Fat Tuesday (band)

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Fat Tuesday
Fat Tuesday band photo.jpeg
Background information
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Years active1988 (1988)–1995 (1995)
Labels
Past members
  • Michael Provence
  • Scott Anderson
  • Scott Kapp
  • Brian Timm

Fat Tuesday was an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1988. Initially founded by front man , 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, , 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]

Albums on Columbia Records[]

The 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[]

The 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.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (June 11, 1994). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 76–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ "Fat Tuesday, "Califuneral", Red Decibel/Columbia" (PDF). The Hard Report. Medford, NJ. October 30, 1992. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Assault Tactics, Fat Tuesday Hits the Continental Hard". Buffalo, NY: The Buffalo News. December 4, 1992. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Fat Tuesday". Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin State Journal. May 20, 1994. p. 52. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  5. ^ (December 5, 2008). "Recording – Engineering & Production" (Mailing list). Pro Sounds Web.
  6. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (April 23, 1994). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 42–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (April 30, 1994). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 69–. ISSN 0006-2510.
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