Nuvo West
Order-Nr.: SS-2 Angebot : |
lp / synthetic shadows records / 2012
lim. edition
hailing from the ashes of phoenix legends of the red squares, after
their disbanding in the winter of 1983, sonic mike stephens (lead vocals
and guitar) and the other guitarist and keyboard player roger lee
chavous decided to start another band. they met bass player wA1ter
charchuck, and than started kicking around a crazy idea of combing
country with synth/punk material using a shitty drum machine. greg
david, the drummer, combined both drum machine and electronic drums. the
plan was to dress like a new age cowboys, as all of them were from
arizona. unlike some of the local rock groups, nuvo west took a
decidedly different approach to their style of playing. art galleries
like the awun house, hosted [close] basement parties with the band that people were taking notice of.
opening for everyone from the del fuegos to buddies rank n file, nuvo
worked their tails off. enter buddy/studio wiz, fred north. using sonic
mike’s practice studio, fred set up his tascam 4 track and recorded the
now sought after “scary” ep. included on the record were original songs
written by fred with a very heavy western influence, aka “apache” and
originals written by sonic and wally. debuting the ep at a trendy
“alternative” club in scottsdale, the band combined fence post props
with several tvs playing homemade videos, including violent car crashes
and porn. the audience loved it. the ep sold well locally, and the boys
went out to tour in a limited fashion. in 1984, the band recorded their
biggest album to date, “twankin”, a word the band loved. gone “were the
keys/synth, and the look turned to jeans, large cowboy hats and nudie
shirts. released on cassette, “twankin” out sold the previous ep twice
over.
