Fuse

:(This page is about the American hard rock band. For the American indie rock band of the same name, see Fuse(2)).
Fuse was an American hard rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois, in 1967, after Rick Nielsen proposed the merging of two local bands: The Grim Reapers (Rick Nielsen and Joe Sundberg) and Toast and Jam (Chip Greenman, Craig Myers, and Tom Peterson later known as Tom Petersson). Managed by Ken Adamany, Fuse's line-up consisted of Rick Nielsen (keyboards/guitar), Joe Sundberg (vocals), Tom Peterson (bass guitar), Craig Myers (lead guitar), and Chip Greenman (drums/percussion).
A single was recorded for Smack Records, including the tunes "Hound Dog" and "Crusin for Burgers". In 1969, the band played in Chicago and was signed by Epic Records. Epic executives rushed the band into Columbia Studios in the fall and, in a matter of a few weeks, the album Fuse was recorded, which was released early 1970 (re-released in 2001). It remains their only album, though a bootleg disc, Retrospective Foresight, was released some time later.
Frustrated by their lack of success, Fuse recruited the two remaining members of Nazz (Thom Mooney and Robert "Stewkey" Antoni) in 1970 in place of Sundberg and Greenman, and ended up playing around the Midwest for six or seven months under two monikers, Fuse or Nazz, depending on where they were gigging. With Brad Carlson later known as Bun E. Carlos replacing Mooney on drums, Fuse moved to Philadelphia in 1971 and began calling themselves 'Sick Man of Europe'. After a European tour in 1973, Nielsen, Petersson and Carlos formed Cheap Trick with Randy Hogan.
==Links to Peel==
According to available tracklistings on this site, Peel played some tracks from the group in the early 70's. He did revisit their record on his radio programmes in the early 00's and also played another band, who were also called Fuse in 1993.
==Shows Played==
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*11 April 1970: Permanent Resident (LP - Fuse) Epic
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*Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 1: Permanent Resident (LP - Fuse) Epic
;2000
*22 February 2000: Permanent Resident (LP - Fuse) Epic
;2003
*29 July 2003: Permanent Resident (LP - Fuse) Epic
*04 September 2003 (Radio Eins): Permanent Resident (LP - Fuse) Epic
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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