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Bambi Kino
Origin New York
Genres Merseybeat, rhythm and blues, roots rock
Years active 2009 (2009)–present
Labels Tapete Records
Associated acts Nada Surf
Website bambi-kino.com
Members Doug Gillard
Ira Elliot
Mark Rozzo
Erik Paparazzi

Bambi Kino is a band formed in 2009 by four members of notable American indie rock groups, including Doug Gillard and Ira Elliot, to play music of the early 1960s for a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first Beatles concerts in Hamburg, Germany. The group debuted in Hamburg in 2010 and continues to perform.

Musical career

Bambi Kino
File:Bambi Kino album cover.jpg
Live album by Bambi Kino
Released 2011
Length 27:08
Label Tapete Records
Bambi Kino
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]

Bambi Kino was formed in New York, in the summer of 2009, in anticipation of 2010's fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles' early concerts in Hamburg.[2] The project was created to cover songs from the formative 1960–1963 pre-celebrity era of The Beatles in Hamburg and at the Cavern Club.[3]

The group's name was taken from the Bambi Kino, a movie theater in Hamburg, described as squalid, where the Beatles lived in a storeroom behind the screen.[4]

The four founding members were guitarist Doug Gillard and drummer Ira Elliot (both members of Nada Surf), Mark Rozzo (guitarist for Maplewood) and Erik Paparazzi (bass player for Cat Power).[2] Gillard previously had been a member of Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha, and Cobra Verde, among other notable bands. While performing in Bambi Kino, Gillard plays 1960s guitars that include a 1967 Gibson ES-330 and a Höfner Verithin.[5]

On August 19, 2010, the band debuted with a concert at the Indra Club in Hamburg, where the Beatles first played.[4]

A live recording of the debut concert performance was released in 2011 on Hamburg-based Tapete Records, as the group's self-titled debut album.[1] The record was praised by AllMusic's James Allen for its authentically "scrappy Merseybeat style," resulting in an album that "also happens to rock on its own merits."[1]

The group has remained active, and in May 2014, Bambi Kino played at a benefit concert at Brooklyn's Bell House.[6]

Discography

  • Bambi Kino (Tapete Records, 2011)
  • "Some Other Guy" b/w "Falling In Love Again" (Tapete Records, 2011) — 7" single

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Allen, James. Bambi Kino at AllMusic.
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