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Madder Rose

 
Artist: Madder Rose
Madder Rose

Group Members:

Chris Giammalvo, Johnny Kick, Billy Coté, Matt Verta-Ray, Mary Lorson

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William Cote, Billy Coté, Mary Lorson

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  • Formed: 1990, NY
  • Disbanded: 1999
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Hello June Fool
  • Representative Songs: "Swim", "Beautiful John", "Madder Rose

Biography

Responsible for some of the sweetest and, unfortunately, most overlooked indie rock of the '90s, New York City's Madder Rose featured guitarist Billy Coté, drummer Johnny Kick, bassist Matt Verta-Ray, and guitarist/vocalist Mary Lorson. Their lovely 1993 debut album, Bring It Down, introduced the band's winning combination of Lorson's dulcet voice and Coté and Lorson's eloquent songs; while it was a critical success, that album and its equally graceful 1994 follow-up, Panic On, both eluded commercial success. The group returned in 1997 with the trip-hop-inspired Tragic Magic and issued the like-minded Hello June Fool two years later. It was the swan song for the group, but not for Coté and Lorson's collaboration, as each contributed to the other's subsequent projects: Lorson developed Saint Low and Coté formed the Jazz Cannon. In 2003 Coté and Lorson also released an album of their other work together, Piano Creeps. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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Madder Rose was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Mary Lorson, who shared songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters later collaborated again as Jazz Cannon. Their name comes from the herb-based paint rose madder. Several of their songs, including "Panic On" and "Car Song", were featured in John Peel's end-of-year round-up, the Festive Fifty. The band released three albums on Atlantic Records, and one on quasi-independent label Thirsty Ear, before breaking up in 1999.

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Their music has been described as suggesting the druggy languor of a heroin high, which inspired the British music press to trumpet Madder Rose as the second coming of the Velvet Underground.[1] A 1994 review in Rolling Stone characterized their sound as an "alloy" of grunge and "the buttercup sighs of The Cranberries.[2] Their sound progressed from indie pop rock, not unlike peers Velocity Girl, Lush, Helium and Juliana Hatfield, to Shoegaze and trip-hop. After the breakup, Lorson founded the alt-folk outfit Saint Low. Madder Rose members included Billy Cote (guitar), Mary Lorson (vocal, guitar), Matt Verta-Ray (bass,vocal), Rick Kubic aka Johnny Kick (drums, vocal) and Chris Giammalvo (bass).

Discography

  • (1993) Beautiful John
  • (1993) Bring It Down
  • (1993) Swim EP
  • (1994) Panic On
  • (1994) Car Song EP
  • (1995) The Love You Save EP
  • (1997) Tragic Magic
  • (1999) Hello June Fool

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