David Grover (guitar/ lead vocals)
Dave Butler-Cole (bass/ vocals)
Balazs Antal (guitar/ vocals)
Scotty Lund (drums)
Influences
Mom, vitamins, sunshine, Brocken Social Scene, heartbreak, the girls with kaleidoscope eyes, The Clash, sexual tension, the beatles, mahi-mahi, The Eels, scrabble, Bartok, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laid Back, Hungarian gypsy music, southshore Tahoe punks, King Cobra, R Kelly trapped in the closet parts 1 thru 5, ET (the engineer/producer, not the movie), Prince, New York, UFO, Grandmaster Flash, David Bowie, Honolulu girls, 1972 Buick Centurion, working people, eyes that smile, coffee, The Cars, spanking, Cafe Y Cultura, DMV, Antony and The Johnsons, instant role plays, Dylan, camera phones, The Talking Heads, 1984, the Pacific Ocean and all it touches, empanadas at Rincon on Melrose, The Arcade Fire,the city of Los Angeles, and all the angels who are still growing their wings.
Sounds Like
Fountains Of Wayne, Weezer, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Cars, Badfinger, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, T-Rex, David Bowie, The Bay City Rollers, ,Talking Heads, Big Star, Cheap Trick, Teenage Fanclub
Fresh off the success of their first full length album, "Contest Popularity", The Fizzies bring you "East Hollywood High", a reflective and introspective ode to the city and culture that have inspired the band and nurtured a new subpopulation of culture hungry scene makers
If you've been in any big city for a reasonable amount of time- a few years at least- you've seen how neighborhoods can transform in the blink of an eye. Dirty warehouses become pricey lofts; taco trucks are kicked from their curbs for threatening overpriced chow houses; the neighborhood hardware store is consumed by the Home Depot. Yet in the burgeoning neighborhood of East Hollywood, the Fizzies are soaking up the vibes of Thai restaurants, Armenian coffee, Kobe slinging Korean taco trucks and late night happy hours and pumping out new tunes with classics grooves, swing beats and whistling. Glorious whistling.
The Fizzies transcend jaded. They've gone past the need to be a part of the scene and have succeeded in making their own. The best thing about going to a Fizzies show is the unpredictability of the whole thing. New songs? New cutting views on gentrification and society? Or maybe you'll catch a night with a packed crowd of die hard Fizzies fanatics where you can't help but lose yourself in the pop frenzy. There is but one consistent thing about a Fizzies' show: .it's the euphoria you'll feel at the end of a set. Coupled with just a bit of reflective sadness for the end of compelling set of music, The Fizzies show is a don't miss.
The Fizzies sound like a dance party with rock grooves. It's power pop with an East Hollywood flavor. Starting with The Who and "My Generation"; that progressive, upbeat tempo gives way to the irreverant likability of T Rex telling you to "Bang a Gong", Fast forward a couple years and you've got Fountains of Wayne name dropping every girl that ever did them wrong on "Traffic and Weather". Fitting right into this timeline is the Fizzies...you get the feeling that this band has poured their hearts out to more than one girl. But like that goldfish that swims back to the top, The Fizzies don't blink when thinking about the staying power of their music, attitude and environment and consistently deliver tunes that'll stick in your head through your own romantic successes, missteps, and tear-filled facebook headlines. The Fizzies will be your buzzy California influenced sountrack for all the great events of your life. Tune in now.
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The award winning album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
come down and bring your old t-shirts! I will turn'em into new dresses!!
Pick from recycled materials and add trims etc while artist/designer
Rico Adair constructs one of four dress patterns for you while you
watch. You can even bring your own t-shirts to add to the mix.
Saturday June 13th at Zingara Trading post 4:00pm-8:00pm
1507 Abbot Kinney blvd. Venice Beach CA 90291 310-392-6424
