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BLUEBIRD DISCOGRAPHY NOW AVAILABLE!
Bluebird - Saguaro (1995-2003), a deluxe triple CD collection of the very best from celebrated Los Angeles rock band BLUEBIRD. Saguaro (1995-2003) gathers peak performances culled from BLUEBIRD's critically-acclaimed 2002 Dim Mak-issued album Hot Blood
(mixed by Joe Baressi, with guest appearance by MC5's Wayne Kramer) and
reaches all the way to the quintet's 1997 self titled debut, Bluebird.
The discography also includes tracks from the entrancing collaborative
album, Black Presence (2003), which was created in a series of freeform
jams with BLUEBIRD and members of Queens of the Stone Age, Earthlings, White Zombie, Pleasure Forever
and others as well as the critically acclaimed EP High Atmosphere
(1999), the band's breakout album The Two (2000, Dim Mak) and
selections from various singles and compilation tracks which serve to
further elucidate BLUEBIRD's unique sound.
Click the album cover above to purchase!
BLUEBIRD (credit: Aurelia D'Amore)
BLUEBIRD was ahead of their time -- but in a rather unusual way. While
the band existed within the confines of the late-90s post-grunge
esoteric art-punk underground, its virtuosic merging of anthemic
riff-rock with experimental psych-punk seemed an anomaly in an era of
disjointed lo-fi spatter. BLUEBIRD was an MC5 for the 21st century: a
fierce hybrid of musical muscle and artistic exploration. In today's
pastiche musical culture, the Los Angeles unit's multiple personality
power-psych-punk would make much more sense.
In the same way that Black Sabbath, Queens of the Stone Age and
Quicksand deftly blend heavy guitar riffing with shimmering vocal
melodies, BLUEBIRD made catchy pop songs driven by heavy layers of
guitars that could also just as easily be outtakes from Swervedriver or
Jane's Addiction. BLUEBIRD was comprised of such divergent
personalities that any song - from its most traditionally structured
rock tune, to its freeform droning jams - seemed to be tugging in a
variety of directions all at once. This friction resulted in a catalog
of 4 albums and multiple EPs that boldly revitalized rock formalism.
A guiding force to the band was the innate connections between
brothers, Jim and Bryan Lee Brown (bass and drums, respectively) who
played together since their elementary school days (and continue to do
so today in Holloys). But, also the melodic hooks of vocalist Sam
James Velde (who today leads Tee Pee Records band Night Horse) and the
thick guitar layers paved by Barry Thomas and later recruit, Paul
Figueroa, adding further glue to this bond. Composed of five musicians
who each contribute a vital energy to every detail of their music,
BLUEBIRD's masterful balance of pop sensibility and sonic battery is
compulsory listening.
"We spent years writing, recording, and touring the world as Bluebird,"
said Sam James Velde. "The evolution of the band has meant a lot to
us. Definitely a crazy journey none of us will ever forget. From
writing and recording our first 7 inch in two weeks, to touring with
amazing bands and people like L7, Bluetip, Pleasure Forever and the Foo
Fighters to having the opportunity to record and play live shows with
Wayne Kramer of the MC5. Truly some cherished times. We realized our
records lived in obscurity or out of print and what a shame it would be
to see our contribution to it all lost in time, and not be able to
share the journey with others was a hollow feeling. Thanks to Tee Pee
Records we're pleased to be able to bring this collection of 'released'
material to everyone."
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