The Del Fuegos were an American 1980s garage -style rock band. Formed in 1980, the Boston , Massachusetts , United States–based band gained success in 1986 with their songs "Don't Run Wild" and "I Still Want You" and appearing in a widely seen television commercial for Miller Beer . The band's fans included Tom Petty , who appeared on one of the band's songs and featured them as an opening act on one of his tours. The band is named after the island of Tierra Del Fuego .
21-404: The relationship between brothers Warren Zanes and Dan Zanes , then and now, has been described as "fractious". Shortly after the band was dropped by Slash Records due to the commercial disappointment of their third album for the label, Warren left the band, as did Woody. After Dan and Tom recruited two replacement members, they released a fourth album with RCA Records . The band broke up within
42-716: A cover version of the Earth, Wind & Fire song " Shining Star ". In 1999, the two collaborated with Carlos Santana and Eagle-Eye Cherry on Santana's multi-platinum album Supernatural . They received their first Grammy for 'Album of the Year'; after having received numerous nominations for their past work with Beck and as artists for their instrumental song on the X-Files soundtrack. They also recorded, produced and mixed an album by 'hip pop' group 10 Cents named Buggin Out . In
63-489: A collection of essays on Jimmie Rodgers, collaborated with Garth Brooks on two volumes of the artist's ongoing series, and written for Rolling Stone , The Los Angeles Times , The Oxford American , and more. On March 26, 2024, it was confirmed that a film version of the 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska was in the works and it will star Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen . The Dust Brothers The Dust Brothers are
84-659: A pair of songwriters and producers consisting of E.Z. Mike ( Michael Simpson ) and King Gizmo ( John King ). They are famous for the sample -based music they produced in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys , Odelay , Midnite Vultures and Guero by Beck , the soundtrack to the film Fight Club , and " MMMBop " by Hanson . They are based in Los Angeles, California . Michael "E.Z." Simpson and John "Gizmo" King started working together as
105-605: A track with Korn called "Kick the P.A." for the Spawn soundtrack; produced the number one hit " MMMBop " for Hanson 's first major label album Middle of Nowhere ; and created a song on the #1 soundtrack to the Howard Stern film Private Parts named " Tortured Man ", featuring vocals by Stern. The Dust Brothers also co-produced three songs on the Rolling Stones album, Bridges to Babylon . The next year,
126-677: A year of the album's release. Dan later said of the group's demise, "The '80s were over, we were over." On June 23 and 24, 2011, the band played together for the first time in 21 years at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts. These shows raised money for Right Turn, a rehab program run by Woody. Later, they embarked upon a reunion tour beginning in February 2012 and ending in Dan and Warren's home town of Concord, New Hampshire, at
147-1024: Is also the Vice President of Education at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . He returned to music in 2002 with a solo album titled Memory Girls . Lloyd left the Del Fuegos after the band's fourth album. He went back to college and earned a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley before earning a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1999. After The Del Fuegos, Roth (born Adam Wingfield Roth on May 16, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) worked on musical endeavors with comedian Denis Leary and recorded with Jim Carroll , David Johansen and The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando . He
168-465: The Boo Yaa Tribe on the album New Funky Nation , producing several songs on that album. Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys stopped by mutual friend Matt Dike 's apartment, where King and Dike slyly played music intended to be a Dust Brothers album. Horovitz liked what he heard and asked if he could buy the music. The Dust Brothers along with Dike ended up co-writing, producing and mixing
189-490: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and executive director of Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. Zanes has taught at several American universities, including Case Western Reserve University , University of Rochester , and New York University , where he has been teaching since 2015. Zanes joined his brother Dan 's band, The Del Fuegos, at age seventeen. The band signed to Slash Records that same year, releasing three albums with Slash/Warner Bros. before
210-678: The 2000s, the Dust Brothers had continued success, again collaborating with Beck on the album Guero ; Tenacious D on their self-titled debut ; Linkin Park with a track called "With You" on their first studio album Hybrid Theory ; remixing the Styles of Beyond track "Winnetka Exit" on their promotional CD Spies Like Us ; and producing the They Might Be Giants album The Else . The Dust Brothers name and trademark
231-667: The Beastie Boys' second album, Paul's Boutique , considered one of the best albums of all time by Time in 2006. Beck had the Dust Brothers produce his album Odelay , released in 1996. The album spawned the hits " Where It's At " (#64 on the Hot 100), " Devils Haircut " (#94 on the Hot 100), " The New Pollution " (#74) and " Jack-Ass " (#73). In 1995 the Dust Brothers co-produced Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil 's second solo album Carved in Stone . In 1997, they produced
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#1732782696862252-790: The Capital Center for the Arts on March 4, 2012. The reunited band also recorded eight new songs in three days, releasing them on February 21, 2012, as an EP titled Silver Star . The Del Fuegos did reunite for a one night event in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in July 2023. Dan Zanes released a solo album in 1995. Later, after distributing a cassette of original children's songs throughout his neighborhood, he began recording children's music with his band Dan Zanes and Friends . The band's music became very popular due to heavy airplay of
273-585: The Dust Brothers in 1985 at Pomona College radio station , KSPC , hosting a weekly hip-hop show called The Big Beat Showcase . They developed writing and producing skills creating music for their show and DJing and rapping at parties. In 1987, they began writing and producing for the Delicious Vinyl label . There they wrote and produced tracks on Tone Lōc 's album , Lōc-ed After Dark , Young MC 's debut album Stone Cold Rhymin' , and other Delicious Vinyl releases. They also worked with
294-533: The Material World . Zanes acted as consulting producer for director Morgan Neville's Oscar-winning 20 Feet From Stardom , received a Grammy nomination as a producer of the PBS series Soundbreaking , and served as writer for director Thom Zimny's The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash . Zanes's New York Times bestselling biography of Petty, Petty: The Biography , was published in 2015. He has also edited
315-462: The duo were approached by director David Fincher to assemble the score for the film Fight Club , most notably "This Is Your Life", a song featuring lines from the film, including a monologue by the character Tyler Durden ( Brad Pitt ). The same year also saw the Dust Brothers collaborate with Jeymes Samuel aka the Bullitts on the soundtrack for the film Muppets from Space , recording
336-513: The end of the Del Fuegos, including Wiki 3 and Chris Pahud. Columbus worked with the Fuegos for Christmas music. Warren Zanes Warren Zanes is an American musician and writer who has been known as guitarist for The Del Fuegos , a solo artist, and the biographer of Tom Petty . A Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies, Zanes is the former vice president of education and public programs for
357-468: The group's music videos on the Disney Channel 's preschool morning block Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior ) and Noggin (now Nick Jr. Channel ). In 2007, his album Catch That Train! received a Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children. Warren Zanes left the Del Fuegos after the band's third album. He went on to earn two master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Arts. He
378-585: The label that would release his next four solo projects, People That I'm Wrong For , I Want To Move Out in the Daylight , The Biggest Bankrupt City in the World , and The Collected Warren Zanes . Zanes joined poet Paul Muldoon's Rogue Oliphant in 2019 and has co-written several songs with Muldoon. Zanes's 2003 book Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis about Dusty Springfield 's 1969 album Dusty in Memphis
399-477: The younger Zanes left the band. The Del Fuegos toured with X, ZZ Top, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, INXS, and others during the time Warren was in the band. Zanes returned to making music as he was writing his Ph.D. dissertation at The University of Rochester, signed by The Dust Brothers to their then-label, Ideal Records. That solo debut, Memory Girls , was eventually released by Nashville's Dualtone,
420-408: Was also involved in the bands The Enablers and The Liza Colby Sound. Roth died of cancer on December 16, 2015, at the age of 57. Morell left the Del Fuegos before the band recorded their first album. Giessmann founded Right Turn, a program offering assistance to artists in recovery from drug addiction and other mental health issues, in 2003. Donnelly has worked in a number of music projects since
441-583: Was published by Bloomsbury as the first volume in their 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 series of books on classic albums. Tom Petty read the book on Dusty in Memphis twice and invited Zanes to dinner; as Petty told NPR's Terry Gross, the book inspired him to write the song "Down South" from his 2006 album Highway Companion . Zanes interviewed Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle , Jeff Lynne , George Martin , Klaus Voormann and others for Martin Scorsese 's 2011 documentary on George Harrison , George Harrison: Living in
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