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San Francisco duo specialising in avant-garde kitsch, the music consists of modern beats blended with easy listening and lounge music of the 50s and 60s. One of the few bands to merge sound collage with exotica in an accessible way! Their first album, Trip Tease, was released in 1997 with their second, less experimental, album, Uh-Oh!, arriving in 2001. .
The Fingertips debut album in 2003 achieved first place on radio airplay charts with the single “Melancholic Ballad”. This was followed up with two more releases (2006 & 2007) which saw the band repeating their success with top radio airplay once again.
The band has a loyal fan base and has supported Nelly Furtado, Queen, George Michael, The Corrs and others.
In 2010 the band went on a search for a new vocalist and out of hundreds of candidates Joana Gomes was chosen giving the band a new voice and direction.
“Simple Words” was the first recording by The Fingertips...
The Tips were a band started around 1999 by Michael Bishop, of GWAR, Kepone, and later American Grizzly with vocalist Bunny Wells. Their sound was somewhat similar to what one would expect Kepone to play, except with slightly lighter sound. The band mainly played shows, having only recorded one demo which wasn't released in any official form. They split up some time afterward. Unfortunately, not much is known of the band. .
Furtips are a shanbling, whimsical indie pop group from Arnhem, The Netherlands. They were founded by Herman Bunskoeke, who reputedly hoped they would be a hardcore band along the lines of Canada's No Means No. This didn't work out and Bunskoeke left after a year to concentrate on his other band Bettie Serveert and was replaced by lead vocalist/bass guitarist Royal Penguin Saver.
Along with the rest of the band, guitarist Camille Courbois, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jane Pol, and percussionist Thom Vanderdoef, Royal Penguin Saver released the bands first album, Stand Back, Speak Normally, on Ajax records in 1995, to critical appreciation...
