Don Fleming (mai kiɗa)

Donald Gene Fleming (an haife shi a ranar 25 ga Satumba, 1957) ɗan ƙasar Amirka ne kuma furodusa. Baya ga kasancewa a gaban wasu ƙungiyoyinsa (Velvet Monkeys, B.A.L.L., da Gumball), Fleming ya samar da Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees, Teenage Fanclub da Hole . 

 Ayyuka 

 Ƙungiyoyin 

 Ƙungiyar Stroke 
Fleming ya fara aikinsa na kiɗa tare da ƙungiyar fasaha / garage / punk The Stroke Band of Adel, Georgia a ƙarshen 1970s. Sun fito da kundi daya, Green da Yellow, a 1978 a kan Abacus Records.

 Dan kasa 23 
Bayan The Stroke Band, Don ya koma Norfolk, Va. a cikin 1979 kuma ya kafa ƙungiyar punk / sabon rukuni Citizen 23 tare da Elaine Barnes, Mark Myers, da, Stephen Soles .  Sakamakon da suka samu kawai ya kunshi waƙoƙi uku a kan kundin tarawa, No Room to Dance, a cikin 1980.

 Dabbobin Velvet 
Citizen 23 ya rabu a farkon 1981; duk mambobi sai dai Mark Mayers sun koma Washington, DC jim kadan bayan haka, kuma Fleming ya kafa ƙungiyar psychedelic / post-punk guda uku The Velvet Monkeys a cikin fall of 1981. Layin Velvet Monkeys ya ƙunshi Fleming a kan guitar & vocals, Barnes a kan keyboards da vocals, Stephen Soles a kan bass, da kuma na'urar drum da ake kira Dr. Rhythm da ke ba da bugawa. Velvet Monkeys za su shiga cikin jiki da yawa a cikin shekaru 10 masu zuwa, tare da Fleming abin da ke faruwa a duk sassan. A watan Yulin 1982 ƙungiyar ta fitar da su na farko - Everything is Right - a kan cassette tape. An sake sake sakin wannan kundin a CD a cikin 2011.

Bayan ciniki a cikin na'urar drum ɗin su don mai bugawa mai rai (Jay "The Rummager" Spiegel) a cikin 1981 da kuma sauyawa zuwa sabon mai bugawa (Charles Steck) a farkon 1982, ƙungiyar ta fara haɓaka mabiyan su ta hanyar ƙara yawan wasan kwaikwayo a Washington, DC, yankin da Gabashin Gabashin Gabas. Wannan jerin sun fitar da kundin Future a kan Fountain of Youth Records a shekarar 1983.

A shekara ta 1985, ya kori kowa sai dai Spiegel da kansa, Fleming ya kawo guitarist & keyboardist Malcolm Riviera na DC's Grand Mal. Kungiyar ta fitar da wakar "Spooky" a kan Go Records a cikin bazara na shekara ta 1985. Guitarist Stuart Casson, tsohon dan kungiyar D.C.'s punk group Dove, an kara shi a matsayin memba na huɗu a cikin fall. Wannan jerin sun fitar da guda "Colors (Part I&II) " a kan Bona Fide Records a wannan lokacin rani.

A shekara ta 1986, Casson ya bar ƙungiyar kuma Tom Kane ya shiga matsayin bassist. Kungiyar ta yi rikodin demo tare da Kane amma ba a sake shi ba. Daga nan ne aka maye gurbin Kane da bassist & vocalist Rob Kennedy, tsohon na DC's The Chumps da NYC's The Workdogs. Kungiyar ta yi yawon shakatawa na Amurka na makonni uku tare da Half Japanese a lokacin rani na 1986. Big Big Sun, an saki cassette na rikodin rayuwa na ƙungiyoyi biyu daga wannan yawon shakatawa a kan K Records a cikin fall 1986.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1957