Artist.......: Mooney Suzuki
Album........: Have Mercy
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: May-22-2007
str.date.....: Jun-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://themooneysuzuki.com/
track title time
01. 99% 05:10
02. This Broke Heart of Mine 02:45
03. Adam and Eve 03:52
04. Ashes 03:27
05. Rock 'N' Roller Girl 04:17
06. First Comes Love 04:39
07. Mercy Me 03:57
08. Good Ol' Alcohol 06:02
09. Prime of Life 03:57
10. Down But Not Out 03:31
Runtime 41:37 min
Size 62,1 MB
Release Notes:
In 1997, during spring semester at Parsons School
of Design in New York City, Graham Tyler answered a
"musicians wanted" flier placed in local record
shops by Sammy James, then a student at School of
Visual Arts. The team of singer/songwriter Sammy
James Junior and lead guitarist Graham Tyler has
remained the heart of The Mooney Suzuki since.
After playing on the band's early recordings,
drummer Augie Wilson graduated Cooper Union and
relocated to Portland, Oregon, working in graphic
design. Recruiting new drummer Will Rockwell and a
rotating roster of bass players, the quartet spent
the late 90's playing out relentlessly and building
a reputation for explosive and cathartic live
performances.
The band self-released its first EP, The Mooney
Suzuki, booked its own tours, sent out its own
publicity mailings, and by 1999, without the help
of management, agent, label, or publicist, was
selling out rooms from DC to Chicago. The Mooney
Suzuki had become New York City's premier,
self-made, rock 'n' roll sensation, whose notoriety
could only be attributed to tireless work and word
of mouth ignited by its legendary rock 'n' roll
shows.
The band's next goal was to sign to acclaimed
garage rock label Estrus. The self-titled EP had
reached the ear of label head Dave Crider, and the
group drove five days straight from NYC (with no
air-conditioning in late August) to play a single
date in Estrus' hometown of Bellingham, Washington
-- unsure if Dave would even show up. Dave was
there and sent the band into the studio with
producer Tim Kerr (Big Boys, Monkeywrench) to
record People Get Ready, The Mooney Suzuki's debut
LP. Released September, 2000, People Get Ready was
described by Mojo music magazine as "unrelenting
rock 'n' soul -- an unholy amalgam of Brit R&B,
sexy Stax stomp and wild Motor City guitar. .
.hand-clappin', foot-stompin'. . .Perfect"
Touring behind People Get Ready, The Mooney Suzuki
strived to earn the title "Hardest Working Band in
Show Business," logging lap after lap around the US
in a mini-school bus, and delivering two
sweat-drenched sets a day per city. Following each
gig, the band would drive all night, reaching the
next town early enough to perform at a record store
or college radio show in the afternoon before
heading to the evening's venue. There, the Mooney
Suzuki would do a full-length set, collect names
for the mailing list, and begin the cycle again.
This schedule continued for a full year, building
the group a strong following along the way.
In the summer of 2001, Jim Diamond (White Stripes,
Dirtbombs) invited The Mooney Suzuki to his Ghetto
Recordings studio in Detroit. Over three sweltering
days in late August, the band members laid down the
blistering tracks for their second album,
appropriately titled Electric Sweat. Hailed as
"Ass-shaking, soul-bearing...garage-punk
genius...KKKK" by Kerrang!, Electric Sweat was
released in April 2002 to equally rave reviews.
Shortly after completion of the record, original
drummer Augie Wilson returned to the line-up.
The Mooney Suzuki and friends
An MTV "You Hear It First" profile, as well as
frequent airing of the video "In A Young Man's
Mind" on MTV2, helped bring the band to an even
wider audience, while appearances on "Late Night
with Conan O'Brien" and the "Late Late Show with
Craig Kilborn" continued the band's national
exposure. The Moonies went to Europe and the UK for
the first time, joined The Strokes and The Hives on
their respective tours, and appeared on the main
stage at the Coachella Festival. Dubbed "It Garage
Band" on Entertainment Weekly's "It" List for 2002,
The Mooney Suzuki experienced an ever-growing swell
of enthusiasm following the release of Electric
Sweat, culminating in the band's signing to
Columbia Records, who re-released the album in
2003.
After completing Lollapalooza that summer, the
group relocated to LA and began feeling out new
material. Fittingly, as the band wrote and
rehearsed in the Hollywood hills, Paramount
Pictures' School of Rock starring Jack Black was
released, featuring the title track, "School of
Rock," written and performed by The Mooney Suzuki,
who debuted on the big screen with a cameo in the
film.
For the third record, The Mooney Suzuki teamed up
with teen pop producers The Matrix (Avril Lavigne,
Liz Phair,) best known for penning Avril's
multi-platinum hits. Eschewing the raw,
stripped-down minimalism of previous Mooney Suzuki
recordings, the band, inspired by The Matrix's
modern-day "wall of sound," set out to fashion an
unabashedly colorful and ornate new sound:
MAXIMALISM. Accustomed to completing an album in
less than a week, the Mooney Suzuki spent a full 4
months with The Matrix in LA, exploding forth with
a dense, layered and kaleidoscopic collection of
songs and sensations: an aural experience.
The resulting album, Alive & Amplified, erupts with
brand new sounds and ideas, indelibly marked by the
band's patented sass and swagger. Turn it on. .
.turn it up. . .and turn it loose!!! Alive &
Amplified will blow your speakers, and your MIND. .
.