Bodeco

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Name = Bodeco


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Origin = Louisville, Kentucky
Genre = Rock and roll, alternative pop, alternative rock, rockabilly
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Current_members = Ricky Feather Matthew O'Bannon Brian Burchett Jimmy Brown Gary Stillwell

Bodeco were a 1990s rock and roll band out of Louisville, Kentucky. Titled after a portmanteau of "Bo Diddley" and zydeco, the quintet typically played a fast-paced country- and blues-tinged rock and roll that prompted journalist Piero Scaruffi to label them "manic 'punkabilliers'".Scaruffi, Piero. (1999) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/bodeco.html Bodeco] . Scaruffi website. Accessed November 10 2007.] Although the band released only two albums, it made a considerable impact on the Louisville music scene, finding a place at #80 on WFPK's "top 100 albums of all times" [ [http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100's/2000WFPKradioLouisville.html 2000 WFPK Radio Louisville's top 100 of the best albums ever] hosted at Timepieces.nl. Accessed November 10 2007.] and inspiring "Trouser Press" to dub them " [o] ne of the most underappreciated combos in the early-to-mid-'90s indie roots-rock movement".Woodlief, Mark. [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bodeco Bodeco] "Trouser Press". Accessed November 10 2007.]

tyle

Praised by "Trouser Press" for "celebratory party rawk", the band's psychobilly approach to music garnered comparisons to The Cramps, '68 Comeback and Southern Culture On The Skids." In 1992, "The New York Times" described the quintet as "a skunky country-rockabilly outfit", [Schoemer, Karen. (June 20 1992) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1DC113AF933A15755C0A964958260 Review/Pop; Tripping Back to the 60's (but a Kilt?)] "The New York Times". Accessed November 10 2007.] noting in 1993 that " [t] here's nothing quaint, cute or five-and-dime about Bodeco's brand of rockabilly. Greasy as a truck-stop burger and bumpier than a high-speed ride in the back of a pickup, this band of Louisville wild men eschews retro contrivances in favor of gristle, marrow and the occasional backwoods yowl".Schoemer, Karen. (February 26 1993) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDE1630F935A15751C0A965958260 Sounds around town] "The New York Times". Accessed November 10 2007.]

Personnel

*Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar
*Matthew "Wink" O'Bannon (also of Eleventh Dream Day) – guitar
*Brian Burchett – drums
*Jimmy Brown – bass guitar
*Gary Stillwell – percussion

Discography

tudio albums

*"Bone, Hair & Hide" (1992)
*"Callin' All Dogs" (1995)

Compilation contributions

*"Wreck Room, Vol. 3" (1996)
*"Sourmash" (1998)

References

Additional sources

*allmusicguide |id=11:fzfoxqy5ld0e~T0|label=Bodeco
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bodeco Bodeco] at "Trouser Press"