Turbo Fruits

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Turbo Fruits
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres Alternative rock, Garage rock
Years active2006–2016
Labels Ecstatic Peace, Ark Recordings, Fat Possum, Serpents & Snakes, Thirty Tigers/Melvin Records
MembersJonas Stein
Past membersJohn Eatherly
Max Peebles
Zack Martin
Wes Taylor
Kingsley Brock
Dave McCowen
Matt Hearn
Website turbofruits.com

Turbo Fruits was a garage rock band, formed in 2006 by Jonas Stein in Nashville, Tennessee. The band released four studio albums and a string of singles, with Stein being the only constant member before splitting up in 2016.

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Biography

The band was formed by Be Your Own Pet guitarist/vocalist Jonas Stein. Turbo Fruits formed while Stein was still in Be Your Own Pet. The earliest version of Turbo Fruits also included Be Your Own Pet drummer John Eatherly who performed on the self-titled debut, which was released in the U.S. via Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label [1] and then a few months later in the United Kingdom by ARK Recordings. The duo later added bassist Max Peebles for touring. Stein continued the band after Be Your Own Pet folded in 2008 [2] and again after Eatherly and Peebles left the band to join Be Your Own Pet's frontwoman Jemina Pearl in her solo project. Stein then added bassist Wes Traylor and drummer Zack Martin for Turbo Fruits' second album, [3] Echo Kid, which was released in fall 2009 on Fat Possum. [4] That fall, the band (Stein, Eatherly & Peebles) also appeared in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It . [5] [6] [7] Just before Echo Kid was released, Taylor and Martin left the band to start Nashville based rock band Natural Child and Matt Hearn and Dave McCowen of Nashville's The Tits were recruited for touring. [8] In the summer of 2010 Kingsley Brock was added on guitar making the band a 4-piece for the first time. [9]

On April 20, 2015 Turbo Fruits released No Control on Thirty Tigers / Melvin Records. No Control was produced by Jeremy Ferguson from Battle Tapes Recording, and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys.

In September 2016, it was announced that the band had officially split up earlier that year. Stein released his first solo effort Chillsesh as the soundtrack to a video diary. [10]

Band members

Appearances

Support tours & shows

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Splits

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References

  1. ↑ Ecstatic Peace! Artist Profile
  2. ↑ Brooklyn Vegan: BYOP Break Up
  3. ↑ Billboard Biography
  4. ↑ Fat Possum Records Artist Profile
  5. ↑ Nashville Scene: Whip It Starring Turbo Fruits and Landon Pigg
  6. ↑ Whip It on IMDb
  7. ↑ iTunes Biography
  8. ↑ "Montonix w/Turbo Fruits & JEFF the Brotherhood at Exit/In, 10/17/09 | Nashville Cream". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12.
  9. ↑ "Turbo Fruits @ The Replay Lounge, Lawrence KS | popwreckoning". popwreckoning.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
  10. ↑ "Cream Premiere: Take a Little Trip With Jonas Stein in 'Chillsesh' | Nashville Cream | nashvillescene.com".
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