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BEWITCHED

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  • Genre: Experimental / Powerpop

    Location Hoboken, New Jersey, US

    Profile Views: 121373

    Last Login: 11/1/2010

    Member Since 6/13/2006

    Website http://www.bbgun.org

    Record Label BB Gun Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Break out the brie and croissants and join Bob and band, ..FIVE DOLLAR PRIEST.. on May 9th at the NUITS SONORES FESTIVAL in Lyon, France! Oo la la!.. *http://www.myspace.com/fivedollarpriest for more info. .. The reviews are in!.... .."Industrial noise from NYC embellished by sweet little asides – a Shangri-La’s sample here, an aircraft taking off there – that recalls the heavier excesses of Killdozer (say) or one of that Amphetamine Reptile crew. Drum-led, as you’d expect from underground rock magazine ..BB Gun.. publisher Bob Bert – Bewitched’s mainstay and former drummer with Sonic Youth, Boss Hog and Pussy Galore – and darkly psychedelic, as well; it occupies the fertile, festering middle-ground between Bert’s former groups and something far more worrying, a drugs-free Royal Trux perhaps? Stand out ‘Hey White Homey’ is as malignant as even Action Swingers, and man – that’s some nasty.".. - ..Everett True.., ..Plan B.., April 2007.... .."Scoodled in between Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks, Boss Hog, Knoxville Girls, Int'l Shades and all his other projects, Bob Bert led the exquisite Bewitched for seven years. A variety of players and concepts passed through the combo's doors. At times it was pretty experimental sounding - especially in its original format, with Susanne Sasic - at others it bled pure dunder-rock. This set rescues a varied selection of their best work from scarce LPs and 45s, creating a mock "greatest hits" package for a band that never really got the respect it deserved.".. -.. Byron Coley.., ..Harp Magazine.. May 2007.... .."WHY YOU SHOULD CARE: Bewitched is the art-damaged, garage-storming vehicle of Bob Bert, whose participation in Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore practically defined underground rock in the late '80s... WHAT'S NEW: This 12-cut comp collects rare singles and selected tracks from the band's two full-lengths, ranging from garage-rock-rave-ups to inspired synth-and-noise laden buzzbombs... IS IT WORTH IT: Say no to drugs, 'cause listening to this thing is the best trip you've never taken.".. - ..Jason Pettigrew.., ..Alternative Press.., April 2007.... ..LIMITED SERIES! BUY IT HERE, NOW AND NOT EVERWHERE!...... .......... ..U.S.A. Folks:.. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ..International Folks, voila!.. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..*No personal checks; money orders accepted: USA: $12; internationally: $15, included shipping. BB GUN Records PO Box 5074 Hoboken NJ 07030...... .. I edited my profile with ..Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4..

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  • Influences

    ....The Ballad of Bob Bert's Bewitched........ In 1985, I quit this lil' combo called ..Sonic Youth... ..Why?.. This is a question I am frequently asked. No big story here. After years of sleeping on cat-pissed soaked floors around the world, I wanted to try other things. Thereafter, ..Sonic Youth.. were back in London giving an interview to the ..Melody Maker... When they asked him what I was up to, ..Thurston Moore .. made up a story that me and our friend ..Susanne Sasic.. (who at the time was their merch girl, later to become their lighting director, and from there moved on to work with ..Nirvana, Stereolab, Beck, Tom Waits, REM.. and many more) had a new band called ..Bewitched... Via ..Paul Smith's Blast First Records.., who ..Sonic Youth.. hooked up with through their friend and partner in crime, ..Lydia Lunch.., offered to put out a record. Being influenced by ground-breaking music like ..Einsturzende Neubauten, Big Stick.. (their 7" 'Drag Racing' was the shit) and the ..Butthole Surfers.., I entered ..Wharton Tiers..' ..Fun City.. studio with Susanne on vocals/screams/moans, ..Dave Rick.. (..Phantom Tollbooth, King Missile, Wide Right..) on guitars,.. Mark Cunningham.. (..Mars, Don King..) on trumpets, my marimba, drums and recorded the 12" 'Chocolate Frenzy' and the no wave, Afro-beat inspired 'Swamp Shoot.' Paul Smith wanted to hear it remixed. I enlisted ..J.G. Thirlwell.. (..Foetus..) and ..Roli Mosimann ..(..Swans..), who at the time had a project called ..Wiseblood... Paul decided against releasing it, so I released it myself on ..Shove Records.. the label of ..Pussy Galore.., the band I had just joined that put out their first single, ..Feel Good About Your Body.. and an EP called ..Groovy Hate Fuck... .. The first live performance of ..Bewitched.. happened a year or so later at Maxwell's for a benefit for ..Impulse.. magazine. I recorded a 15 minute eclectic, wall of noise & jumblin' thunderous beats tracks at ..Fun City.. and enlisted ..Sue Hanel.. (an early ..Swans.. guitarist) and with a few drums and showering the audience and club in a rainbow of cereal. .. The next few years were spent with ..Pussy Galore... Around '89 or so, I started jamming with some ..Maxwell's.. buddies, ..Chris Ward.. on bass and ..Jim Fu.. on guitar. I was offered a show opening for ..Spaceman 3.. at Maxwell's so we decided to turn ..Bewitched.. into a "real band" to do the show. Someone had to be the singer/frontman, so I alternated between drums, gong and singing to a drum machine and tape loops. Chris brought in his friend Dave P on turntables (to eliminate the tapes) and I dubbed him ..DJ 'Cream Of Wheat'... ..Spaceman 3.. didn't get into the country so our first show ended up being at Maxwell's with ..STP.., (all girl supergroup featuring ..Julie Cafritz.. from Pussy Galore and ..Sally Barry.. from the ..Honeymoon Killers.. and future ..Bewitched.. drummer). .. Soon after when I was working at the record store, ..Pier Platters.. and I met ..Terry Tolkin.. (who worked at ..Rough Trade.. at the time and later ..Elektra.., where he signed ..Luna, Afghan Whigs.. and others) and who offered to put out our album on his label ..No.6... We went back to Wharton's.. Fun City.. and recorded our first album ..Brain Eraser... With really cool artwork by legendary cartoonist,.. Kaz.., ..Brain Eraser.. was released in 1990. .. When ..Sonic Youth.. signed to Geffen and released their album ..Goo.., they took ..Bewitched.. and ..STP.. on tour, which was your only opportunity to see me singing at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. After touring the east coast we got bumped off the rest of the tour for some band called ..Nirvana.. that would never amount to anything. We did a bunch of shows with the ..Jesus Lizard.., the newly formed ..the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ..and a host of others. We recorded a single for No.6 called '409' backed with 'Junket's Theme.' Shortly after Jim Fu quit the band he was replaced by ..Art Reinitz... We recorded a second album called ..Harshing My Mellow.. with ..Steve Albini... Did a bout of tourin' 'round the USA. Our deejay split, so we enlisted ..Sally Barry.. to play drums. We pretty much turned into a regular rock band, which was the last thing I wanted to happen. We did a six-week tour of the USA and Canada and when we returned the band disbanded. .. That was the end of ..Bewitched.., as a live act. In 1992, ..Sub Pop ..offered to release a ..Bewitched.. 7'' for their ..Single of the Month.. series. ..Donna Croughn.. of the band,.. Tiny Lights ..offered her talent on violin/bass/vocals and together we recorded 'Hey White Homey' and 'Troll Doll' with ..Wharton Tiers... Later I was asked by an Italian Industrial rock band called ..Meathead.. to do a split single. I was being asked to play with the ..Chrome Cranks.. at this time, so I had them back me on a song left over from the last lineup of ..Bewitched.. called 'Making Out With Satan.' .. - Bob Bert....

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