Midwest Quartet born from the rubble of Milwaukee's Thoma's Pub melding numerous musical styles.
Why this name?
In 1917, "Richard Mutt" entered a man's urinal as a sculpture in an exhibition organized by the New York Society of Independent Artist [+]Midwest Quartet born from the rubble of Milwaukee's Thoma's Pub melding numerous musical styles.
Why this name?
In 1917, "Richard Mutt" entered a man's urinal as a sculpture in an exhibition organized by the New York Society of Independent Artists.
Though he never confessed this, most probably "R.Mutt" was Marcel Duchamp. Submitting an ordinary piece of everyday-life to an art exhibition, he thus suggested a new understanding and concept of art. Its specific feature lies not in the work itself, but in the idea behind it. Emphasis is placed upon the artist not as craftsman, but as gifted perceiver whose choice of an object is seen as a creative act. The readymade thus becomes the focus of a meditation on the relation between external things and our perception of them.
Band History:
Started in the Milwaukee area in 1988. Through years has performed throughout the midwest at numerous music festivals. Known for 3-4 hour non-stop high-energy shows primarily in Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison.
Early shows at Thoma's Pub near the Marquette University campus are probably some of the best remembered. Originally the band included Pat Brennen as a lead vocalist. Pat left the band to travel out west and John Gentile replaced him. During the John Gentile years, the band concentrated on high energy shows that would last for 3-4 hours and included a lot of free jamming that would lead the band into all kinds of covers. The Marquette music scene was really strong back then. R. Mutt played with bands such as Surrender Dorothy, Big Sky (Peter Mulvey/Joe Panzetta project), The Gufs, Innisfree, Southbound, Ventriloquist Cat, Blue Utah, The Clams and others.
In 1990, Johnny lead the band to a victory in a local battle of the bands besting great acts like Southbound, Big Sky and The Gufs.
In 1991 Johnny moved on to start his own project and the remaining members, Mike Bellante, Jim Dier, Paul Leckie, and Ron Thornton, retooled and started from scratch. Throwing out all old songs and vowing (to some degree) to not return to the covers that had been the band's bread and butter for so long.
From that point forward the guys have worked hard to create unique original music. After the first disk came out it was decided that the band would live for as long as the fo
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