Rhinoceros

There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Rhinoceros was a late-60s American psychedelic rock "supergroup" formed in 1967. 2) Rhinoceros is British multi-instrumentalist, producer and remixer David Picking (also a member of Gramophone, and occasional collaborator with UK band No-Man). 3) Rhinoceros was a hardcore punk band from the Netherlands, active in the 1980s. 1) Rhinoceros was a late-60s American psychedelic rock "supergroup" Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Rhinoceros was a late-60s American psychedelic rock "supergroup" formed in 1967. 2) Rhinoceros is British multi-instrumentalist, producer and remixer David Picking (also a member of Gramophone, and occasional collaborator with UK band No-Man). 3) Rhinoceros was a hardcore punk band from the Netherlands, active in the 1980s. 1) Rhinoceros was a late-60s American psychedelic rock "supergroup" formed in 1967 through auditions conducted by Elektra Records rather than organic formation by musicians. The band was poorly received by fans, producing a slow selling debut album and two even less successful albums before breaking up in 1970 (with one reunion concert on 7 August 2009 at the Kitchener Blues Festival in Ontario, Canada). Elektra Records' talent scout and house producer Paul Rothchild (whose credits include Love’s Forever Changes and The Doors’ Strange Days) , and fellow producer Frazier Mohawk (formerly Barry Friedman), decided to individually sign talented young musicians and form them together into a group. Big things were expected from a classically trained keyboardist from Jon & Lee & The Checkmates called Michael Fonfara (keyboards) ex-Electric Flag, Billy Mundi (drums) ex- Mothers of Invention, Doug Hastings (guitar) ex- Daily Flash & Buffalo Springfield, Danny Weis (guitar) ex- Iron Butterfly- Jerry Penrod (bass) and John Finlay (vocals). For their debut album, the spectacular foldout cover with artwork by G. Sazaferin depicting a brightly colourful beaded Rhinoceros had all the qualifications for superstar status. In hindsight the beast was more electric soul apart from the surging instrumental “Apricot Brandy”, which was later adopted as a BBC Radio One Theme . A certain amount of acknowledgement has to be given to the Little Richard classic “You’re My Girl (I don’t want to discuss it)” which was covered by Delaney & Bonnie on their live tour with Eric Clapton and a brassy version of Larry Williams’ “I Need Love”. The bluesey takes on Alan Gerber’s “When You Say You Sorry”, the laidback “Same Old Way” and “I Will Serenade You” later covered by Three Dog Night were great once listened to over and over, but lacked impact. The album did however initiate heavy body drumming by the strong armed Billy Mundi way before the Zep’s John Bonham but closer to Vanilla Fudge. The follow up albums Satin Chicken and Better Times Coming, now devoid of Penrod, failed to make the grade with Mundi, Gerber and Hastings departing. Fonfara featured extensively on numerous Lou Reed recordings. The band did some shows at Fillmore East, after which Edwards was replaced by Dr. John drummer Richard Crooks, who in turn would be replaced by Malcolm Tomlinson, who stayed with the band until their dissolution in late 1970. John Finley, Michael Fonfara, Peter Hodgson, Danny Weis and Larry Leishman formed a new group called Blackstone that recorded one album before the musicians then went their separate ways. On 7 August 2009, original members John Finley, Alan Gerber, Danny Weis and Michael Fonfara reunited at the Kitchener Blues Festival in Ontario, Canada with bass player Peter Hodgson, along with Bernie LaBarge (replacing original guitarist Doug Hastings), and Mike Sloski on drums. 2) Rhinoceros is British multi-instrumentalist, producer and remixer David Picking (also a member of Gramophone, and occasional collaborator with UK band No-Man). Picking's music combines the creaking lo-fi atmospherics of Papa M and the eccentric ambience of Brian Eno with the cut-and-paste aesthetics of DJ Shadow. The result, also featuring the evocative croon of No-Man vocalist Tim Bowness, and the turntable skills of DJ Log from UK hip-hop crew Michaelis Constant, is a quiet gem of reflective, organic electronica. 'Tiny Ghosts' was his debut CD release. 3) Rhinoceros was a hardcore punk band from the Netherlands, active in the 1980s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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