Artist description Ron Anderson's plays outrock with PAK, Molecules, RonRuins, No Plan, The Infussion

Musical Influences Molecules; RonRuins; PAK; Happy New Year; The Infussion; No Plan; Metal Eater

Similar Artists Boredoms; Ruins; John Zorn; Frank Zappa; Elliott Sharp

Artist History RON ANDERSON is a multi-instrumentalist intuitive music maker. Who plays not only traditional instruments like the electric guitar, but also will use anything that can make a sound, including the recording studio. He has 35 CDs or LPs to his credit the most recent being a new solo CD called Anything Is Possible. Up coming releases include a RONRUINS CD called Big Shoes on Magaibutsu, THE INFUSIONS on the French label 33 Revpermi. and a recording with JASON WILLET on Baraka Foundation. A bunch of recordings are in the vaults looking for the light of day, Jolie! a solo noise recording, The Freezing Sessions, with French provoquer JAC BERROCAL, and the final work of THE MOLECULES a 3 CD set called Complete Self Indulgence. He has performed in 14 different countries with multiple tours of U.S.A., EUROPE, JAPAN. Ron was a co-founder of the notorious noise rock group RAT AT RAT R in Philadelphia 1980- 81. It was in Philadelphia that he purchased 2 reel to reel tape recorders and started experimenting with tape editing, found sounds, noise, improvisation and combining these with composition. In 1982 Ron moved to New York City's Lower East Side. He continued to experiment, and after moving to Downtown Brooklyn in 1984 he started weekly improvisation nights where anybody was invited to play. Started his first recording studio, and released his first recording (on vinyl) Fever Dream in 1987. Throughout the 80's performed in many of the clubs in New York's Downtown music scene, CBGB'S, LA MAMA, THE PYRAMID, THE GAS STATION, THE KNITTING FACTORY, with various groups and musicians. Also at this time he worked on tape installations for various art galleries, composed music for two premier performances of the ROBERT SMALL DANCE COMPANY at DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP and ST. MARKS CHURCH. Moved to Oakland, CA in 1989, set up a new studio. 1990 began his longest running project THE MOLECULES. These bad boys of new music developed an eccentric blend of free rock and dada concepts, which left them equally loved and hated in San Francisco. Their music created controversy, this enabled them to tour the U.S.A. and beyond. Completing a total of 6 CD's, their first called Steel Toe was released in 1991. Toured the U.S.A. in 1992, the East Coast of the U.S.A. in 1997. Also Europe in 1993,94,95,97 including festivals - MUSIC ACTION 93 (Nancy, France), VORAX (Vicenza, Italy), EUROCOT (Zurich, Switzerland). One tour of Japan in 1995. Ron also played in VACUUM TREE HEAD which has released 2 CD's and HAPPY NEW YEAR who have released 2 CD's, toured the East and West Coasts of the U.S.A. also one European tour in 1995, playing in MUSIC ACTION 95. He has recorded one studio CD and one live in Tokyo, with YOSHIDA TATSUYA. August of 1998 Ron moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Started a recording project with members of the French Band ULAN BATOR. Followed by a European tour in November of 23 concerts in 25 days, performing every night in two groups, RONRUINS and the British band GUAPO. Tour of Italy in April 1999 with METAL EATER, a duet with STEVE BUCHANAN. Metal Eater also performed in the 4thTOURNOI EUROPEEN D' IMPROVISATION MUSICALE in Poitiers, France. Returning to the USA in August 1999, Ron moved back to New York City. In November he performed in the DENSITES FESTIVAL 6 EDITION in Verdun, France with a new trio formulated by the festival called NO PLAN (Ron with OLIVIER PAQUOTTE and PETER HOLLINGER). 2000 brought a ten-concert tour of Japan with RONRUINS, and the formation of his new group PAK, who did a east coast/Midwest tour of the USA with RUINS. THE INFUSIONS (RA with OLIVIER PAQUOTTE and CAMEL ZEKRI) went into the studio to record and give few concerts in France at the beginning of 2001. NO PLAN was invited to perform at MUSIC ACTION 2001 (Nancy, France) in May, and PAK gave their European début in August at Festival Fruits De Mhere (Mhere, France). Autumn finds PAK recording their first release, co-produce with Elliot Sharp. Plans for a PAK European tour February/March 2002. Ron currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Ron has performed and/or recorded with - FRED LONBERG-HOLM, JAMES CHANCE, JOHN MEYERS, MARK RIBOT, ELLIOT SHARP,YASUKO ONUKI, MICHEAL EVANS, THE SUN CITY GIRLS, SHELLY HIRSCH, THE POOL, OTOMO YOSHIHIDE, CAROLINE KRABBLE, GINO ROBAIR, SEIICHI YAMAMOTO, JACK WRIGHT, JOHN ZORN, 99 HOOKER, MYLES BOISEN, MIC GENDREAU, DONALD MILLER, HOPPY KAMIYAMA, DANIEL CARTER, HACO, TERRIE EX

Press Reviews RON ANDERSON-Anything is Possible (Megaphone 022) I met this gonzo guitar/bass improviser almost 20 years ago right after he was in NY's Rat at Rat R (no wave-punk-improv-etc.) when he began jamming with friends of mine like Steve Buchanan and played in Yellow Tang. He eventually tired of the NY scene and moved to the bay area where he formed The Molecules (over-the-top improv-rock-etc.) who toured & recorded relentlessly. He later hooked up with Ruins leader/drummer Tatsuya Yoshida with whom he has recorded & toured in Europe and Japan. He is finally back here and has another new band called PAK - Ron is an irrepressible spirit and still an engaging player - so it is great to have him around here once more. A few months ago, he did a surprise set with Tatsusya and Zorn at the Knit of all places!?! Which brings us to his new release - a collaboration with some 25 musicians from Ron's varied past which includes Daniel Carter, Shelley Hirsch, Michael Evans, Gino Robair, 99 Hooker, Elliott Levin, Dave Slusser, Al Margolis (If, Bwana), John Myers and of course Tatsusya. Ron also plays keyboards, giant guitar harp (?), pocket trumpet and drum machine. This crazed 23 track cd was recorded from 1996-1999, in Oakland, San Jose, Osaka and NYC. The opening track is avant-funk-rocker with some twisted violin and synth weirdness which sets the pace for the strange brew coming up. Nice to hear Michael Evans's quavering theremin on "Talk it All Out" which is partially free but filled with explosive rockin' noise and alien child-like vocals. Tatsusya-like ultra-tight drum insanity is featured on many tracks, always giving the noisy sections shape and structure. The are many hilarious bits as well, like the full throttle shouting match on "Osaka" and mutant Residents-like vocals on "Jac's Bicycle...". Ron has done a great job of selecting the song-like sections from noisier bits and often using a drum machine in more inventive ways to help focus the more extreme tendencies of the other crazed players. A number of the strange tunes and especially "Dharma Bums" reminds me of Chrome - another former bay area favorite. Ron's tortured and ferocious guitar get a chance to wail on a number of these excursions, nicely done on the intricate prog/noise rocker - "Crank". A fun journey through a variety of mutant twists and turns. Bruce Lee Gallanter

Location Brooklyn, New York - USA

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