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4 unusual facts about the Fuzztones


Astra Heights

He was replaced by Bernard Yin, a veteran guitarist who has played with SoCal indie darlings El Vez, Medicine, Pansy Division and The Fuzztones (under a stage name) and others.

Creatures that Time Forgot

Creatures that Time Forgot is an album by the band Fuzztones released in 1989.

Frank the Baptist

Frank Vollmann relocated to Berlin in 2006, joining long-time comrades Fez Wrecker (Bonniwell Music Machine, The Fuzztones) and Benn Ra (Hatesex, ex-Diva Destruction), both of whom had coincidentally played in early incarnations of Frank the Baptist in San Diego in 1997-1998.

Michael Quercio

Often grouped with bands such as Redd Kross, The Pandoras as well as The Chesterfield Kings and The Fuzztones (representing the 1980s garage revival) Quercio's bands were more melodic and polished than their peers.


Go Down Records

Since 2003 it has released more than eighty albums and vynils by several artists: Karma To Burn, Vibravoid, Fatso Jetson, OJM, The Fuzztones, The Morlocks, Link Protrudi And The Jaymen, Solrize, Dome La Muerte And The Diggers, Rock’n’Roll Kamikazes, The Hormonauts, Small Jackets.

The 69 Eyes

In April 2010, during an interview with Sean Twisted of Renegaderadio.net, Rudi Protrudi, frontman & founder of the Fuzztones, reported he had completed work on new song with The 69 Eyes, although further details were unavailable during that time.

The Chesterfield Kings

The band, named after a defunct brand of unfiltered cigarette, was instrumental in sparking the 1980s garage band revival that launched such groups as the Unclaimed, Marshmallow Overcoat, The Fuzztones, The Malarians, Mystic Eyes, The Cynics, The Optic Nerve, the Secret Service, and the Stomachmouths.


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