Bassoon plays stoner-math-instrumetal butt rock, generally composed by Stuart, and invariantly performed by Sean Moran on guitar, John Mettam on drums, and Stuart on bass and keyboards.
The band was born during Stuart’s collaboration with Harvey Milk on the Special Wishes album, composing heavy riffs with Steve Tanner and a Roland R8 drum machine. The songs composed with Steve ended up on the following HM release, John took over for the drum machine, Stuart hopped onto the bass, and Sean showed up with an old 80s charvel.
See below for some tracks from our upcoming release.
Time Out NY wrote:
“Bassoon occasionally avails itself of sheet music onstage, but don’t let that give you the wrong idea. The power trio is one of Brooklyn’s heaviest and most challenging, bringing to mind a mixture of Melvins-style avant-sludge and daredevil ’70s fusion.”
| February 18, 2012 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Alright williamsburghers, come out and rock at the ex-Bruer Falls location. Supposed to be quite nice now. Might have a sneak preview of the upcoming CD!!
The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY
| January 5, 2012 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Metal -> Cello -> Banjo ::: Crushing -> Soaring -> Picking ::: Slogging -> Singing -> Overwhelming ::: ALL THAT next thursday at ROCKSHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kicking it off: BASSOON (pounding metal by Stuart Popejoy/Sean Moran/John Mettam) @ 8:30
Keeping it live: MARIKA HUGHES (solo cello) @ 9:30
Bringing it ’round: SEABROOK POWER PLANT (Brandon Seabrook/Tom Blancarte/Jared Seabrook) @ 10:30
$7
The Rock Shop
249 Fourth Avenue @ Carroll, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 230-5740
SUBWAY: Union St (R)
http://popejoy.org/bassoon
http://www.marikahughes.com
http://www.seabrookpowerplant.com
| October 29, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
w/ nevereven, Gelatine and The Committee. Not sure about the order but methinks we’re 2nd which would be 9pm!
Halloween show, at least for the other bands …
The Local 269
269 East Houston St.
New York, NY
21+. $7 cover.
bassoon at local 269 last month …
| September 9, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Art rock collides with the butt bludgeon in a gallery setting, with STATS who we haven’t shared a stage with for over two years, Inzinzac celebrating their CD release, and Stevie Buono’s rock band! We’re on first so don’t be late.
INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9
ANOMALOUS WARMTH
a monthly series of experimental sound + visions @ 319 SCHOLES
8pm — 1am $10
BASSOON (at 8pm)
SPLIT RED – http://www.splitredmusic.com
STATS – http://www.statsbrooklyn.bandcamp.com
INZINZAC – http://www.inzinzac.com
live visuals by COSMIC MORNING
Corner of Scholes and Waterbury in Bushwick. Three blocks from the Montrose L train
Brooklyn, New York
Created By
Stephen Buono, Stuart Popejoy, Tony Gedrich, Joseph Petrucelli, David Flaherty, Daniel Piotrowski, Eli Litwin, Nate FarrarShow all (8)
More Info: http://319scholes.org
overdue to have a bassoon t-shirt. will probably do the bassoon baby too …
from a show we did right before we tracked a lot of the tunes on the upcoming CD
the flyer from said gig, in which “bassoon baby” was born:
Here’s some recently-mastered action from Bassoon’s long-awaited CD release. Yes it’s been sold via homemade CDRs before but it’s got a new song (Rope), I remixed the whole thing for greater awesomeness, and got it mastered with Colin Marston, so it’s even more roque-ing!!
| July 23, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
BASSOON at 8pm followed by
DESCENDER, VOODOO TERROR TRIBE, NEVEREVEN, PHANTOM ISLE
269 East Houston @ Suffolk, NYC $7