Artist description

Musical Influences Air, Eric Satie, The Fall, Stereolab, John Lennon

Artist History Charreaux and Appleman met while working on a music therapy soundtrack for the Amsterdam Autistic Children’s Hospice. In San Francisco, they started the label, Californium, and released three EPs and a full-length CD. Their latest CD, Heroin Geek-the movie, is on Denver’s Lost Arts label. Ultraviolet Eye also released a live album on Listen Loudest and an EP on Demolition, both in Europe. Ultraviolet Eye has appeared live and on compilations along side such artists as Beck and Sonic Youth and has contributed songs to films at Cal Arts, Loyola Marymount and Art Center. Alternative and independent in spirit, Ultraviolet Eye’s music has been praised by a diverse range of reviewers from Maximum RockandRoll and Alternative Press to CMJ, Tower Pulse and the Boston Phoenix

Group Members Ultraviolet Eye is lead by two former altar boys - singer, guitarist, songwriter Jeff Charreaux and Roy Appleman on bass and piccolo, working with a wide array of drummers, from Victor Indrizzo (Macy Gray, Beck), Lucky Lehrer (Circle Jerks) to Ron Smith (Bed of Eyes).

Press Reviews “YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT HOW NUMBERS LIKE THESE...GNAW AWAY AT YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS WITH REFRESHING TENACITY—NEW TIMES LOS ANGELES; “I’VE SEEN THESE GUYS TWICE IN PLACES THAT SOUND HORRIBLE, BUT I THOUGHT THE BAND WAS GREAT. GREAT SONGS, GREAT HARMONIES, GREAT PLAYERS”—FLIPSIDE; “HOOKS ARE TOSSED ABOUT LIKE GREENBACKS IN VEGAS”—AMPLIFIER; “THE BEST SONG ABOUT DRUGS, JOHN PEEL AND AMERICA, ‘HEROIN GEEK’ BY ULTRAVIOLET EYE”—BOSTON PHOENIX; “I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE’S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOODS ON TH[EIR] ALBUM, TOO MANY BANDS HAVE ONE GOOD SONG AND THEN COPY IT TO DEATH”—RADAR STAR; “THE DIVERSE MUSIC IS JUST AN EXCUSE FOR JEFF’S AMAZING LYRICS” —HERE BE MONSTERS, UK; “A CD HERE THAT TEEMS WITH GRAND MUSICAL AND LYRICAL DELIGHTS”—UNDER THE VOLCANO, NYC; “THANKS FOR THE RECORD. I APPRECIATE THE IRONY OF THE C.L. SITUATION. I’VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE BUGGERED UP BY FAME THAT MY ONLY FEELINGS ARE SYMPATHETIC”—JOHN PEEL, BBC; “PUT ON A DAY-GLO MINI SKIRT AND ROCK OUT...IT’S THE REAL THING”—BABYLON HOT CITY ON PARADE; “OVERFLOWS WITH MELODY AND SPIRIT AND A BITING BUT GOOD-NATURED HUMOR”—ALTERNATIVE PRE

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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