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Deerhoof
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San Francisco, United States (1994 – present)
By turns cuddly and chaotic, San Francisco’s Deerhoof mixes sugary melodies and an experimental spirit into sweetly challenging and utterly distinctive music.
The group began as the brainchild of guitarist Rob Fisk and drummer/keyboardist Greg Saunier in 1994; early releases, such as 1995’s 7”s The Return of the Wood M’Lady and For Those of Us On Foot, had a more traditionally harsh, no wave-inspired sound, though they also included the quirky tendencies that dominated their later efforts.
Vocalist/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki joined the group in time for 1996’s self-titled double 7” on Menlo Park, but other members passed through Deerhoof, including Chris Cooper of Angst Hase Pfeffer nase. The following year they released their full-length debut, The Man, the King, the Girl, on Kill Rock Stars and the Come See the Duck 7” on Banano a year later. Fisk left Deerhoof after 1999’s Holdy Paws, an experiment that saw the band trying to write songs that favored composition over individual sounds, and pursued similar ideas in his solo work and in Badgerlore.
Halfbird, which was recorded before Fisk departed, was released in 2001, after John Dieterich was recruited as Deerhoof’s new guitarist. That year the group also released the My Pal Foot Foot 7”, a cover of the legendary The Shaggs song, that also appeared on the Better Than the Beatles tribute. In 2002, the group released the critically acclaimed Reveille; 2003’s Apple O’ followed soon after, and also featured auxiliary guitarist Chris Cohen (The Curtains). Their fifth album, the much more cohesive and focused Milk Man, appeared in spring 2004.
The group began as the brainchild of guitarist Rob Fisk and drummer/keyboardist Greg Saunier in 1994; early releases, such as 1995’s 7”s The Return of the Wood M’Lady and For Those of Us On Foot, had a more traditionally harsh, no wave-inspired sound, though they also included the quirky tendencies that dominated their later efforts.
Vocalist/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki joined the group in time for 1996’s self-titled double 7” on Menlo Park, but other members passed through Deerhoof, including Chris Cooper of Angst Hase Pfeffer nase. The following year they released their full-length debut, The Man, the King, the Girl, on Kill Rock Stars and the Come See the Duck 7” on Banano a year later. Fisk left Deerhoof after 1999’s Holdy Paws, an experiment that saw the band trying to write songs that favored composition over individual sounds, and pursued similar ideas in his solo work and in Badgerlore.
Halfbird, which was recorded before Fisk departed, was released in 2001, after John Dieterich was recruited as Deerhoof’s new guitarist. That year the group also released the My Pal Foot Foot 7”, a cover of the legendary The Shaggs song, that also appeared on the Better Than the Beatles tribute. In 2002, the group released the critically acclaimed Reveille; 2003’s Apple O’ followed soon after, and also featured auxiliary guitarist Chris Cohen (The Curtains). Their fifth album, the much more cohesive and focused Milk Man, appeared in spring 2004.
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buddude420 wrote:
hands down...
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Mannequentin wrote:
Agreed. And Numina O and the title track and Tears And Music of Love. Ah so good.
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roomfor2please wrote:
Fresh Born? it gets greater and greater. best song on the album, fyaskmeh
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byronslack wrote:
offend maggie is my new love............i was waiting....
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opiatewave wrote:
Their music is so disturbingly attractive. Just got Offend Maggie and I'm quite impressed with it, been listening to it a whole lot in the past few days.
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mister_tussin wrote:
Runners Four is the only album that doesn't hold up for me. It has some great tracks, like "Scream Team" but they're too few and far between. Both of the newer ones were improvements. Green Cosmos is the masterpiece.
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optimistic_tour wrote:
I'm glad to read the comment below, because F.O. disappointed me. I really love Reveille on up to Runners Four, but not the last one... so if this is better that's great news!
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soulbleed wrote:
the new album is so much better than friend opportunity. that album was really weird and misguided. this is perfect.
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baddrummo wrote:
Offend Maggie is sublime, but for some reason I have "Six Holes on a Stick" from Halfbird stuck in my head instead...
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5dC wrote:
The beginning of "Fresh Born" is beautiful and have an original structure. It's sad that after, the song is not as great...
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porcelaingoo wrote:
CAN"T WAIT TO SEE THEM THIS WEEKEND! i love offend maggie.
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sabalu wrote:
Offend Maggie is fantastic! In case anyone might be interested, there will be an interview with Deerhoof aired on KAOS Community Radio in Olympia next Tuesday, October 14, between 1 - 3 p.m PST. You can listen online at kaosradio.org (or 89.3FM if you're in the Olympia area). Yay!
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gammafar wrote:
I have a man-crush on the entire band right now.
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Fuchikoma9000 wrote:
Youtube'd
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whalebonediarys wrote:
A maggie offending Greg Saunier interview for you to read here... http://sexasaforeignlanguage.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/deerhoof-full-greg-saunier-q-a/
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johngalt7979 wrote:
whoa, offend maggie is incredible!
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hushypushy wrote:
I got to talk to John at the show in SF! I bought some merch from him, we chatted for a while, and then he signed my poster. He signed it super small...very humble, cool guy.
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roomfor2please wrote:
Яндекс.Бар: поиск из Firefox одним кликом
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roomfor2please wrote:
God & Jupiter?
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whobeatalex wrote:
Really really awesome
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- imdevo added Deerhoof to the lineup of Deerhoof at Mojo's. yesterday afternoon
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