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Infobox musical artist | name = The Raveonettes| image = The Raveonettes 2 by David Shankbone.jpg| caption =| image_size = 200px| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Copenhagen , Denmark | genre = Garage rock , indie rock ,cite web|url= http://www.clashmusic.com/artists/the-raveonettes|title= The Raveonettes - A Class Act|publisher= Clash Magazine|Clash |accessdate=March 7, 2011 shoegazing , noise pop , surf rock | years_active = 2001present| label = Sony Records Fierce Panda Records Vice Records | website = http://www.theraveonettes.com/| current_members = Sune Rose Wagner Sharin Foo| past_members = Manoj Ramdas Jakob Hoyer Anders Christiensen The Raveonettes are a Denmark|Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (born 1973, Sψnderborg , Denmark ) on guitar , musical instrument|instruments , and singing|vocals , and Sharin Foo (born 22 November 1973, Emmelev, Denmark ) on Bass guitar|bass , guitar and singing|vocals . Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=16151932 coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise, very similar to The Jesus and Mary Chain .Nay, Rob. http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=119& csid2=4& fid1=29855 "The Raveonettes Buddy System", Exclaim! , March 2008. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of '50s and '60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content (e.g., crime, drugs, murder, suicide, love, lust, and betrayal), similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground .
Biography
The duo met in Copenhagen and, after forming the band, began recording Whip It On at Once Was & Sauna Recording Studio, a former Sony Studios facility. They booked the studio for three weeks during non-session down time late in 2001 and handled all production chores by themselves. Adding guitarist Manoj Ramdas and jazz drummer Jakob Hoyer, The Raveonettes booked one of their first gigs at the Spot (music festival)|SPOT festival in Aarhus , the second largest city in Denmark . After the release of Whip It On , Hoyer and Ramdas would contribute to the next three Raveonettes albums, along with other additional musicians. However, by the time Lust Lust Lust was released in 2007, Sune and Sharin would be the only two musicians credited, showing a return to the dynamic around the time of the mini-album.
Officially, the band was discovered by Rolling Stone editor David Fricke at the SPOT festival, and his rave review of the duo immediately resulted in a number of offers from major labels. Unofficially, the band discovered that David Fricke would be present at the SPOT festival, and they rushed a band together and headed for the festival. The band is managed by Scott Cohen (music business) and Richard Gottehrer , who have been with them from the start. Cohen and Gottehrer orchestrated a bidding war for the band which culminated in the $2 million Columbia Records signing in 2002.Citation needed|date=December 2011 Whip It On was named "Best Rock Album of the Year" at the Danish Music Awards (Denmark's Grammy Award|Grammy equivalent) on March 1, 2003, while The Raveonettes were picked by Rolling Stone and Q Magazine as being among the harbingers of the "Next Wave" of contemporary music.
In 2006, Blender (magazine)|Blender named Sharin Foo one of rock's hottest women, alongside Courtney Love , Joan Jett , and Liz Phair .cite news|last=Errico|first=Mike|url= http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx? ID=2295& src=blender_ed|title=Hottest Women of...Rock|publisher=Blender Magazine Online|date=December 2006|accessdate=2007-02-09
Chain Gang of Love
The band's first full-length album, Chain Gang of Love , was produced by Richard Gottehrer and The Raveonettes' own Sune Rose Wagner. The album was recorded in Denmark and New York from October 917, November 612, and December 410, 2002, and mixed in London in early 2003. The thirteen songs on Chain Gang of Love are written by Sune Rose Wagner with the exception of "That Great Love Sound", which Sune co-wrote with Gottehrer. Portions of this song were featured in a U.S. ad for Kmart .
Pretty in Black
Wikinews|The Raveonettes on love, death, desire and warThe band's follow-up album Pretty in Black broadened their musical palette, featuring guest vocals from Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes as well as guest instrumental spots from Maureen Tucker (of The Velvet Underground ) and Martin Rev (of Suicide (band)|Suicide ). This was their first album in which Sharin Foo did not play bass; instead, The Raveonettes added bass player Anders Christensen, who had toured with seminal jazz drummer Paul Motian, amongst others. Christensen recorded on the album and toured with the band. At the end of the 2005 tour, guitar player Manoj Ramdas left the band to concentrate on his new band SPEKTR.
The video for the single "Love in a Trashcan", directed by Peder Pedersen (director)|Peder Pedersen , features pink bars and blocks with words like "Vamp" and "Teaser" scrawling by the band members, and is reminiscent of an early-1960s cosmetic ad.
Lust Lust Lust
The duo's third studio album Lust Lust Lust was released in November 2007 in Europe and February 2008 in the U.S. The album received generally positive reviews, with the NME s Hardeep Phull describing it as "their most engrossing album." http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-raveonettes/9219 The Raveonettes - The Raveonettes - Album Reviews - NME.COM
In December 2008, Sune Rose Wagner released a solo album, simply titled Sune Rose Wagner . All of the songs are sung in his native language of Danish. http://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx? csid2=844& fid1=35348& csid1=0 Exclaim.ca - Sune Rose Wagner
In and Out of Control
The Raveonettes' fourth album, In and Out of Control was released October 6, 2009, with "Last Dance" released as the lead-off single. The album was co-written and produced by Thomas Troelsen . Both "Last Dance" and "Suicide", another song from the album, have been featured on The CW's Gossip Girl (TV series)| Gossip Girl . http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/ggmusic
Gear
During live performances, the band usually utilizes Fender instruments (Sune uses a number of Jazzmaster s while Sharin opts for either Mustang or jazz bass, and a Jazzmaster). Sune plays a number of different guitars and basses on their albums, including different Fenders, Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson s, and Gretsch es. In the fall of 2005, the tour van containing the band's equipment (including Sune's prized 1960 Jazzmaster and Sharin's treasured Gretsch 6120 ) was stolen during their tour of the U.S.
On their 2007 tour, the band used the following effects pedals: http://guitargeek.com/chat/showthread.php? threadid=27551
Sune:
Electro-Harmonx Pulsar
ProCo Rat Distortion
Boss Mega Distortion MD-2
Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
Boss Digital Reverb RV-2 & RV-5
Danelectro Spring King
Boss Chromatic Tuner TU-2
Sharin:
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
ProCo Rat Distortion
Boss Digital Reverb RV-5 (3x)
Zvex Fuzz Factory Vexter
Boss Chromatic Tuner TU-2
Band line-up by album
Chain Gang of Love
Sune Rose Wagner: guitars and vocals
Sharin Foo: bass and vocals
Manoj Ramdas: guitars
Jakob Hoyer: drums
Pretty in Black
Sune Rose Wagner: guitars, vocals, synth, percussion, drums, bass, and programming
Sharin Foo: vocals and percussion
Jakob Hoyer: drums and percussion
Anders Christiensen: bass, percussion, and organ
Manoj Ramdas: guitar
Lust Lust Lust
Sune Rose Wagner: instruments and vocals
Sharin Foo: vocals
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
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2003
Released: August 23, 2003
Label: Columbia Records
5
120
81
53
43
123
2005
Released: April 25, 2005
Label: Columbia Records
3
61
109
71
152
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|DEN : Goldcite web|title=Guld og Platin i maj/juni|url= http://ifpi.dk/? q=content/guld-og-platin-i-majjuni|publisher= International Federation of the Phonographic Industry!IFPI Danmark |accessdate=6 August 2011|language=Danish|date=7 July 2006
2007
Released: November 12, 2007
Label: Vice Records
20
1
108
2009
Released: October 5, 2009
Label: Vice Records
5
96
126
2011
Released: April 4, 2011
Label: Vice Records
4
126
"" denotes releases that did not chart.
;Notes 1 Lust Lust Lust s inclusion of 3D glasses rendered it ineligible for the UK Albums Chart .
EPs
Whip It On (August 6, 2002) ( UK Albums Chart|UK #114)
Sometimes They Drop By EP (September 23, 2008)
Beauty Dies EP (October 21, 2008)
Wishing You a Rave Christmas EP (November 25, 2008)
Compilations
Rarities/B-Sides (December 15, 2011)
Singles
Year
Title
Chart positions
Album
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UK http:/ / zobbel.de/ cluk/ CLUK_R.HTM Chart Log UK
UK Ind
2002
" Attack of the Ghost Riders "
73
Whip It On
2003
"Beat City"
83
" That Great Love Sound "
34
Chain Gang of Love
"Heartbreak Stroll"
3
49
2004
" That Great Love Sound " (re-issue)
52
2005
"Ode to LA"
78
Pretty in Black
"Love in a Trashcan"
26
2007
"Dead Sound"
Lust Lust Lust
2008
"You Want the Candy"
15
"Aly, Walk with Me" (promo-only)
"Blush"
"Black/ White"
Beauty Dies
2009
"Bang!"
In and Out of Control
"Last Dance"
24
2010
"Heart of Stone"
2011
"Recharge & Revolt"
Raven in the Grave
"Apparitions"
"Let Me on Out"
Soundtracks & Compilations
FIFA 2004 (2003) with "That Great Love Sound"
Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack (2005), with " My Boyfriend's Back (song)|My Boyfriend's Back " (The Angels cover)
Nordkraft - Original Soundtrack (2005) with "Please You" http://www.discogs.com/Various-Nordkraft-Original-Soundtrack/release/1210459
Amnesty International's Instant Karma (2007) with 'One Day at a Time', John Lennon cover, download only
Whip It& #33; Soundtrack (2009) with 'Dead Sound'
Batman: Arkham City (2011) with 'Oh, Stranger'
Catch .44 Soundtrack (2011) with 'Dead sound'
References
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Interviews
http://www.bmoretunes.com/? page_id=166 Interview with Sune Rose Wagner at www.bmoretunes.com
http://supersweet.org/Features/Interview-The-Raveonettes/menu-id-27.html In-depth interview with Sharin Foo, 2005
http://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2007/06/interview_the_r.html The Scenestar - May 2007
http://www.noripcord.com/? q=node/515 Interview with Raveonettes' Sharin Foo at No Ripcord
http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/cale/2007/03/14/byt-interview-the-raveonettes/ Psycho Interview at Brightest Young Things
http://blastmagazine.com/2008/04/qa-with-the-raveonettes-sune-rose-wagner/ Interview with Sune Rose Wagner at Blast
http://kingbobbysix.blogspot.com/2008/04/raveonettes-interview.html Interview with Sharin Foo by Rob Townsend
http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/03/raveonettes-sharin-foo-new-gay.html The Raveonettes' Sharin Foo: The New Gay Interview
http://www.roxwel.com/player/lolla09theraveonettes.html The Raveonettes' Lollapalooza 2009 Interview and Live Performance
External links
http://www.theraveonettes.com/ The Raveonettes' website
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php? a=raveonettes The Raveonettes' entry at Trouser Press
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p534485|pure_url=yes The Raveonettes' entry at Allmusic
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/icopyright_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1994184 Hollywood Reporter Concert Review
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=119& csid2=4& fid1=29855 Interview March 2008
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A942905 BBC
http://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2007/06/interview_the_r.html The Scene Star
