NEW FONDAS SINGLE!!..OUT IN 2008
on "El Beasto" (SPAIN).... >
"Hey Little Boy" the Fondas rip into the classic DEL SHANNON composition.. on the B side (from thier most recent recording) the Fondas play the BYRDS "Its No Use" featuring sweet vocal harmonies
(Julie and Mark) and a bitchin guitar solo!! Contact "El Beasto" if (or when)
you cant find the new Fondas 45 in your local record store!!
The Fondas "CHRISTMAS HEART ATTACK" (recorded in 2007)
featured on the Christmas comp "Holiday Hootenanny"
http://cdbaby.com/cd/holidayhootenanny
When you first see The Fondas live onstage,
it just feels like something great is going on in the room.
It's not only the beautiful blonde/raven - haired front woman
Julie Benjamin, whose sultry voice lingers over the dusty
sound of yesteryear's rock 'n' roll and R&B.
It's not just the guitar attack of Mark Niemenski and
Steve Shaw or the bouncing rythm section of Nick Sokolowski
and Chip Sercombe. It's that The Fondas, united as one entity,
can set up and bring a room to it's knees within the
30 minutes they are alloted on stage each night.
Formed in 2002, The Fondas have been blasting out the pop
and R&B inspired rock 'n' roll for more than five years now.
Between the members' shared interest in such music and the
process of making records, the group decided to strike out and
form a band. "We all like lot's of different stuff, but have enough
common ground where it sounds like it is coming from the same
place," guitarist Steve Shaw says. While some bands struggle
with thier sound for years, Shaw relays that The Fondas
did'nt have much trouble at all: "For what ever reason our
sound evolved rather quickly when Julie started singing in the band."
In 2003, the group released their first single, "Wanna Be" and their
first full-length long player, Coming now. When strapping on the head
phones to listen to The Fondas, several things pop out in ones mind.
The band has an extremly original sound that is a culmination of several
classic genres hardly ever mixed. The band perfectly melds the
doo-wop of a Del Shannon with the tenacity of the Ramones, the
garage psych of The Jujus and the country ramblings of Buck Owens.
The Fondas continued to stay busy as they dropped the bomb
on the local music scene in 2006 when they released three vinyl gems.
A single for the instant-classic "Make You Mine", allong with their
second full-length Runaway Bombshell and a split with The Ettes
made for an unforgetable year. The split single was extremely
fantastic as it featured the bands playing the allways-astounding
songs of Reigning Sound and former Oblivians frontman, Greg Cartwright.
What's on tap this summer for the band after the gig at CityFest?
"Recording is the top priority this summer," Shaw states. "We
will be recording a Christmas song Mark wrote, hopping to get it
out for the Holidays,"
Shaw says. Hopefully, Christmas comes early this year for
Fondas fans.
by ERIC ALLEN
REAL DETROIT WEEKLY July 4-10, 2007
RUNAWAY BOMBSHELL The Fondas 14 song LP/CD
OUT NOW on Sympathy for the Record Industry (SFTRI)
"On RUNAWAY BOMBSHELL the Fondas blend its punk guitar attack with a refined classic pop sensibility and the equally classy vocals of its singer Julie Benjamin, who combines go-getting sexuality on high energy cuts like the Kinks-influenced "Make You Mine" with hard-edged realism on the tough-minded "Don't Come Back." ..............
also out on SFTRI the Fondas 7" Make You Mine/In Your Room (non LP/CD b-side)......
...and From the Songbook of Greg Cartwright
a split 7" single
The Fondas "Dont Come Back" / the Ettes " We Repel Each Other"
THE FONDAS "COMING NOW!" CD/LP
the fondas "coming now!" features the single Wanna Be.........'Fuzzy' is the best way to describe this song. Rad guitar sound, simple lyrics... all around good stuff!! I just Wanna Be touched by you!....
on SFTRI the Fondas debut 7" Wanna Be/Hey Pretty Baby (non LP/CD b-side)
Just recorded a rough cut of a mashup reinterpretation of "Heartbeat" with "Biscuits & Gravy". For a limited time it can be heard as the sixth song on my player.
Here are the Fondas newest recordings: "Its No Use" (Byrds cover) and "Pop/Stall" (Alex White cover...unreleased demo) and let me tell you: The Fondas can afford this. They take the brave Byrds to a higher level!
As a long time music listener I am quite familiar with the Byrds, I always liked their psychedelic sound but until now, I did not know that I was missing these buzzing fuzzy guitars. I mean it’s a good song but now it’s got what it needed. The beautiful double voice line is still there, a male and a female voice are perfect for this plus these solid and stable guitars underneath: now it’s a Detroit Guitar Affair. What worked with the Reigning Sounds "Don’t come back" works again for the Byrds. Good songs in a nice new outfit. Well done Fondas! Wether you ever liked the Byrds or not: It’s No Use: You need this record!
On the Pop/Stall-Demo the guitars are even a bit more dirty, also a great song from a similar Band, if you like the Reigning Sound if you like Alex White and if you like solid female vocals, you can not go wrong with the Fondas.
HEY RECORD LABEL RUNNING GUYS: DIDN’T YOU JUST READ???: -THE FONDAS ARE LOOKING FOR A LABEL FOR UPCOMING THEIR THIRD LP- There’s no need to mention that the third LP is the most important release in some cases…
