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Andrea Van Cleef

Yourradio'splayingratherloud,itdoesn'tsoundlikeme

About Me

Bass player. Started years ago, playing punk rock music and then trying to play everything else (but jazz or fusion). Shifted to bass from guitar in 1998, and I wish I did it years before. I started to sing in my first "real" band, the bogartz (with them I recorded the critic-acclaimed "honeymoons in the desert" -MooRec/IRD) because nobody wanted to sing. A couple of session jobs. Then played with rock’n’rollers thee Jones Bones and My uncle the Dog. Currently touring with my own band, Van Cleef Continental (our record "red sisters" will be released by Steam Machine records in the USA and by Kandinsky/audioglobe in Italy), while playing with experimental blues-jazz(?)-rock-groove outfit Burnin’ man? and with 60’s rock’n’rollers The Evil Eye.Played with: - The Bogartz; - Thee Jones Bones; - My Uncle the Dog; -Brother K; - Van Cleef Continental (www.myspace.com/vancleefcontinental); - Burnin’ man?; - The Evil Eye_________________________________________________________ ________Bassista. Ho cominciato a suonare anni fa (abbandonando il sogno adolescenziale di diventare disegnatore di fumetti...), cominciando ovviamente dal punk per poi tentare di suonare anche altre cose (tranne jazz o fusion). Ho iniziato con la chitarra, e sono passato al basso nel 1998 (e vorrei averlo fatto molto prima). Ho iniziato a cantare nella mia prima "vera" band, i bogartz (dei quali avete forse sentito parlare nell’underground italiano per "honeymoons in the desert" uscito per MooRec/IRD nel 2002) perchè nessun altro voleva cantare. Ho anche fatto un paio di lavori come bassista in studio. Intorno al 2003 ho fatto il mio primo concerto da sobrio. Poi ho suonato anche con i rock’n’rollers Jones Bones e My Uncle the Dog (con Alessandro Ducoli). Attualmente sono in giro con i Burnin’ Man? (con Beppe Facchetti e Filippo Pardini), mentre attendo che esca anche in Italia il disco dei Van Cleef Continental, "red sisters", che uscirà nel 2008 per KandinskyRecords/Audioglobe. A volte mi riunisco a Luca dei JonesBones e Lorenzo (ex batterista dei bogartz) per suonare un po’ di cover con il nome di Evil Eye e fare un po’ lo scemo, che, devo ammettere nonostante tutti i miei sogni postadolescenziali (volevo essere un serio artista preso seriamente), è la cosa che finora mi è riuscita meglio.I love rock’n’roll, put another coin in the juke box, baby.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/9/2007
Band Website: vancleefcontinental.com
Band Members:
Influences: Mike Watt-Dave Alexander-John Entwistle-Mark Sandman-Chris Hillman-Chris Squire-Kim Deal-Tommy Stinson-John Doe-Graham Maby-Jack Bruce-Dee Dee Ramone
Sounds Like: Someone who should take a lesson or two.
Record Label: steam machine rec.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

van cleef continental record is out!

US friends: here you can buy (if you think it's worth it) "red sisters" the first Van Cleef Continental official record, released in the US by Steam Machine Records.Love,Andrea...
Posted by Andrea Van Cleef on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:52:00 PST

Diane Lane (an old song)

I just uploaded an ol' song I wrote back in 2000, it was the "hit" included in the first (and last) album by the Bogartz, the band in which I played bass guitar and I sang (I started singin' 'cos nobo...
Posted by Andrea Van Cleef on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:24:00 PST

the world according to...

When I'm surfin' on the webwaves, I happen to go to this page to remember the boy I was, so damn well pictured by the words of one of the greatest songwriters ever: http://members.aol.com/lynnstermc/w...
Posted by Andrea Van Cleef on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:14:00 PST

why a solo page? - perchè una pagina in solitaria?

I decided to do a favor to my band Van Cleef Continental, and stop promoting my own shows in the space of the band, that's it.Not an ego-trip, just my own private space where I'll post everything I wa...
Posted by Andrea Van Cleef on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:03:00 PST