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Amps Do Furnish A Room
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   Amps Do Furnish A Room: General Info
Member Since4/2/2007
Band Websiteyoutube.com/user/ampsdofurnisharoom
Band MembersThe band formerly known as Madejczyck-Krzyzewski :

Pete Gamble - guitar [1][2][3][4]
Andy Fekete - guitar[1][2][3][4], bass[2], vox[2]
Ken Friedman - drums[1][2][3][4], vox[2]
Jamie McLendon - bass[1][2][3], guitar[2], vox[1][2]
Jeff Hart - guitar[1][3], vox[1][3]
Josh Starmer - cello [4]

Special thanks to:
video - Eddie Huffman, Joe O'Brien, Matthew Fekete, Tony Madejczyck
photography - George Mason, Eddie Huffman, Joe O'Brien, Dennis Hermanson
web - Joe O'Brien
cowbell - Robbie Schultz
inspiration - all NC garage bands past, present and future; Chapel Hill / Carrboro / Durham / Raleigh NC, an insanely great place for music right now...

[1] adfar presents television's marquee moon
[2] adfar's "thee dirtybeats" (garage / psychedelia)
[3] adfar presents the notorious byrd brothers
[4] adfar's "boat burning" (post-rock / psychedelia / improvisation)

InfluencesTom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Nuggets, Jeff Beck, Rock E. Faith, George Harrison, Link Wray, Neil Young, The Shadows, The Ventures, Killer Filler, Books Do Furnish A Room, The Gruesomes, The Way Outs, Tobacco A Go Go, Peter Laughner, 13th Floor Elevators, The Altantics, Max Frost and the Troopers (aka Davie Allan and the Arrows), Scott Bedford Four, The Tamrons, The Standells, The Sonics, The Fuzztones, The Kinks, Paul Revere, Pretty Things, The Heard, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, The Nazz
Sounds Likecharged electrical particles traveling in a vacuum tube
Record LabelPolymer
Type of LabelMajor


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   About Amps Do Furnish A Room

"Garage-born nuggets
Protopunk resurrection
Verlaine for nightcap"

   - Rick Cornell, HIAKU Hearing Aid: YES PLEASE - The guide to the week's concerts, The Independent Weekly, 4/22/2009

amps do furnish a room (adfar) is a musical collective based in chapel hill, nc comprised of several area musicians, including members of boat burning, dom casual, killer filler, jeff hart band and the old ceremony

projects/shows/obsessions:

o "afdar garage" (aka "thee dirtybeats") - "the roots of iggy": swaggering, obscure psychedelic / garage / proto-punk from the 60s, with a special emphasis on rare nc garage rock nuggets from the blue mold archival series tobacco-a-go-go;

o "adfar tv" - Television's influential art-punk masterpiece Marquee Moon, performed live in its entirety;

o "adfar byrds" - a live recreation of the Byrds schizo, amphetamine-drenched breakup lp, The Notorious Byrd Brothers;

o "adfar bb" (aka "boat burning") - post rock psychedelia and hard ambiance: an experiment in 100% live instrumental improvisation, each boat burning performance is totally unique

o "adfar" (aka "just plain adfar") - a show of any combination of the above.

background:

one january afternoon, members of the obscure cultural discussion group bullcity went for a hike near the hollow rock bridge on erwin road in durham nc. when they returned, they felt the urge to play music.

much as the setting inspired their forebearers from the same community, the hollow rock string band and the red clay ramblers, the group was inspired to hold regular jams characterized by much wild abandon; but unlike their forebearers', these sessions were vigorously electrified, and informed by more recent musical history...

a plan took shape: for 1 year, the un-named combo would meet each sunday to analyze and rehearse Television's landmark lp "Marquee Moon" in the most minute detail, much in the way a highly focused academic group might systematically tackle a complex subject for intense study; and then perhaps, if there was sufficient interest, attempt to play the beast live for a few friends... it was agreed that above all else, these sessions, despite their intense focus, were to be low-stress and fun, that the ultimate goal was to create a friendly no-hassle environment which each member might view as a refuge from and reward for a hard week's work, an opportunity to play purely for the simple joy of doing so...

...and if, after a year, the group agreed things went pretty well, maybe they'd pick something else to study for a year, and play that live, too...

thus amps do furnish a room* was born.

what's next? a peter laughner retrospective? the kinks' muswell hillbillies? the rolling stones' rock and roll circus? metal machine music? frampton comes alive? the who sell out? stay tuned...

"...Amps will do Television's all-time classic record "Marquee Moon" in it's entirety. If you've never seen the band do Television, go see them pronto...!"
   - revRecluse, DJ for Radio Enigima, the Recluse Show Blog

"...who saw this coming? Amps Do Furnish a Room, in addition to being Jeff Hart's 100th band or so, honor the angular guitar adventures of Television..."
   - Rick Cornell, Hearing Aid: YES PLEASE - The guide to the week's concerts, The Independent Weekly, 1/2/2008

* for the name "amps do furnish a room", adfar wishes to extend its sincerest apologies to fellow bullcity member gordon matthews, the distinguished and erudite proprietor of Books Do Furnish A Room, an independent bookstore in durham nc.   none of this is at all his fault.


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Sonic Monkey

Sonic Monkey



Nov 2 2009 8:18 AM

Big BIG loves and HUGE RESPECT from 3 funky SONIC MONKEYz…

 

‘Resist’ *music video soon to hit commercial tv networx. Woooot woooooot… Swing past our “digital store” on our website :) Dreams are materializing!!! Names like *Tim Palmer, *Steve Scanlon onboard… Ohhh we are EXCITED to share this wicha!!

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LOU SIX JOURNEY

LOU SIX JOURNEY



Oct 23 2009 9:52 AM

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
BREAK A LEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A BLUES TIME.
Lou
Analog Daze

Analog Daze



Sep 10 2009 7:26 PM

YES Your sound is kick asss...Let us know if your up to trading a gig
Combat Guitars

Combat Guitars



May 26 2009 9:01 AM

Thanks again for being our friend!

READ THE LATEST ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COMBAT CAMP

ON THE OFFICIAL BLOG.




Killer Filler!

Killer Filler!



Apr 18 2009 11:33 PM

Hey fellers!

A blatant plug for our upcoming show at the Cave in Chapel Hill on 4/25. Four kickass all-instrumental bands goin' at it in a pile of lyric-free rock Ambrosia. Hope you can come by!

And if you can, come early--the Noseriders are on first (at 8pm or so) and they're the band I think you'd REALLY like.

--Crispy of Killer Filler

Combat Guitars

Combat Guitars



Apr 9 2009 8:00 AM

Hello MySpce friends!
Just dropping a friendly comment to say thanks once again for either adding us
or sending a request! Either way we appreciate your interest and support!

Please take a look at our new official Blog to read daily updates on what's happening
around the Combat camp.


http://combat-guitars.blogspot.com

You can now follow us on Twitter as well.


Thanks again!
Cheers from Tokyo!
Combat Guitars

Combat Guitars



Mar 28 2009 1:14 AM

Thanks for adding COMBAT GUITARS! Cheers from Tokyo!
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RICHARD W. HONOSKI A/K/A MR. RICHARD

RICHARD W. HONOSKI A/K/A MR. RICHARD



Jun 18 2008 3:29 PM

JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY HEY & ALWAYS "THANX" FOR THE ADD.
GREAT RESPECTS FOR YOUR WORK ...

ROCK ON !

MR. RICHARD
P.S. LOOKS LIKE MY ROOM ...
Barry Richman Band

Barry Richman Band



May 16 2008 4:27 PM

Greetings from Atlanta.

Good to meet you on here !!!

Very cool music ... I'm diggin' it !!!

Keep in Touch,
Barry Richman
www. BarryRichman. com

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Killer Filler!

Killer Filler!



Dec 22 2007 3:26 PM




Season's Greetings from your pals in Killer Filler!

Catharine

Catharine



Sep 23 2007 8:41 PM

Enjoyed the show! Can't wait to see you again!
WENDY

wendy sykes-gordon



Sep 22 2007 5:44 PM

Good luck Sir Jamie. Wish I could be there- gotta go make high dollar hash.
Jaguaro

Jaguaro



Sep 20 2007 1:45 AM

Thought you guys were called "ANTS do furnish a room." In any case, sept. 22 can't come soon enough.

xoxo,
Jaguaro
homeboy steve

homeboy steve



Apr 23 2007 11:57 AM

My amp uses the furniture !
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Dirty Water Dogs

Dirty Water Dogs



Apr 23 2007 11:39 AM

Great music !
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Laissez les bon temps rouler
ERIC AMBEL Producer/Mixer/Guitarist

ERIC AMBEL Producer/Mixer/Guitarist



Apr 3 2007 3:31 PM

furniture indeed!
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