Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, keys/rhythm guitar) and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace (drums/keys and lead guitar/bass/keys/vocals, respectively) that formed in New York City in 1993. The band's earliest albums were noted for their noise rock influences, though their sound evolved by the early 2000s with the releases of Misery is a Butterfly (2004) and 23 (2007), which both incorporated elements of dream pop, shoegaze and other genres. They have released nine regular studio albums and have toured internationally.
Amedeo and Simone Pace were born in Milan, Italy, and grew up in Montreal (Saint-Léonard), but later moved to Boston to study jazz. After earning Bachelor's degrees, they entered the New York City underground music scene. Blonde Redhead formed in New York in 1993 after Amedeo and Simone met Kazu Makino, an art student at the time, by chance at a local Italian restaurant. The band named themselves after a song on the 1981 EP A Taste of DNA by the no wave group DNA.
==Links to Peel==
From Bandcamp:
On June 7, 2000 Blonde Redhead stepped into the BBC's Radio 1 Yalding House studios for what would be their sole Peel Session, a setting particularly important as it inspired the namesake of one of this 7" single's two songs. "Where is John?" a nervous producer asked again and again, pacing the room, unable to locate the revered radio host, as a warmed up Blonde Redhead waited patiently. 
The trio's affection for Peel dated to a very early tour in 1995, when they were lost among the tumbleweeds of a barren Texas landscape. As the band turned the crackling radio dial, the celebrated radio presenter's Northern English accent suddenly piped through their van's speakers with high praise for the track "Violent Life" from their recently released sophomore LP, La Mia Vita Violenta. This unexpected bit of encouragement from Peel helped give the young, extremely road weary and relatively unknown trio the confidence and validation to press on in what had proven to be an arduous road expedition. Five years later, the seasoned threesome eventually played live for Peel's show, and it seemed only fitting that the they christen a brand new, yet-to-be-titled song after their only session with the man held deep in their collective heart. Remastered and released here for the first time on vinyl, "Where is John?" b/w "Missile ++" speaks not only of a band in the prime of their celebrated sound, but also of the people who helped along the way.
==Sessions==
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Their only session is available on Bandcamp
1. Recorded: 2000-06-07. First Broadcast: 18 July 2000
*Where Is John? / Missle Me / In an Expression of the Inexpressable
==Other Shows Played==
;thumb|220x220px1994
*29 April 1994: 'Vague (7 inch)' Smells Like
*07 May 1994 (BFBS): Vague (7") Smells Like
*12 August 1994: Sciuri Sciura (album - Blonde Redhead) Smells Like
*20 August 1994: 'Sciuri Sciura (CD-Blonde Redhead)' (Smells Like)
*03 September 1994 (BFBS): Astro Boy (album - Blonde Redhead) Smells Like 
;1996
*21 April 1996: I Am There While You Choke On Me (album - La Mia Vita Violenta) Smells Like
*27 April 1996 (BFBS): 'I Am There While You Choke On Me (CD-La Mia Vita Violenta)' (Smells Like)
*19 May 1996: Violent Life (album - La Mia Vita Violenta) Smells Like
;1997
*16 February 1997: 'Symphony Of Treble (7" - Symphony Of Treble / Kasuality)' Touch And Go
*03 April 1997: Symphony Of Treble (album - Fake Can Be Just As Good) Touch And Go
*08 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Water (LP-Fake Can Be Just As Good)' (Touch And Go)
;2000
*03 May 2000: 'In Particular (CD-Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons)' (Touch And Go)
*11 May 2000: Hated Because Of Great Qualities (LP – Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons) Touch And Go
*01 June 2000 (Radio Eins): Melody Of Certain Three (album - Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons) Touch And Go
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists