 THURSDAY Music Machine, The Fuzztones at the Coconut Teazer "Talk Talk" is one of THE greatest garage-punk, psychedelic rock & roll singles of the 60's. No, of all time. And the band who created it, the Music Machine, are back, complete with their original singer/songwriter. And in a stroke of pure genius, the Teazer has managed to book a band who look and sound exactly like the Music Machine in their heyday, the Fuzztones. The Machine should sound great (although they may look like a bunch of retired golfers), but you rest assured that the Fuzztones will both look and sound great. this is the last show for a few months, and we prob ably won't be hearing too much from them until their RCA record debut in September. Note: don't for- get your shades. (Scott Morrow) L.A. WEEKLY 1989 "Fuzzy (Rudi), is truly a prince among men. The Fuzztones were magnificent in NY, their renditions and presentations of MM material was nothing short of sterling, cool chrome-plated classic garage. Rudi is responsible for reuniting me with my career. He has been a constant inspiration -- a wise and thoughtful gentleman in all circumstances, and I am honored to call him my friend." - SEAN BONNIWELL  It is no secret that the Music Machine were one of The Fuzztones' biggest influences. Rudi met leader Sean Bonniwell at the Psychedelic Summer of Love in 1987 when his newly reformed Music Machine played with Arthur Lee's newly reformed LOVE, and the original line-up of the Seeds. They kept in contact and Rudi arranged a double gig at L.A.'s Coconut Teazer.  Sean's new line-up disbanded
soon after,
and he asked Rudi to put a band together for him, but
this was at a time when The Fuzztones were at their
peak, just getting signed to RCA, and there was no
time for side projects. Rudi and Sean did get together
again in 1990 when Sean contributed guest vocals on
The Fuzztones album, "Braindrops." Rudi was again
contacted in 2001, to provide Sean and original Music
Machine drummer Ron Edgar with a backing band for
their appearance at the Knights of Fuzz Cavestomp in
NYC. For this event, Rudi played bass, and former
Fuzztones Deb O' Nair and Phil Arriagada contributed
organ and lead guitar.
Again, this was a double gig with The Fuzztones. One
week later, Sean and Ron were off to L.A. where they
played the Palace theatre, once again as The Music
Machine. This time they were backed by future
Fuzztones Lana Loveland on organ, Lenny Svilar on lead
guitar, and occasional Fuzztones substitute bassist
Rob Ampersand. This line-up
was to be the core of his band when he toured Europe
as the Bonniwell Music Machine in 2004.
Robb, Lana, Sean, Lenny, Jason, Tim |
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