The Sound, The Background
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041a11c3.html"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Frodoe</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >| <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frodoe"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A> | <B>The Sound, The Background</B> | <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members"><U>Members</U></A> | <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A> | <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures"><U>Pictures</U></A> | <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Songs"><U>Sample Songs</U></A> | <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Pictures"><U>More Pictures</U></A> | <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends of Frodoe (Links)"><U>Friends of Frodoe (Links)</U></A> | <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post Consumer"><U>Post Consumer</U></A> | <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Frames"><U>All Frames</U></A> | <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Tyros Label"><U>The Tyros Label</U></A> | <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews"><U>Reviews</U></A> | <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Info."><U>Contact Info.</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Sound, The Background</div> <div> Having been in existence since March of '99, Frodoe and the members within are currently working on their second full-length album, which is expected</div> <div> to be exploited in the spring of 2001. Since the beginning, Frodoe strove to create songs that are original, diverse, and above all, undeniably</div> <div> great.</div> <div> From the nature of the line-up in this band, it is certain that no two songs will sound alike. Mark Langgin (Drums) and Ryan Hutchinson (Bass)</div> <div> come from slop-punk backgrounds, having played in numerous groups that got by more on character than quality. They had been relying on the fundamentals of musicianship, self-taught but rarely varying from 4/4 time signatures and eighth-note strumming - the old standby.</div> <div> However, the introduction of guitarist Reuben Merringer pushed the new Frodoe rhythm section to make sounds that they've never made before. He</div> <div> possesses the rare ability to make his guitar sound like the way you might feel, and challenged his bandmates to think of music as an open canvas;</div> <div> there are no limits. With Merringer's ability to forge new material and Hutchinson's knack for adapting and contradicting simultaneously, Langgin's no-frills drumming style fills the remaining blanks with explanation points. Frodoe's first album, 'post-consumer' was released in April of 2k, exactly a year after their first show. Jeremy Irwin of The Daily Iowan, wrote "With a chugging fuzz bass, the most bizarre hum-along guitar chords and a seemingly drunken drummer to tighten it all up, this Iowa City trio has finally released its debut album...taking a page from the Beach Boys' songbook and ceremoniously pissing on it..." Although Frodoe started as a four-piece with a show-tune and yoga-fisting bucket of love on keyboards, the band temporarily downsized just before entering the studio. Fortunately, Todd Bowser of Darling has recently joined the group after a long and adulterous courtship. While he primarily plays the rhythm guitar with thoughtful abandon, Bowser also contributes to Frodoe's sound on the keyboard, and never fails to capture (or create) the mood neccessary for a song to flourish.</div> <div> As the band enters the studio for the second time in under two years, they have over 25 songs to their credit and at least half a dozen self-imposed</div> <div> beatings. Frodoe have already managed to capture the attention of Iowa City. They're ready to take you apart...ever so gently.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>