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Third Eye Butterfly

About Me

Third Eye Butterfly was a Queens, NY-based alternative pop/rock band that was formed in 1985. The band featured John Julian Gallo (Guitar/Vocals), Charles Caracciolo (Drums/Vocals) and Carol Caracciolo (Bass). In February 1986, they debuted at The Dive and then went on to play all over New York City and beyond. In 1987, TEB added their song "Black and White Dream" to the compilation "The Bands That Ate New York Vol. 2" on Natural Enemies Records. Late in 1991, the band released a 7-song EP entitled "What The Thunder Said" on Psycho-Pop Records. Later that same year, their song "Clouded Eyes" appeared on the compilation "Hear No Evil Vol. 1" on Galt Records. TEB next appeared on 1994's "Hear No Evil Vol. 2" with their song "Everything Falls Apart". The band also contributed to the Sound Views Records compilation "Step On A Crack Vol. 2". Over the next few years, The Butterfly released three 7" singles: "Everything Falls Apart"/"Skin" (Psycho-Pop Records, 1993); "Life is Elsewhere"/"Play With The Rainmaker" (Psycho-Pop Records, 1994); and "Something Happened"/"All The Way To Riyadh" (Psycho-Pop Records", 1995).


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Member Since: 25/06/2007
Band Members: Julian Gallo - Guitar/Vocals; Charles Caracciolo - Drums/Vocals; Carol Caracciolo - Bass
Influences: The Jam, The Clash, The Soft Boys, The Beatles, 60's Garage Rock, Psychedelia, Punk/New Wave, The Raspberries, XTC, REM, The Who and just about everything in between
Record Label: Psycho-Pop Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My Turn On "New" Songs (John Julian)

I guess it's my turn to comment on some of these songs, after reading Charles' brilliant posts lately.  I won't get into much detail as Charles did, but I would like to write about what these son...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:50:00 GMT

New Old Songs (Charles)

And so, with the change of the seasons, we figured it was also a good time to change up our song list here.  Since we're going in reverse chronological order, these next 4 will be made ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:57:00 GMT

Run For Cover! (Charles)

If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery (and by the way, it ISN'T, but you really look marvelous today), then it's safe to assume that you can tell a lot about a band by what songs they ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:16:00 GMT

Liner Notes... Finally! (Charles)

So now that we're almost ready to move on to another set of 4 TEB songs here, I think it's high time that we give you some background info on the 4 that are up here now.  They were recorded in 19...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:50:00 GMT

The 1980s (John Julian)

The 1980sI'd like to talk a little about the 1980s. Yes, that glorious decade, the "Me Decade" as it was known (though I really believe that the "Me Decade" has already lasted for more than 20 years)....
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:44:00 GMT

The Major Influences (John Julian)

One of the things I loved about being in Third Eye Butterfly was the wide scope of influences each of us brought to the music.   Each member had very different influences, taste an...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:31:00 GMT

Dumb and Drummer

Hello Interweb Audience, it's me, the guy who sat behind the drums for TEB, the guy who never, ever shut up once there was a live mike fired up in front of him. It's Charles, in case you hadn't figure...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:56:00 GMT

Hello

Coming soon will be music, videos and other things that we had done over the years.  We're hoping to reconnect to people we haven't heard or seen in a long time now and introduce our music to tho...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:26:00 GMT