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Biography
unreferenced|date=December 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Electric Frankenstein| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Whippany, New Jersey|Whippany , Clifton, and other areas of New Jersey , United States|USA | genre = Punk rock | years_active = 1991& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts = The Hellacopters When I Was Dead Kung Fu Killers Maggott SS| website = http://www.electricfrankenstein.com| current_members = Steve Miller (vocals/guitar) Sal Canzonieri (guitar) Mike Ruggerio / Paul Perez (bass) Mike Lincoln (drums)| past_members = Danny Frankenstein Rob Sefcik Drew Banfante Frankie Orlandoni Jim Foster John Caton Joe Martin John Steele Bill Gill Joel Gausten Rene Valentine Electric Frankenstein is an United States|American band from Whippany, New Jersey|Whippany , Clifton, and other areas of New Jersey . Their music is generally considered punk rock , but includes elements of hard rock and Heavy metal music|Heavy Metal as well. Because of this, they have sometimes been referred to as AC/DC meets The Dead Boys - high energy punk rock & roll that combines the raw and energetic sounds of Punk Rock and Garage Punk (Dead Boys, Ramones, Damned, Misfits, etc.) with elements of Hard Rock played by bands like MC5, Stooges, AC/DC, Kiss, Mott the Hoople, Alice Cooper, and so on.
History
The band was formed in 1991, by brothers Sal and Dan Canzonieri (a.k.a., Danny Frankenstein). With Sal on guitar and Dan on bass guitar|bass , their first line-up was with Frankie Orlandoni on Singing|vocals , Jim Foster on lead guitar and John Caton on Drum kit|drums . Within one year, Steve Miller took over as singer/vocalist and also played lead guitar. Miller took time off while recording a side project, and Scott Wilkins of Verbal Abuse & Condemned to Death took over vocals for two years, after which Steve Miller returned on vocals and lead guitar. John Steele and Rob Sefcik took over alternately playing drums during the last 15 years. They developed a strong following in New York City and by 1995, they toured nationally and internationally. After releasing singles on a handful of Independent record label|independent labels , they released their first gramophone record|vinyl Extended play|EP , The Time Is Now, in 1995 that was released on CD with tracks from 7" singles as their first full-length album. Since then, they have released over 10 albums with almost every album being released on a different label.
The band's music and/or graphic art has been featured in video games, such as '' Tony Hawk's Underground , TV shows such as Viva La Bam , The X-Files , Nitro Circus , Fantasy Factory, Dawson's Creek , and movies such as Signs (film)|Signs , and American Psycho 2 .
Accolades
The band has been featured in many music books, including the following:
All Music Guide to Rock
The Encyclopedia of Hardcore & Punk
The Book of Metal (Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Metal Music)
The A-Z of Doom, Gothic, & Stoner Metal
The Great Metal Discography
The Immense Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal
The band was chosen by the Frankenstein Society to represent the release of the Frankenstein stamp by the United States Postal Service .
Electric Frankenstein's song "It's All Moving Faster" was covered by famous band The Sweet on their 2012 album "New York Connection".
Electric Frankenstein Meets Muddy Frankenstein (2000, split with Muddy Frankenstein)
Splitsville 1 (2002, split with the Supersuckers )
Electric Frankenstein Meets El Nada (2003, split with El Nada )
Doktor Frankendragster (2005, split with Bad Dog Boogie )
Stripped Down, Fueled Up! (2003, split with Jed Whitey , Iron Boss and The Puppies )
Super Kool (2004)
The Birth of Electric Frankenstein (2005)
4 Those About to Rock (2007, split with The Chuck Norris Experiment , V8wankers and The Whocares)
Split 7" with Valdez (2007)
Split 7" with S.T.P. (Italy)
Split CD with The Hip Priests (2010)
External links
http://www.electricfrankenstein.com Official webpage
http://www.horrorgarage.com/horror/interview-electric-frankenstein.php Electric Frankenstein Interview in Horror Garage
http://www.bandtoband.com/band/electric-frankenstein Electric Frankenstein - BandToBand.com
Category:American indie rock groups Category:American punk rock groups Category:Garage punk Category:Musical groups established in 1991 Category:Musical groups from New Jersey Category:Victory Records artists
