FUZZTONES

The first Post-Punk, grunge, new psychedelia group, now already a living legend. The man himself is Rudi 'Action' Protrudi, formed the first FUZZTONES in New York, the second and third line-up in Los Angeles, California, and we can expect a fourth line-up soon though we are not allowed to mention any regions yet. It's incredible, when you compare all different line-ups, it always sounds like THE FUZZTONES should, no matter who joins in with Rudi. THE FUZZTONES were responsible for that huge 60's-punk-revival during the mid-eighties, more than any other band on the scene. They stood their ground with their 3rd album, like the 7th game in a tennis match, a feat most bands find practically impossible. We all can expect many new activities this and the coming years, since there is plenty in the can. Rudi plans to be on tour again soon with something different. You better beware not to miss it.


THE FUZZTONES:


THE FUZZTONES - Live In Europe - MMLP/CD 006 (1989) (First line-up)
......1. Bad Little Woman - 2. Blues Theme - 3. Cellar Dwellar - 4. Love At A Psychedelic Velocity - 5. 1523 Blair - 6. Run Chicken Run - 7. 13 Women - 8. 7 And 7 Is - 9. Gotta Get Some - 10. Journey To Tyme - 11. Human Fly - 12. Psychotic Reaction - 13. I'm Loose - 14. Living Sickness - 15. My Flash On You (CD only) - 16. You Burn Me Up And down (CD only) - 17. You're Gonna Miss Me (CD only).

THE FUZZTONES - Nine Months Later - MMEP 013
...... (Now deleted and included again on MMLP/CD88004 - Teen Trash Vol.4)

THE FUZZTONES - Creatures That Time Forgot - MMLP 020 (First and second Line-up. Rare demos)
......1. 99Th Floor - 2. Riot On Sunset Strip - 3. Don't Do It Some More - 4. Sheez Wycked - 5.The Thing - 6. Fabian Lips - 7. Irving Plaza Radio Spot - 8. Brand New Man - 9. Action Woman - 10. Green Slime - 11. Bad News Travels Fast - 12. Ward 81 - 13. The Witch.

THE FUZZTONES - Lysergic Emanations - MMLP/CD 036 (1986) (First Line-up)
...... 1. 1-2-5 - 2. Gotta Get Some - 3. Journey To Tyme - 4. Ward 81 - 5. Strychnine - 6. Radar Eyes - 7. Cinderella - 8. Highway 69 - 9. Just Once - 10. She's Wicked - 11. As Time's Gone - 12. Living Sickness - 13. Bad News Travels Fast (CD only) - 14. She's wicked (CD only)(Version) - 15. Epitaph For A Head (CD only) - 16. Cinderella (CD only) - 17. Green Slime (CD only).

THE FUZZTONES - Braindrops - MMLP/CD 044 (1991) (Third Line-up)
......1.Third Times The Charm - 2.Skeleton Farm - 3.Romilar D - 4.Fear - 5.Rise - 6.Ghost Clinic - 7.7 And 7 Is - 8.Look For The Question Mark - 9.I Looked At You - 10.The People In Me - 11.All The Kings Horses - 12.Blackout

THE FUZZTONES - Romilar D - MM12004 (1992) (Third Line-up)
...... 1. Romilar D (version) - 2. Romilar D (Espanol) - 3. Romilar D (Italiano) - 4. Rise (Side 2 has parallel grooves - Trick Track).

THE FUZZTONES - Teen Trash Vol.4 - MMLP/CD 88004 (1993) (Second Line-up)
- Nine Months Later (R.Protrudi) (Black Nest Music/Purple Helmet, BMI) - Girl, You Captivate Me (I.Day-A.Dischel) (S+J Music) - Cheyenne Rider (M.Czekaj-J.Tarlow) (Psychedelic Siren, ASCAP) - Greatest Lover In The World (E.McDaniel) (Arc Music, BMI) - I Can't Control Myself (R.Presley) (Dick James Music) - You Must Be A Witch (F.Cole) (Moorea Music 'Edition Rimpo') - Jack The Ripper (C.Stacey-W.Haggin-J.Simmons) (Northern Songs) - Action Speaks Louder Than Words R.Protrudi-J.Tarlow) (Black Nest/Purple Helmet Music, BMI) - I Never Knew (R.Protrudi) (Black Nest/Purple Helmet Music, BMI) - Yeah Babe (R.Protrudi) (Black Nest/Purple Helmet Music, BMI) - My Nothing (M.Czekaj-R.Protrudi-J.Tarlow-J.Carlucci) - Romilar D (Version) (R.Protrudi-M.Czekaj) (Black Nest Music, BMI)

THE FUZZTONES - Lysergic Ejaculations - MMLP/CD 052 (1994) (Live DoLP) (Third Line-up)
A1/1 - Intro (Spoken word) - In Heat (R.Protrudi)Black Nest BMI - I Never Knew (R.Protrudi)Black Nest Music BMI - Try It (Joe Levine-Marc Bellack)Blackwood Music - My Little Red Book (Bachrach-David)U.A. Music - Be A Caveman (G.Paxton-W.Powell)Garpax Music Inc./Limelight Music - Look For The Question Mark (Czekaj-Tarlow)Pychedelic Siren ASCAP - It Came In The Mail (R.Protrudi-M.Chandler)Black Nest BMI - Romilar D (R.Protrudi-M.Czekaj)Black Nest BMI/Psychedelic Siren ASCAP - Rari (Ed Cobb)Equinox Music - Shape Of Things To Come (B.Mann-C.Weil)Screen Gems/Columbia Music Inc. - All The King's Horses (R.Protrudi-J.Tarlow-M.Czekaj) Black Nest BMI/Psychedelic Siren ASCAP - Love At A Psychedelic Velocity (The Human Expression) Boomerang Music - Epitaph For A Head (J.D. Blackfoot) MRC/BMI - Have Love, Will Travel (R.Berry) Limax Music (BMI) - 99Th Floor (B.Gibbons) Tantara Music - She's Wicked(R.Protrudi-M.Chandler) Black Nest Music BMI - Boss Hoss (G.Roslie) Valet Publ. (BMI) - Psychotic Reaction (Ellner-Chaney-Atkinson-Byrne-Michalski) Hot Shot - No Friend Of Mine (LP only) (Turnbow-Parks) Acuff Rose - You Burn Me Up And Down (LP only) (T.Talton) Barmour Music - Strychnine (LP only) (G Rosalie) Valet Pub.

LINK PROTRUDI AND THE JAYMEN:

Rudi's sideroads prove to everybody that he is not only a great performer, but also an incredible guitarist, much better than anybody believed he could be. Here Rudi shows his secret love for trashy guitar instrumentals, wild and raunchy striptease music, or oriental psychedelia. Every LINK project has its own theme. Every LINK release is a story in itself. The second tour of LINK PROTRUDI AND THE JAYMEN was accompanied by a striptease dancer. The third tour will feature a belly-dancer. The fourth...
PROTRUDI, LINK AND THE JAYMEN - Drive It Home - MMLP 009 (1988)(Sleazy guitar-trash)
...... 1. Avalanche - 2. Backfire - 3. Chicken Choke - 4. The Stroll - 5. Slinky - 6. Mr. Guitar - 7. Commanche - 8. No Stopping - 9. Orbit - 10. Rawhide - 11. Bodacious - 12. Hanky Panky - 13. Psyclone - 14. Bandito - 15. Chaquita - 16. Rumble.

PROTRUDI, LINK AND THE JAYMEN - Slow Grind - MMLP/CD 033 (1992) (Striptease-Instrumentals)
......1. Beaver Shot - 2. The Strip - 3. Swingin' Sheperd - 4. Summertime - 5. Groovy - 6. Camel Walk - 7. The Stripper - 8. Stewed Onions - 9. Last Call - 10. Hey Big Spender - 11. Harlem Nocturne - 12. Night Train - 13. Jaywalk.

PROTRUDI, LINK AND THE JAYMEN - Seduction - MLP/CD 053 (1994) (Belly dance psychedelia)
...... 1. Surfin' The Nile - 2. Beyond The Veil - 3. Kumar - 4. Sultan's Desire - 5. Visions Of Ishtar - 6. Misourlou - 7. Diddley Dharma - 8. Seduction Of The Virgin Prince - 9. Midnight Mirage - 10. Serpentine - 11. House Of Faharer - 12. Arabian Nights.

Everybody was more than suspicious, but the result is amazing. Rudi never sang as good as on this LP/CD. The choice of tunes (17 in all !) are absolutely primo. For this record he put together a great line-up: pedal-steel guitar, stand-up bass, .....everything's there. A product for Fuzztones' fans, or if you like off the wall country !! What can we expect next ?......A blues album with 50+ old blacks perhaps? Yes please !

PROTRUDI, RUDI - White Trash - MMLP/CD 069 (Country for weirdos)
His first solo-effort being country music.

A1/1 - L.S.D. MADE A WRECK OF ME (Copyright Control) A2/2 - FIST CITY (Loretta Lynn) Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc. A3/3 - HOTTER THAN SHE'S EVER BEEN (N.Mooney/R.Protrudi) Black Nest Music, BMI A4/4 - THE FIRST MRS. JONES (Bill Anderson)Stallion Music, BMI A5/5 - BEERSIGHTED (R.Protrudi/N.Mooney) Black Nest Music, BMI A6/6 - FUNNEL OF LOVE (Kent Westberry-Charlie McCoy) Cedarwood Pub. Co. Inc. A7/7 - UNCLE EEF (Bob Moore/Fred Macrae) Mimosa Publishing Co. Inc. BMI A8/8 - RED GEORGIA CLAY (Unknown) B1/9 - (IT'S A) WHITE TRASH THING (R.Protrudi) Black Nest Music, BMI B2/10- DON'T SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL (Cowboy Copas/Dottie Swan) Acufff/Rose Music, Larrick Music Co., BMI B3/11- BEDSPRINGS AND WEDDING RINGS (R.Protrudi/N.Mooney) Black Nest Music, BMI B4/12- PSYCHO (Leon Payne) Acuff/Rose Music, BMI B5/13- STALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT (Donald Don Hecht-Alan Weyland Block)Four Star Sales B6/14- COLD HARD FACTS OF LIFE (Bill Anderson) Stallion Music B7/15- SLOW RIDIN' (Jean Shepard) Copyright Control B8/16- TRAIN TO SATANVILLE (Gin Gilette) Copyright Control B9/17- COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE (Tom T. Hall) Unichapell Music, BMI


Related:
All original recordings by the original artists, all made famous by THE FUZZTONES. This is pure, raunchy, crunchy, krinky 60's garage and punk/psychedelia at its best, that really happened at time zero!! You better know what I mean, man.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SONGS WE TAUGHT THE FUZZTONES - MMLP/CD66002 (1993)
...........1.THE BLUES MAGOOS - Dante's Inferno. 2.DAVIE ALLEN AND THE ARROWS - Blues Theme. 3. ? AND THE MYSTERIANS - Girl (You Captivate Me). 4.THE SPARKLES - No Friend Of Mine. 5.THE SOUL BENDERS - Seven Plus Seven Is. 6.THE HAUNTED - 1-2-5(45 version). 7.THE SONICS - Cinderella. 8.THE ELECTRAS - Action Woman. 9. THE WHEEL-A-WAYS - Bad Little Woman. 10.THE HAUNTED - 1-2-5(LP version). 11.THE MOVING SIDEWALKS - 99Th Floor. 12.THE SONICS - Strychnine. 13.THE TROPICS - As Time's Gone. 14.FALLEN ANGELS - Bad Woman. 15.GREEN SLIME - Green Slime. 16.KENNY AND THE KASUALS - Journey To Tyme. 17.THE CHOB - We're Pretty Quick. 18.THE BOLD - Gotta Get Some. 19.THE CALICO WALL - I'm A Living Sickness. 20.THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT - Bad Little Woman. 21.WE THE PEOPLE - You Burn Me Up And Down. 22.THE FABS - That's the Bag I'm In. 23. THE OUTCASTS - 1523 Blair. 24.THE BEES - Voices Green And Purple. 25.J.D. BLACKFOOT - Epitaph For A Head. 26. BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS - 13 Women. 27.THE RENEGADES - 13 Women. 28.THE CINDERMEN - Don't Do It Some More. 29.THE LITTER - Action Woman. 30. THE SONICS - The Witch. 31.THE HEARD - You're Gonna Miss Me. 32. THE HUMAN EXPRESSION - Love At A Psychedelic Velocity. 33.BO DIDDLEY - I'm The Greatest Lover In The World. 34.THE GODZ - Radar Eyes. 35.POSITIVELY THIRTEEN O'CLOCK - Psychotic Reaction.


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