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My Name Is Rar-Rar

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AUDIO COMING VERY SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is an amazing tome and good summary--http://www.ludickid.com/0622.htm ................My Name Is Rar-Rar was a Chicago band active in the middle of a good era for weirdness (2000-2003) featuring artsy-fartsy rocker luminaries Chuck Falzone (Flying Luttenbachers, Miss Highheel, Bobby Conn), Chrissy Rossettie (The Hex, Redmoon Theatre, Maximum Cloud), Jonathan Hischke (Hella, Flying Luttenbachers, Head Of Femur, Strawberry), Greg Peters (the mighty Xerobot, Remember the Maine, TweetSquawkPurr)...also Camilla Ha (Magic Is Kuntmaster) was in the band for awhile, and Kyle Bruckmann (Lozenge, Clay Aiken, free improvisor extraordinaire) filled in on keys (in leiu of guitar) on a west coast tour...............Played often; did shows with these bands- Deerhoof, Arab On Radar, Wolf Eyes, The Faint, Erase Errata, Caroliner, Xiu Xiu, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, The Ex-Models, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Young People, The Ponys, Grand Ulena, Neptune, Beep Beep, 25 Suaves, Sightings, Lovelife, We Regazzi, Mindflayer, Coughs, Criteria, Miniwatt, Neon Hunk, X27, Kill Me Tomorrow, Flaming Fire, Salvo Beta, Dynamite Club, No Doctors, Red Light Sting, Detachment Kit, Hair Police, Kash, The Scalpels, {{microwaves}}, Conelrad, Yowie, Death Beam, Burning Star Core, Trin Tran, Emil Beaulieu, Hair Police, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Neon Hunk, The Lowdown, Sudden Infant, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, and others that will be added as I remember. Did a midwest tour with The Locust, Moving Units and Fast Forward, a west coast one with The Locust, Hella and the Rah Bras and an east coaster with Lozenge...........Did a split 7" with Neon Hunk that came out on Liquid Death/Hello Pussy records, contributed a track to the 'Closet Full Of Clothes' compilation on White Denim records (in good company- Pearls & Brass, Nice Nice, Black Eyes, Hair Police, Doormouse, Small Rocks and Mammal also contributed) and gave a 20-second song to a toyo records comp that I don't think has materialized as of this writing (INCREDIBLE company on that one! Everyone is on there. Everyone. Hope it comes out sometime!). Did the soundtrack for a short film by Gym Jones called "Undisciplined". The band ended after recording a bunch of stuff at Key Club Studios that is awaiting release. Some rough mixes were burned onto disc and sold on the west coast tour, and in Europe by 8mm records..........Chuck and Greg continue to live in Chicago, Chrissie and Camilla are New Yorkers, Kyle is in San Fran and Jonathan lives in northern California.

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Member Since: 14/03/2006
Band Members: CHUCK FALZONE-guitar, pedals JONATHAN HISCHKE-Roland synth bass GREG PETERS-voice CHRISSY ROSSETTIE-drumsCAMILLA HA-original voice KYLE BRUCKMANN-tour keys
Influences: Captain Beefheart, The Ex, Dog-Faced Hermans, Contortions, U.S. Maple, Chicago No-wave/now-wave/whatever-you-want-to-call-it from the 90's, prog rock, Japanese stuff, James Brown, Egypt, Robert Quine, Sparks, Peter Sellers........
Sounds Like: Beats me...Here's stuff from a cursory google search-"hectic, shifty-eyed panic rock""a leading light of progressive retardo-rockism""this band would never be mistaken for Death Cab For Cutie, that's for sure""obnoxious and boring, loud but completely confusing""things started off with my name is rar-rar, whose unrelenting weirdness (crazy costumes, crazy dancing, reciting the boy scout oath between songs) should have been enough to loosen up the scenesters (it wasn't).""It sounds most like a mix between Boredoms, the Stick Men, Monno, XBXRX and Kid Commando, but warmer, more spontaneous and yeah… slightly better. It’s free jazz with crazy vocals and a love for spastic rhythms and synthesized noisescape waves.""My Name is Rar Rar, all the way from the middle of the country, came out, the bassist and guitarist dressed in white suits with angels wings, singer Camilla Ha wearing a Harpo Marx wig, a cheap cheerleader uniform, and a pillow to simulate pregnancy. Oh, and red rubber rain boots. She screamed and jumped around and cut herself accidentally, broke her mike, lost her wig... and yet she still managed to look good. The drummer, a stunning girl with cropped hair who kicked ass on the drums, laughed the whole time. As did I!"Malheureusement, plus ta musique est bizarre, moins de gens veulent l'acheter, pour des raisons assez étranges. Il y a plein de groupes inconnus en dehors de Chicago, comme My Name is Rare-Rare, Missing Tooth, The Lovely Little Girls, Bride of Nono qui sont tous complètement tarés et absolument géniaux.""with more energy than a case of Power Bars, My Name is Rar Rar provide more entertainment and excitement in a 20 minute set than most performers would assume possible.”"They might work and improvise from the same model as bands like XBXRX, Hella, Lightning Bolt or Boredoms, they throw in some really dissimilar essentials to end up with something incredibly inspirational."Itt a toplistám, sokkal jobb, mint a Matuláéké: 1, Angel Hair 2. Racebannon 3. Arab on Radar 4. My Name is Rar Rar 5. Neon Hunk 6. Phantom Limbs"shitty""retarded""these motherfuckers should be millionaires"
Record Label: Liquid Death/Hello Pussy, White Denim, 8mm

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