Greeny Phatom

**Greeny Phatom** were a American electronic rock band formed in Oakland, California in 1995. The band were well known for their combination of garage rock music with French house music, calling it Garage House. The band was active until Anduzzi Swanson's death in June 2010.

## Greeny Phatom

### Genres

Garage rock, Electronic rock, French house, Nu metal (early discography)

## Members

### Past members

Boyd Ryan, Tony Jones, Jessika Sanrio, Anduzzi Swanson, Logan Andretti

## History

Greeny Phatom was formed by Boyd Ryan, Tony Jones, Jessika Sanrio and Logan Andretti, four close friends studying at California State University in 1995. They soon realized they had the same taste in music, with Daft Punk, Korn and Soundgarden being their same top 3 favorite artists. The four dropped out and released a demo that summer. The band were approached by local label Flip Records who wanted to expose them to a larger audience. The band agreed and signed a 6 album deal to the label. In 1997, the band released their debut album *Lunch Anyone?* and went on Ozzfest 1998 for the San Bernardino date.

From late 1998 to mid 1999, the band recorded their second album. This album, 2000's *Neverman* featured a more groove-influenced nu metal sounding. The band headlined a tour with Nervepitch as the opening act in 2001. In 2002, the band encountered keyboard and synthesizer player Anduzzi Swanson at a local bar where the band was impressed by his abilities. Anduzzi was named a permanent member of the group and in 2003, went to work on their third album. 2004's *Bite the Dust* featured a more garage rock mixed with a French house influenced electronic rock sounding as opposed to the nu metal sounding the band were playing, this was the first album with Crydamoure after the band signed the deal in 2002.

In 2006, the band released their fourth album *Memory Games* which was positively received, with some saying that it was Greeny Phatom's best album yet. The band embarked on a co-headlining tour with Daft Punk from 2007 to 2008, where they worked on their final album. 2009's *Crydamoure*. The band went on a co-headlining tour with Staind with My Chemical Romance and SebastiAn as the supporting act, with all performances being praised for being diverse. In January of 2010, the band sat down to record a new album which according to Anduzzi's last interview, was "less Greeny Phatom and more of a Sonic Paradise and Alibi mix." The album would've been called *Shut Up and Buy It!* and would've had a 2012 release. On June 18, 2010 Anduzzi was found dead in his room hanging by a noose. The band broke up afterwards saying "it's actual bullshit that we continue without our friend." The members would be successful other ways with Tony Jones, Jessika Sanrio and Logan Andretti forming alternative metal/emo pop supergroup Insomniac Deal with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy on vocals in 2011 and Boyd Ryan becoming a very successful grunge/rockabilly artist. When Jessika was asked about a reunion, She said "everyone is doing their own thing, but we'd really love to."

## Members

Boyd Ryan-lead vocals (1995-2010) \*had 8 different Shure microphones\*

Tony Jones-bass (1995-2010) \*played a Ibanez Iceman 5-string bass guitar\*

Jessika Sanrio-guitar (1995-2010) \*played a Fender Performer Daphne Blue guitar with Ibanez Tube Screamer and BOSS Xtortion pedal\*

Anduzzi Swanson-keyboards, synths (2002-2010, his death) \*played a Minimoog synthesizer\*

Logan Andretti-drums (1995-2010) \*played a double bass 8 piece drum set by Tama and ZBT\*

## Discography

*Lunch Anyone? (1997)*

*Neverman (2000)*

*Bite The Dust (2004)*

*Memory Games (2006)*

*Crydamoure (2009)*

*Shut Up and Buy It! (2012, Unreleased)*