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My self-promotion skills are pretty terrible, but I figured I'd post this, since it's so rare that a surf/instro band gets coverage in an over-the-counter consumer magazine. This was in a recent, summer 2007 (June? July?) edition of NJ Monthly, sort of New Jersey's version New York magazine or Esquire -- that sort of thing.
YEAR-ROUND SURFING: If you were to collect classic sounds of the Shore, your list would not be complete without a healthy dose of surf rock -- the twangy, reverb-heavy style popular in the early 1960s.
Today that style can be heard in the music of Mister Neutron, a trio composed of Damian and Tony Fanelli, brothers originally from Jersey City (now living in Cranford) and Drew Paradine, their longtime friend and drummer, originally from Bayonne (now in Chatham).
When the band's debut album, MISTER NEUTRON LOVES YOU, appeared in 2004, it sent ripples through a fan base that Damian calls the East Coast "surf subculture" -- dedicated crowds at Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park and The Crossroads in Garwood.
The band's 2006 release, RED TRIANGLE, caught a wave of popularity around the country. After a California tour, they return to the studio to finish recording their third album for Deep Eddy Records, slated for release next spring.
Watch for the band at Asbury Lanes this summer. Their live performances, Damian says, "are crazy. A lot of the things on the CD don't even represent how insane the live shows are."
Visit misterneutron.com for updated information on live shows.
MAX GRAY - New Jersey Monthly
www.njmonthly.com
—MISTER NEUTRON
http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/
www.myspace.com/misterneutron
www.myspace.com/damianfanelli
http://cdbaby.com/all/dfanelli
