The Breetles

Infobox Musical artist

Name = The Breetles
Background = group_or_band
Origin = New Jersey, USA
Genre = Powerpop
Years_active = 1985 — present
Label = Shuss/No Fault Records, Permanent Press Recordings, Major Label Records, PinkGrass Records, Galactic Recording Company
URL = www://breetles.com

The Breetles are an American powerpop band, led by Chris Breetveld. They formed in Kendall Park, South Brunswick, New Jersey around 1985, becoming one of the founding rocks of the "Kendall Park Sound". They have been termed a combination of The Who, The Beatles, The Byrds, Nazz, and Todd Rundgren. [cite web|url=http://www.earcandymag.com/reviews31.htm|title=Ear Candy Magazine, The Breetles,"Don't Smile"] "Breetveld may not be the best singer on the planet (hey, just like Brian [Wilson] !) but he writes and plays so well, the surf's always up." [Ken Richardson, SOUND&VISION Oct. 2005] .

Discography

*"model24/SOUND RECORDINGS" (2008) Breetles 2disc/ 5-sided studio album (NoFault)
*"Willing Handz" (2008) Willing Handz (Philo)
*"Moored" (2007) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"My Nightmare Descent Into Booze Drugs & Women" (2005) DufDavis+BookClub (Galactic)
*"Aesthetic" (2005) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"Conscientious Objector" (2004) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"Tra La La La Phooey!" (2004) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"Don't Smile" (2004) Breetles (Shuss/NoFault)
*"End Of Summer Blowout" (2004) DufDavis+theBookClub (Galactic)
*"Tales From the Endless Bus Tour of New Jersey" (2004) The Kootz (OMJ)
*"Murdertainment" (2004) DufDavis+theBookClub (Galactic)
*""She Brings The Rain" b/w "Strange Bird"" (2004) GripWeeds (Twang!) 45 single
*"Report Card" (2003) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"The Museum of Me" (2002) Chris Butler (Future Fossil)
*"Darker" (2001) Neblung Price (Redsongs)
*"The Jinx" (2001) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"Writerscramp" (2000) Breetles (Permanent Press)
*"Love Compartment" (2000) R. Stevie Moore (RSM Club)
*"" (1999) (GearFab) CD reissue
*"" (1999) (GearFab/ Comet EUROPE) vinyl LP
*"Shut Up And Detune Your Guitar" (1999) DufDavis+theBookClub (Galactic)
*"Pop Under The Surface, Vol. 2" (1998) compilation/Breetles -SWEDEN (YesterdayGirl)
*"Ego, The Story of the Sures" (1998) Breetles(Shuss/NoFault)
*"The Late Show" (1997) Confession (U.R.Forgiven)
*"" (1997) compilation/Breetles (To M'Lou Music)
*"I Hate People...No Exceptions" (1997) DufDavis+theBookClub (Galactic)
*"A Healthy Obsession With Death" (1997) DufDavis+theBookClub (Galactic)
*"Spooj" (1996) (Shuss Systems/NoFault)
*"Pop Go! The Breetles" (1995) (Shuss Systems/NoFault)
*"Endless Mindless Violence" (1994) DufDavis+theBookClub (Galactic)
*"Caroling In Left Field" (1994) compilation/Breetles(Homebase)
*"Breetles 3" (1988) Breetles (NoFault)
*"Arkansas Traveler" (1987) Breetles (NoFault)
*"Squares In Pairs" (1986) Breetles (NoFault)
*"Having A Wild Weeknight" (1982) The Rockin' Bricks (Major Label)
*"The PANCHILLA GORILLA" (1979) Original Cast/The RoadApples (PinkGrass)
*"Of Druids & Fluids" (1977) Chris Breetveld (PinkGrass)
*""Cheryl" b/w "It's A Habit With Me"" (1977) Chris Breetveld (PinkGrass) 45 single
*"I Call The Shots" (1977) ShotInTheHead (PinkGrass)
*"Pet Waint" (1977) The RoadApples (PinkGrass)
*"Send Money!" (1974) The RoadApples (PinkGrass)
*"" (1973) (PinkGrass) vinyl LP
*"Back Home For Armed Forces Day" (1970) Superbuss (PinkGrass)

*"Idylls of Superbuss" (1969) Superbuss (PinkGrass)

The Breetles are Chris Breetveld and anyone who plays Breetles songs, with or without him. Starting his professional career by releasing his first long-player in 1973 subtitled: "The Album-Confessions of a Big Lanky Dope" as a member of Rhubarb's Revenge (re-issued on CD and virgin vinyl in 1999 by GearFab Records after becoming a collector's item of rare virtue), and going on to contribute to an interestingly non-successful string of records through to present times. Mr. Breetveld is noted for being an amazingly prolific songwriter, [cite web|url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/12r06.html|title=In Music We Trust, "Chris Breetveld Pop Go! The Breetles"] with "impressively, aggressively original" melodies. [cite web|url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/breetles4|title=CD Baby, "Aquarian Weekly" citation] Becoming increasingly hard to deal with as a musician and songwriter known for "too many chords" Breetveld started emulating one-man-band musicians such as Roy Wood, Stevie Wonder, Macca and Todd Rundgren, by performing all the parts on the recordings, engineering and mixing, printing the labels, licking the stamps and buying all the copies himself.

He has also recorded with a number of other performers:
* as band member: The Statics, The RoadApples, Shot In The Head, The Rockin' Bricks, Duf Davis+The Book Club, Confession, The Kootz, Ghost Rockets, The Grip Weeds, Big Help!, Children Of Al, Breetfallo Springveld.

* as special guest: Chris Butler (pump organ, vocals), R. Stevie Moore (keyboards, drums, vocals, etc.), Tommy James (backing vocals, "Sweet Cherry Wine" re-make), Tiny Tim (drums), Beatlemania (drums&vocals- "Ringo"), Ray Paul (percussion, vocals), The Punsters (acoustic guitar), FireBallet (bass), Bobby "Boris" Pickett (bass, vocals) CBGBs Halloween 1978 with The dB's and Big Help

External links

* [http://breetles.com/ Official web site]
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