FONO has what the music industry is missing right now - staying power. With a repertoire of over 80 songs, features on MTV, ER, multiple Extreme Sports DVD's from Japan to Warren Miller's "Cold Fusion", in Billboard's Heatseekers, numerous songwriting awards and openings for bands from Bon Jovi to Goo Goo Dolls, from Guano Apes to Third Eye Blind and Robert Plant, FONO lives up to its title of "Best Unsigned Band" in Kerrang! Magazine.
FONO's debut album "goesaroundcomesaround" was recorded in London with Adi Winman (Supergrass, Jamiroquai) was A listed on XFM and was a hit with Zane Lowe of MTV Europe. Indeed, FONO started off strong - playing their first show for 50,000 screaming Bon Jovi fans. After extensive U.S. and European tours, Billboard ranks them as one of the Top 6 Independent Bands in the Southwest.
Days away from completing their much anticipated follow-up EP, FONO's studio was engulfed by the infamous California wildfires, destroying their gear and even their masters. With all the tracks for "It's The Way That You Use It" up in flames, FONO was intent on rebuilding the album and the title track encouraged them to rise above what would end most bands, and continue to make music that not only entertains, but lifts you up. The band hooked up with Alan Sanderson (Rolling Stones, Weezer, Green Day) and started over. Bill Dooley (Madonna, Deftones) was enlisted to master the project.
Finding inspiration in the powerful New York Times photo of a man jumping from one of the World Trade Towers by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Richard Drew, Falling Man, FONO's tune of the same name is a meditation on "what goes through your head when your best option is to jump 80 stories". In today's world of sound bites and ringtones, FONO has found a way to maintain imagination and music intensity while working to put together a real album.
Fono's new project "Too Broken To Break" is a metaphor for the current state of the music industry itself. Mixed by world renown producer Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Feeder, Pixies, Radiohead) and mastered, once again by Bill Dooley (Madonna, Deftones), "Too Broken To Break" consists of eleven radio ready hits, cohesively sewn together and wrapped up in red duct tape. The must-have album of the year retains oft-missing optimism enmeshed with a driving rhythm section to create a big rock sound for eleven songs straight. You have to hear it to believe that each song is truly better than the next, and authentic album by an authentic group poised to take the music world by storm - FONO, "Too Broken To Break".
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HI!!! THANX 4 THE ADD!! GREETINGS FROM AGUASCALIENTES MEXICO CONTINUE MAKING EXCELLENT MUSIC, WELL DONE!! GOD BLESS YOU!!! NEVER CHANGE ACUERDATE DE TU CREADOR EN LOS DIAS DE TU JUVENTUD. EC. 12:2 =)
Hi Guys! Thank you so much for adding me. Yesterday night I was watching a ER episode and they used a song of yours in one scene ("Sunlight Silence") and I was like "Oh My God, I know that band"... hehe. Have a great weekend!
I was in a writing mood, so if you own a previous recording of Fono and you are a fan, buy the CD now! :)
Fono - Too Broken To Break (2007) Well for Fono fans who don't dare to take the plunge, the album is worthy to stand alongside the ComesAroundGoesAround album (1998) & The Fono EP (2004). It's the Fono sound full throttle! The electric guitar section is still well taken care of by Soren Engen & Del Currie. No weakness there! Fono can still deliver the goods. And you will be amazed listening to the percussion, because the drumming is so top notch! Courtesy of Andy Ridley. Listening to the album you will be singing the track “On The Line” the next day going to work without your iPod or CD-player on, you just can't get it out of your head. I did get a feeling Del Currie's voice is suffering a little bit of too many recording takes, but I'm not sure, may be his voice just gets lighter. Cindy Cate and her bass dissapears in the sound of guitars and drums, maybe next time give the bass guitarist a solo or an instrumental introduction with a new track to let her shine some more. A track fans will know is “Sunlight Silence” of the 2004 EP. Already released and therefore may have been better used as a bonus track at the end of the record. No real weak songs on this 11 track album, except for Silhouette's chorus maybe, which needs a little to get used to. All in all “Too Broken To Break” is an album you don't hear one time to lay it to rest in your CD stack after listening. It grows on you, as a Fono album should! The inlay is well taken care of, there is artwork, a band photo, all the lyrics and the production credits plus the Thank You's. No cutting corners then on this great album mixed by Chris Sheldon, mastered by Bill Dooley and production solely done by Fono. Props to all of you.
Fono - Too Broken To Break 1.Dangerous 2.Angels Eyes 3.Still Love? 4.On The Line 5.Car Crash 6.Too Broken To Break 7.Anything At All 8.Su
Fono, Excellent Album! True Rock music, I would love for a live album soon, you guys rock live! Even though I saw you guys back in 99 before goesaroundcomesaround even came out! Play the South region soon!
Guys & Girl, did you send out a bulletin that the CD is out as well, besides the download promotional stunt? I completely missed it, sorry! But just ordered the new CD! Thanks to Ben posting his comments ;)
