Fergus & Geronimo
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Fergus & Geronimo are an experimental rock
band from Denton, Texas
. The duo has a multi-genre approach to songwriting, with influences including soul
, pop
, proto-punk, garage rock
and psychedelic pop
.
The band started in late 2008 when Jason Kelly and Andrew Savage were working on the Teenage Cool Kids
album Foreign Lands, which Kelly was recording/mixing. The initial idea was to draw from such influences as Mothers of Invention and The Four Tops. Praise for recordings leaked on the internet helped garner attention early in the bands career. In July 2009 Woodsist
released the first single, "Harder Than It's Ever Been". On recording, Savage and Kelly are the main performers, but are joined live by a rotating personnel of musicians.
Experimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
band from Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
. The duo has a multi-genre approach to songwriting, with influences including soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, proto-punk, garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
and psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop is a psychedelic musical style inspired by the sounds of psychedelic folk and psychedelic rock, but applied to a pop music setting...
.
The band started in late 2008 when Jason Kelly and Andrew Savage were working on the Teenage Cool Kids
Teenage Cool Kids
Teenage Cool Kids are an indie rock group from Denton, Texas. The band started in summer 2006 by Andrew Savage, later joined by Daniel Zeigler whom Savage met while attending the University of North Texas in Denton. The bands earlier material, from the self-released demo and "Remember Me as a...
album Foreign Lands, which Kelly was recording/mixing. The initial idea was to draw from such influences as Mothers of Invention and The Four Tops. Praise for recordings leaked on the internet helped garner attention early in the bands career. In July 2009 Woodsist
Woodsist
Woodsist is an American record label founded in 2006 by Jeremy Earl of the bands Woods and Meneguar. The label specializes in bands in the lo-fi and punk genre. The label has a sister label, Fuckittapes, which releases Woodsist releases, among others, solely on the cassette format.-Discography:*...
released the first single, "Harder Than It's Ever Been". On recording, Savage and Kelly are the main performers, but are joined live by a rotating personnel of musicians.
Singles
- Never Satisfied, 2010, Hardly Art
- Harder Than It's Ever Been, 2009, Woodsist
- Blind Muslim Girl, 2009, Tic Tac Totally
- Tell It (In My Ear), 2009, Transparent