ALDERTONE

Bio:

Russ Aldertone has lived in New York City since 1991 playing in various local acts before settling in with NY noise rockers, The Wobblies in 1999. Before joining the Wobs, Russ did a 3 year stint as a hired gun playing for a few indie songwriters but found the life too taxing on the soul. This is his first solo effort.

Contact:

aldertone@gmail.com

Notes from Russ:

ALDERTONE was recorded at Moon Studios on Staten Island, NYC, by Henry Falco. We did 3 separate tracking sessions, one per drummer. In each session the drums were close-miked at one end of the room and the bass amp was placed at the opposite end. My SWR Basic Black amp had a mic on the 15" speaker and one on the horn. We also used room mics. The separation was fine and the drummers and I were able to be in the same room to stay in contact. Each drummer played a different kit including snare drums, yet there is a nice consistancy in the drums overall and each player's nuances in style come right through.

I generally used my '71 P Bass to do the basics and did overdubs with my '68 Telecaster. I always run it through a Sans Amp. For distortion I use an Ibanez Tube King because the low end stays with you nicely. Other effects that appear are the E-H Baseballs, E-H Bass Microsyth and the Akai Headrush for loops or delay.

The drummers are the three guys I've played with the most in my life as a bass player. I had played in bands with each of them for at least 5 years. I have been fortunate to have played with such quality musicians over that amount of time.

The mastering was done by the master, Alan Douches, at West West Side.

No guitars were harmed in the making of this record.

By the way, "For the Thunderbroomers" means: Cheers to all my bass playin' heros and colleagues. Thanks to Mike Watt for the vocabulary word.