen Trash Vol. 4 12"LP/CD (1994, Germany Music Maniac MM88004)
• Flashbacks (1996, Sundazed Music SC11045)

Tribute and other stuff

• Illegitimate Spawn double CD (Tribute album to The Fuzztones featuring 42 bands - 2006, Sin Records SIN003)

• Songs We Taught The Fuzztones 2xCD (Original versions of songs played by the Fuzztones - 1989, Germany Music Maniac MMCD 66002)

• The Fuzztones BOOM 10"EP/CD (The Sonics tribute album - 2006, Beyond Your Mind Records)

1. A1 - Caught You Red-Handed
2. A2 - Cinderella
3. A3 - The Witch
4. B1 - Have Love Will Travel
5. B2 - Strychnine
6. B3 - Boss Hoss

Compilation appearances

• The Rebel Kind (1983, Sounds Interesting Records)
  • includes the song "Ward 81"
• New York Freakout flexidisc (1984, 99th Floor fanzine & Venus Records)
  • includes the song "99th Floor", also tracks by Plasticland and The Vipers
• Battle of the Garages Vol.2 (Voxx Records/BOMP Records 200-019)
  • includes the song "Green Slime"
• Hanging Out At Midnight (1984, United States Midnight Records MIDLP 127)
  • includes the song "The Witch"
• Garage Sale cassette (1985, United States ROIR CASSETTE A135)
  • includes the song "Cinderella"
• Skullfuck 7" EP (1987, Germany Glitterhouse Records GR 0027)
  • Free with Glitterhouse magazine
  • includes a live recording of the song "Brand New Man"
  • also tracks by Broken Jug, The Fluid, and The Politicians
• Lost Trails 7" EP (included with Lost Trails fanzine)
• Gimmick double 12" LP (Germany Music Maniac MMLP 023)
• For Your Longhair Party 7" EP (1992, Aishna Ash Records 202)
  • includes the song "Be A Caveman"
• CAVESTOMP! Volume 1 CD (1998, Cavestomp Records 001)
  • includes the song "She's Wicked"
• R.A.F.R. Volume 3 CD (2000, R.A.F.R. Records RAFR011)
• Las Vegas Shakedown CD (2000, Masked Superstar Recordings 001)
  • includes the song "A Wristwatch Band"
• Be A Caveman: The Best of the Voxx Garage Revival CD (2004, Voxx Records VCD2073)
• Todos Somos Ramones CD (2004, Rockaway Records)
• Evil Fuzz (2005, Om Om Music RBKB9 B9)
• Lost in Tyme CD (included with 2005 issue of 'Lost In Tyme' magazine)
  • includes the song "They're Gonna Take You Away"
• Children of Nuggets four-CD box set (2005, Rhino Records RT74639)
  • includes the song "Bad News Travels Fast"
• Psychedelica Volume I double CD (2006, Northern Star Records NS1)

Related bands

• Link Protrudi And The Jaymen - Rudi Protrudi
• Rudi Protrudi And The Midnight Plowboys - Rudi Protrudi
• Tina Peel - Rudi Protrudi - Deb O' Nair - Jim Nastix - Jackson Plugz

References

External links

• Official homepage
• The Fuzztones at Allmusic
• The Fuzztones on MySpace
• The Fuzztones on Rate Your Music
• Official Page of Rudi Protrudi

The Fuzztones Studio albums Lysergic Emanations (1985)  · In Heat (1989)  · Braindrops (1991)  · Monster A-Go-Go (1992)  · Salt for Zombies (2003)  · Horny as Hell (2008)  · Preaching to the Perverted (2011) Compilations Creatures that Time Forgot (1989)  · Flashbacks (1996)  · LSD 25: 25 Years of Fuzz and Fury (2005) Live Live in Europe! (1987)  · Lysergic Ejaculations (1994)