Fat Tuesday was an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1988. Initially founded by front man Andrew Crowley, the band comprised Crowley as a guitarist and vocalist, guitarist Michael Provence, bass guitarist Scott Kapp, and drummer Scott Anderson. The band's first album, So Much More, was popular in the Twin Cities in Minnesota and attracted the attention of record labels leading the band to be signed by Red Decibel Records and Columbia Records.[1][2]
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| Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1988–1995 |
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Albums on Columbia Records
editThe band recorded and released their first major label album, Califuneral, in 1992. The Buffalo News described the album as "a fierce assault of instruments and vocals".[3] Crowley described the song Thank You & Good Bye as "what toxins and viruses would sound like if they could make music" and Plants and Animals as "something like Sesame Street for senior citizens".[4]
The band's second studio album on the Columbia label was 1993's Everybody's Got One.[1] The band traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to record the album at Fort Apache[5] when it was at its Camp Street location above the Rounder Records warehouse. The track High & Low received airplay across the country,[6] and was called a "a sharp, catchy roots-rock track" by Billboard magazine, with "equal parts pop sensibility and noise to separate it from that genre's pack".[7]
Following studio albums Califuneral and Everybody's Got One, the group disbanded in 1995, and its the members pursued other projects.
Music videos
editThe band created three music videos during their time on the Columbia label. Their first was a music video for the song Califuneral, off of the album by the same name. Their second studio album Everybody's Got One was supported by a video directed by Phil Harder for the song High & Low and follows the band around the Uptown area of Minneapolis. A third music video for the song Winter Storm also was created off the album.
- Califuneral (on Vevo)
- High & Low (on Vevo)
- Winter Storm (on Vevo)
References
edit- ^ a b Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 11, 1994. pp. 76–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Fat Tuesday, "Califuneral", Red Decibel/Columbia" (PDF). The Hard Report. Medford, NJ. October 30, 1992. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Assault Tactics, Fat Tuesday Hits the Continental Hard". Buffalo, NY: The Buffalo News. December 4, 1992. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Fat Tuesday". Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin State Journal. May 20, 1994. p. 52. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ Crowley, Andrew (December 5, 2008). "Recording – Engineering & Production" (Mailing list). Pro Sounds Web.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 23, 1994. pp. 42–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 30, 1994. pp. 69–. ISSN 0006-2510.