 |
|
 |
| |
Genre : Rock
Latest Release : Maybe You've Been Brainwashed
OnlineSeats offers premium unique New Radicals tickets. New Radicals tickets may be purchased online through our guaranteed safe and secure server. For faster service please order tickets through our web site .
|  |
|
| |
New Radicals
Originally formed as a loose collective of musicians, the driving force behind New Radicals was multi-instrumentalist Gregg Alexander (b. 1972, Gross Point, Michigan, USA). His earliest exposure to music included being taught the chords to the Who's "My Generation" and then rearranging them to create his own songs. Always a rebel, Alexander was soon sneaking into Detroit's house and punk clubs and listening to R&B. At the age of 15, he bought a four-track tape recorder and began distributing home-made demos at school. By the time he was 17, Alexander was living in California and had released his 1989 debut Michigan Rain under his own name. Three years later, he released the equally obscure follow-up Intoxifornication. Alexander continued a lifestyle of wanderlust that found him criss-crossing America 12 times and living in London, all the while clubbing extensively and experiencing a life of drugs and debauchery. After settling in New York City and basking in Central Park and Tompkins Square Park, Alexander started to assemble a band of musicians that he had met through his travels, including television actress Danielle Brisebois.
|
|
| |
Artist Biography - New Radicals
|
 The New Radicals was the result and, in October 1998, they released Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too. An uplifting combination of sweeping melodies, aggressive harmonies and large dollops of stream-of-consciousness soul, the album was a vehicle for Alexander to rail against the corporate driven mindset of popular culture … la Chumbawamba minus the left-wing politics. Using a voice that veered between World Party's Karl Wallinger's husky rasp and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan's nasal whine, Alexander and New Radicals played with an exuberance reminiscent of Style Council's breezier moments ("Mother We Just Can't Get Enough") and the blue-eyed soul side of Todd Rundgren ("In Need Of A Miracle"). Based on the success of the first single, the unremittingly uplifting "You Get What You Give', New Radicals" debut album went gold in the USA. By the spring of 1999, the band's incessant touring had exhausted Alexander, who started canceling dates including a UK tour. On 12 July 1999, Alexander announced that he was disbanding the New Radicals in order to pursue a songwriting and producing career. He has subsequently worked with a number of artists including former band mate Brisebois and Irish singer Ronan Keating.
|
| |
|
For more information , enjoy the official homepage of New Radicals
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
