The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
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The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is an American extreme metal
band, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
. Founded in 2004, the group derived their name (as a joke) from celebrity Tony Danza
, upon one of his professions being tapdancing. The band has released three studio albums and are currently signed to Black Market Activities
.
; the humorous moniker is occasionally misinterpreted, as older concertgoers have attended shows in hopes of seeing Danza himself. The group signed with Corrosive Recording in 2005 after self-releasing their debut album. Their second release, Danza II: Electric Boogaloo, was issued in 2007 on Black Market Activities
. The album's name is a parody of the Danzig
album, Danzig II: Lucifuge
, as well as the 1980s film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
. The album features short, humorous skits interspersed with the songs making fun of their surroundings growing up. The group has toured with Cattle Decapitation
, Arsonists Get All the Girls
, Veil of Maya, Full Blown Chaos
, Despised Icon
, The Acacia Strain
, Beneath the Massacre
, Unearth
, See You Next Tuesday
, The Red Chord
, Shai Hulud
, Psyopus
, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Lye By Mistake, A Life Once Lost
, and Emmure
, among others. In March 2008, the band crashed their tour van after playing a show in Lewisville, Texas
. Former member Brad Thomson founded Midgets with Machetes, a record label distributed by Uprising Records
.
On September 24, 2009, the band announced that Layne Meylain and Mike Butler had amicably left the group. At the same time, the band formally announced their next album, Danza III: A Series of Unfortunate Events. The album focuses on lyrical themes such as, personal, social, political and global "unfortunate events" tied around three musical themes, technical
, groove-based
and ambient
. It was recorded in November 2009 with Jeremiah Scott and Steve Blackmon.
The band released their third album, Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events
, on July 6, 2010. On the record, Josh Travis performs lead and rhythm guitar on an 8-string guitar
as well as the bass. It also marks the first album by the band to include drummer Mike Bradley. The songs "I Am Sammy Jankis" and "The Union" have been released as singles.
In September 2011, the band stated via their Facebook page that Danza IV is in the works. No release date has been announced.
Former members
Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
band, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 108,755 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 U.S. Census, up from 68,816 residents certified during the 2000 census. The center of population of Tennessee is located in...
. Founded in 2004, the group derived their name (as a joke) from celebrity Tony Danza
Tony Danza
Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
, upon one of his professions being tapdancing. The band has released three studio albums and are currently signed to Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities is an independent record label which was founded in 2003 by Guy Kozowyk, the singer of the Boston, Massachusetts, based metal band The Red Chord.-History:...
.
History
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza was founded in 2004. They chose their band name after actor Tony DanzaTony Danza
Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
; the humorous moniker is occasionally misinterpreted, as older concertgoers have attended shows in hopes of seeing Danza himself. The group signed with Corrosive Recording in 2005 after self-releasing their debut album. Their second release, Danza II: Electric Boogaloo, was issued in 2007 on Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities is an independent record label which was founded in 2003 by Guy Kozowyk, the singer of the Boston, Massachusetts, based metal band The Red Chord.-History:...
. The album's name is a parody of the Danzig
Danzig (band)
Danzig is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for the singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain...
album, Danzig II: Lucifuge
Danzig II: Lucifuge
Danzig II: Lucifuge is the second album by Danzig. It was released in 1990 on Def American Recordings and was reissued in the USA and UK in 1998 by Def American's successor, American Recordings.-Music and recording:...
, as well as the 1980s film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is the 1984 sequel to the breakdancing film Breakin. It was first released in the same year as its predecessor by TriStar Pictures, and by Cannon Films the year after...
. The album features short, humorous skits interspersed with the songs making fun of their surroundings growing up. The group has toured with Cattle Decapitation
Cattle Decapitation
Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from San Diego, California, formed in 1996.-History:Originally founded in 1996, Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals as well as the abuse of the environment. Lyrics may also focus on subjects such as...
, Arsonists Get All the Girls
Arsonists Get All the Girls
Arsonists Get All the Girls is an American deathcore band from Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 2005, they are currently signed to Century Media Records and have recorded and released four full-length studio albums, Hits from the Bow, The Game of Life, Portals and Motherland.-Biography:Arsonists...
, Veil of Maya, Full Blown Chaos
Full Blown Chaos
Full Blown Chaos is a metalcore band from Floral Park, Queens, New York. According to the band, their whole direction "is to keep a wide range of music, not to necessarily pigeonhole ourselves into metal or hardcore"...
, Despised Icon
Despised Icon
Despised Icon was a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is notable for the use of two vocalists; Alexandre Erian, takes use of a mid-range screaming technique, and Steve Marois for the low growling vocals, and high pitched screamed vocals...
, The Acacia Strain
The Acacia Strain
The Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...
, Beneath the Massacre
Beneath the Massacre
Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...
, Unearth
Unearth
Unearth is an American metalcore band from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Formed in 1998, the group has released five studio albums. Their fourth record, The March was released on October 14, 2008 meeting with high positive reception by many...
, See You Next Tuesday
See You Next Tuesday (band)
See You Next Tuesday is a deathcore band from Bay City, Michigan. They are currently signed to Ferret Records, an independent record label based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.-History:...
, The Red Chord
The Red Chord
The Red Chord is an American grindcore band from Revere, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band is made up of vocalist Guy Kozowyk, guitarist Mike "Gunface" McKenzie, and bassist Greg Weeks. The band gained a fanbase with its 2002 debut album Fused Together in Revolving Doors. The second album,...
, Shai Hulud
Shai Hulud (band)
Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....
, Psyopus
Psyopus
Psyopus is a mathcore band from Rochester, New York. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arpmandude"...
, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Lye By Mistake, A Life Once Lost
A Life Once Lost
A Life Once Lost is an American metalcore band formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After releases on Robotic Empire and Deathwish Inc., A Life Once Lost released their successful album, Hunter on Ferret Music in 2005...
, and Emmure
Emmure
Emmure is an American band formed in 2003, originally based in Connecticut, but now residing in Queens, New York. The group has a total of seven releases...
, among others. In March 2008, the band crashed their tour van after playing a show in Lewisville, Texas
Lewisville, Texas
Lewisville is a city in Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2010 United States Census placed the population at 95,290 within . The city also includes of Lewisville Lake....
. Former member Brad Thomson founded Midgets with Machetes, a record label distributed by Uprising Records
Uprising Records
Uprising Records is a record label founded in 1994 by Sean Muttaqi - having released records by Fall Out Boy, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Cipher, Red Knife Lottery, Underminded, Amir Sulaiman, iCON the Mic King, The Crest and more...
.
On September 24, 2009, the band announced that Layne Meylain and Mike Butler had amicably left the group. At the same time, the band formally announced their next album, Danza III: A Series of Unfortunate Events. The album focuses on lyrical themes such as, personal, social, political and global "unfortunate events" tied around three musical themes, technical
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
, groove-based
Groove metal
Groove metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It was often used to describe Pantera and Exhorder.- Characteristics and origins :Pantera's Cowboys from Hell album from 1990 was described as "groundbreaking" and "blueprint-defining" for the groove metal genre...
and ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
. It was recorded in November 2009 with Jeremiah Scott and Steve Blackmon.
The band released their third album, Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events
Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events
Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events is the third release by American extreme metal band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. The album was released July 6, 2010 via Guy Kozowyk's Black Market Activities.-Critical reception:...
, on July 6, 2010. On the record, Josh Travis performs lead and rhythm guitar on an 8-string guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
as well as the bass. It also marks the first album by the band to include drummer Mike Bradley. The songs "I Am Sammy Jankis" and "The Union" have been released as singles.
In September 2011, the band stated via their Facebook page that Danza IV is in the works. No release date has been announced.
Band members
- Jessie "Danza" Freeland - vocals (2004–present)
- Josh Travis - guitar (2009–present)
- Phil Lockett - bass (2010–present)
- Mike Bradley - drums (2009–present)
Former members
- Mike Butler - bass (2004–2009)
- Layne Meylain - guitar (2004–2009)
- Brad Thomson - guitar
- Paul Simpson - guitar
- Mason Crooks - drums
- Brandon Bateman - drums
- Brad Sexton - drums
- Jimmy Rhodes - drums
Discography
- 2005: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza (Corrosive Recordings, 2005)
- 2007: Danza II: Electric Boogaloo (Black Market ActivitiesBlack Market ActivitiesBlack Market Activities is an independent record label which was founded in 2003 by Guy Kozowyk, the singer of the Boston, Massachusetts, based metal band The Red Chord.-History:...
, 2007) - 2010: Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate EventsDanza III: The Series of Unfortunate EventsDanza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events is the third release by American extreme metal band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. The album was released July 6, 2010 via Guy Kozowyk's Black Market Activities.-Critical reception:...
(Black Market ActivitiesBlack Market ActivitiesBlack Market Activities is an independent record label which was founded in 2003 by Guy Kozowyk, the singer of the Boston, Massachusetts, based metal band The Red Chord.-History:...
, 2010)
External links
- The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza at Black Market Activities