Bonehead (band)

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Name = Bonehead


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Genre = Alternative rock
Post-grunge
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Years_active = 1994–2003; 2005–present
Label = Vulgar Entertainment
MCA Records
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Bonehead (also known as Familiar 48) were an American alternative rock band active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are best known for their US radio hit, "The Question".

History

Bonehead was formed in 1994 by Stone Groove Productions as a Philadelphia area nightclub cover band. By 1997, the band released an EP of original music, entitled "Bonehead". This EP was mainly available for purchase at the band's live performances & sold well enough to justify a follow-up effort. Their next release was a CD single for the song "I Know" in 1998 on Vulgar Entertainment; their first LP was 1999's "Fade", also released on Vulgar. After discovering that the name "Bonehead" was very similar to another band with national aspirations, the band changed names in 2000 to Familiar 48. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jpfixqy0ldde~T1 Biography] , Allmusic.com. Accessed April 26, 2007.] Producer Don Gehman, expressing interest in the band's debut album, got them signed to Refuge Records, a subsidiary of MCA Records and produced their major-label debut, "Wonderful Nothing". The album was released in April 2002, with the lead single "Learn to Love Again"; this song failed to chart, but a later single, "The Question", experienced minor chart success in the United States. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jpfixqy0ldde~T5 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic.com. Accessed April 26, 2007.] Mannon broke the band up in 2003, and began recording songs in hopes of putting together a solo project, but this never materialized. [http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article.asp?id=833 Bonehead Returns With New Album] . Alternative Addiction, April 21, 2007. Accessed April 26, 2007.] In 2005, Mannon announced a reformulation of the band under the old name, and the next year yielded a re-press of "Fade" with four extra bonus tracks. In 2007, Jayy Mannon announced that Bonehead would release a new album containing much of the work he wrote as a solo artist, entitled "Broken and Glued".

Members

Current Members
*Jayy Mannon - guitar, lead & backing vocals, drums

Former Members
*Kevin Hug - guitars, bass
*Nick Denofa - drums
*Scott Pustilnick (aka Scott Stanley) - bass

Discography

*"Bonehead" EP (1997)
*"I Know" CD-Single (Vulgar, 1998)
*"Fade" (Vulgar, 1999)
**reissued in 2006 by Vulgar
*"Wonderful Nothing" (as Familiar 48) (MCA, 2002)
*"Broken and Glued" (Vulgar, 2007)

Charting singles

External links

* [http://www.boneheadlive.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/boneheadjayymannon Bonehead at MySpace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/familiar48doesitbest Familiar 48 at MySpace]

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