fuzztones Archive
29 May 2022
EP Review The Fuzztones – Encore
For forever now, The Fuzztones have been bringing their trademark version of garage punk to enthusiastic listeners. In recent years, main Fuzztone Rudi Protrudi has turned his focus toward tributes, […]
13 Jan 2022
Boxed Set Review: Fuzztones Salute the Greats
For decades now, The Fuzztones have been doing the important work of keeping the garage punk flame burning. Originally a New York City aggregation, the band led by Rudi Protrudi […]
14 May 2021
Book Review: Rudi Protrudi — As Times Gone
I’m on record as being an ardent Fuzztones fan. And while the band has created plenty of music to satisfy fans’ cravings for garagefuzzpunk, those similarly inclined are apt to […]
13 May 2021
Book Review: Rudi Protrudi — The Fuzztone
Note: While perusing the newest book by the Fuzztones’ Rudi Protrudi, I made a discovery: a review I wrote more than four years ago has somehow failed to be published […]
28 Jan 2021
Album Review: The Fuzztones — NYC
Though they first came on the scene in the middle of the ‘80s garage rock revival, The Fuzztones have endured. And they’ve remained busy this past decade and a half. […]
24 Oct 2013
Album Review: Various — In Fuzz We Trust
The premise alone is enough to set your head a-spinning. First, start with a bunch of sixties garage bands, the kind immortalized on the legendary Lenny Kaye-curated Nuggets album. Now […]
05 Sep 2013
Fuzzy Memories: A Conversation with The Fuzztones’ Rudi Protrudi, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Rudi Protrudi: We did a single in 1972 and our singer was very into Jethro Tull , and we did “Locomotive Breath” along with a lot […]
04 Sep 2013
Fuzzy Memories: A Conversation with The Fuzztones’ Rudi Protrudi, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Throughout The Fuzztones‘ history, you’ve again and again managed the tricky feat of writing new, original songs that fit the aesthetic of stuff from […]
03 Sep 2013
Fuzzy Memories: A Conversation with The Fuzztones’ Rudi Protrudi, Part One
Since 1980, The Fuzztones have been leaders in keeping the garage rock flame alive. Originally based in New York City, the group – led by singer-guitarist Rudi Protrudi – eventually […]
21 Apr 2009
Album Review: Illegitimate Spawn: The Fuzztones Tribute Album
The concept of Illegitimate Spawn chases its own tail: an international compilation of unknown groups playing cover versions in tribute to The Fuzztones, a group who are themselves essentially a […]
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