Bikeride

Last updated
Bikeride
Origin Long Beach, California
Genres Indie rock, garage rock
Years active1994–2008
Labels Parasol Records, Hidden Agenda
MembersTony Carbone
Sean How
Adam Deibert
Chris Petrozzi
Past membersGeff Campbell
Chris Fahey
Erick Hauser
Craig Hendricks
James Kochen
Greg Roberts
Bill Sipes
Ian Spalding
Charles Gray
Website http://www.myspace.com/bikeride

Bikeride was an American indie rock band fronted by Tony Carbone. Their record companies of the past have included is Hidden Agenda, a part of Parasol Records, and Choclaty! Records. Bikeride's newest album, The Kiss, has been released on SHMAMM! Records, Bikeride's own imprint.

Contents

History

Bikeride was formed in 1994[ citation needed ] by Tony Carbone (guitar, vocals), Bill Sipes (bass), and Craig Hendricks (drums) in Fountain Valley, CA. That lineup split by the end of the year. Ian Spalding joined up on bass and Greg Roberts took over drums. Both Ian and Greg had played with Carbone in high school as Catherine Wheel (before the British band of the same name) and as Chelsea Hotel. As a trio, they began work on Here Comes the Summer in the Fall of 1995. Half of Here Comes the Summer was recorded on 2-inch 24-track analog tape at Loyola Marymount University as Carbone's Senior thesis project and half was recorded at home on a half-inch 8-track analog recorder. By the summer of 1996, Spalding and Roberts had moved away from Southern California and Sean How? joined as keyboardist. Here Comes the Summer was finished by Carbone, How?, and various other players and was released in June 1997 on Choclaty! Records, Bikeride's own imprint. [1]

Here Comes the Summer caught the attention of Parasol Records who opted to release Bikeride's America's Favorite Omelettes EP and second album, Thirty-Seven Secrets I Only Told America on their Hidden Agenda label. [1] Joining Carbone and How? on rhythm were James Kochen on drums and Erick Hauser on bass. Recording of 37 Secrets... lasted throughout 1997 and 1998 and was finished in the spring of 1999. Upon its release, it became a college radio favorite. Soon after, Bikerde released two vinyl-only EPs of outtakes from their first two LP's- the Dogs EP (1999) and the Raspet EP (2000). Both EPs were released together with other tracks from B-sides as Summer Winners, Summer Losers in 2000 on Hidden Agenda. [2]

By the end of 1999, Hauser and Kochen were replaced by Adam Deibert on bass and Chris Petrozzi on drums. Also joining the fold was Charles Gray on lead guitar. Adam and Charles were both members of The Aquabats and Petrozzi was singer and bassist for The Moseleys. From 2000 to 2002, Bikeride recorded their fourth album, Morning Macumba, at various studios in LA and Orange County. Many of the songs were written abroad while Charles and Tony were on vacation in Brazil and Peru. Upon Morning Macumba's release in the Summer of 2002, it was hailed as "a pop masterpiece" by allmusic, [3] and favorably received by other publications but sales did not match the critics' appreciation. [4] [5]

Over the next four years Bikeride worked on their fifth album, The Kiss, released in March 2007. [4]

Tony Carbone died from cancer March 6, 2008. [6]

Discography

Albums

EPs

The theme song to the web-cartoon Julius and Friends (based on the designs of Paul Frank), titled "Julius", is a rewritten and remixed version of "Jennifer" from the album "Thirty-Seven Secrets I Only Told America". The song Fine and Dandy from Summer Winners, Summer Losers was used in a Mitsubishi Outlander commercial in 2004.

Bikeride were chosen by Mojo magazine to cover "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, Sgt. Pepper...With a Little Help from His Friends. The disc was given away with the March 2007 issue.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sponge (band)</span> American rock band

Sponge is an American rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1992 by vocalist Vinnie Dombroski, guitarist Mike Cross, bassist Tim Cross, drummer Jimmy Paluzzi, and guitarist Joey Mazzola. Dombroski and the Cross brothers were previously in the hard rock band Loudhouse, with Mazzola joining later before the end of the band's tenure. Sponge's discography includes ten studio albums, four live albums, and several charting singles. They are best known for their 1994 hit "Plowed", their 1995 hit "Molly ", and their 1996 hit "Wax Ecstatic ".

<i>Acrobatic Tenement</i> 1996 studio album by At the Drive-In

Acrobatic Tenement is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released on August 18, 1996, on Flipside. The album was reissued by Fearless Records in 2004, along with the band's subsequent albums In/Casino/Out and Relationship of Command, and was re-released again in 2013.

The Like Young was an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, composed of Amanda and Joe Ziemba. The couple had been playing music together in various bands since 1997. They formed Like Young in the spring of 2002 and were married in the same year.

The Red Hot Valentines were a power pop band from Champaign, Illinois. They formed in 1999, with Jeff Johnson, Tobin Kirk, David Gerkin, Eric Humbert (drums), and Jason Searby (keyboards). They released two full-length albums and three EPs. Jason Searby left the band in 2001 for college shortly after recording their first album, and was replaced by Tyson Markley of The Amazing Kill-O-Watts,(as well as MANDROID destroyers of the human race, Analog Saves the Planet, and Tyson & the Friction) who left the band in 2003 to raise his kids. The band went on without a keyboardist, and started to go in a new musical direction, as they were tired of playing the catchy pop that they had been known and loved for. By the end of 2004, they had broken up. Their last show was on November 20, 2004. Jeff Johnson and Tobin Kirk each got married and moved away from the band's central Illinois homeland. Eric has since gone on tour with Fall Out Boy as a drum tech and is currently playing with the band EndeverafteR.

Staple is a Christian hard rock/post-hardcore group from Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Staple was founded in 2000 when the members met at Rosedale Bible College in Ohio.

<i>Pentecost III</i> 1995 EP by Anathema

Pentecost III is an EP by the British doom metal band Anathema. It was recorded in 1994 but, due to a merging between labels Peaceville Records and Music for Nations, was not released until 1995. By this time, Darren White had been ousted from the band, whose remaining members were already working on their next album, The Silent Enigma. Pentecost III was re-issued as on one CD with The Crestfallen in 2001.

National Skyline is an American alternative rock band formed in late 1996 by Jeff Dimpsey of Hum. Dimpsey originally formed the band in order to perform a 45-minute-long song that he had written. They were initially an indie rock supergroup of sorts, with a rotating cast of prominent Champaign/Chicago area musicians. They did record the 45-minute song/album with Rick Valentin in spring 1997, but it has never been released. The band's name is apparently a reference to Bob Dylan's album Nashville Skyline, though their music betrays no stylistic debt to Dylan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret</span> 2000 single by Queens of the Stone Age

"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" is the first single from Queens of the Stone Age's second album, Rated R. It was released in the summer of 2000 through Interscope Records in Europe as a standard single, and in the United States as only a promotional one. The track's music video received mild airplay on music television. It was also the only single from Rated R to get a chart position, reaching number 21 on the Mainstream Rock charts, number 36 on the Modern Rock charts and number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.

<i>A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion</i> 1996 studio album by Good Riddance

A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion is the second album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released June 4, 1996, through Fat Wreck Chords. It was the band's first album with drummer Sean Sellers, replacing Rich McDermott who had left the group. The album includes two cover songs, of The Kinks' "Come Dancing" and Government Issue's "Hall of Fame", the latter included as a hidden track. "Last Believer" was titled after an episode of the 1991 PBS documentary series on President Lyndon B. Johnson; the song had previously been released on the band's debut EP Gidget in 1993 and was re-recorded for A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion.

Cravin' Melon is a rock band based out of Clemson, South Carolina, United States. The band is composed of Doug Jones, Jimbo Chapman, Rob Clay, Gary Greene, Chad Barger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morning Again</span> American metalcore band

Morning Again is an American metalcore band from Florida. They were known for their metallic sound as well as for their straight edge, vegan, anti-religious and anti-government ideals. The band was a "sister band" to Culture, often switching members after one had left the other. Several members went on to play in other bands such as As Friends Rust and Dead Blue Sky. The band was originally from Cooper City, Florida, but moved to Coral Springs in 1998 before breaking up later that year. After playing several reunion shows over the years, the band released a new EP in 2018.

<i>Show World</i> 1997 studio album by Redd Kross

Show World is an album by rock band Redd Kross, released in 1997.

Search the City was an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan who released two EPs and two studio albums.

The Distractions are an English punk rock/new wave band from Manchester, England.

The Green Pajamas are a musical group from Seattle, Washington. They formed in the spring of 1984 when Jeff Kelly and Joe Ross recorded and released their first album, Summer Of Lust. They are probably best known for the regional hit single "Kim the Waitress".

Judah Johnson is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan.

The Monolators are an American rock band from Los Angeles composed of Eli Chartkoff, Mary Chartkoff (drums), Ashley Jex (bass), Ray Gurrola, and Jillinda Palmer (keyboards).

Elk City is an American art-pop band from New York City, New York, formed in 1997 as a spin-off of Melting Hopefuls. The original lineup consisted of Renee LoBue, Ray Ketchem and Peter Langland-Hassan.

<i>Private Suit</i> 2000 studio album by Bettie Serveert

Private Suit is the fourth studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert, and their first to be released on Parasol Records. It was released on 5 September 2000 through Parasol's subsidiary Hidden Agenda Records. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, with a score of 80 out of 100 on the critic review aggregator site Metacritic. One critic who did not like the album was Keith Harris, who wrote in the Chicago Reader that he thought the album "sounded false".

Parasol's Sweet Sixteen was a compilation album series release by American record label and distributor Parasol Records, compiling new and previously released songs by artists on their subsidiary and distributed labels Action Musik, Bird Song Recordings, Galaxy Gramophone, Hidden Agenda Records, Mud Records, Reaction Recordings, and Spur Records. The series has received several positive reviews from critics.

References

  1. 1 2 Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN   1-84195-335-0, p. 625
  2. ↑ Martin, Richard A. (2001) "Bikeride Summer Winners, Summer Losers", CMJ New Music Monthly , January 2001, p. 55, retrieved 2010-09-18
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim "Morning Macumba Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-18
  4. 1 2 Reges, Margaret "The Kiss Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-18
  5. ↑ Robert Hilburn; Natalie Nichols; Dean Kuipers; Ernesto Lechner; Steve Baltin; Randy Lewis (2002) "Pop Music; Record Rack; Cornell, ex-Ragers try a new approach", Los Angeles Times , November 17, 2002, p. E42
  6. ↑ "Bikeride Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , Parasol Records, retrieved 2010-09-18
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.