Chris Butler (musician)
Chris Butler | |
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Born | May 22, 1949 |
Origin | Ohio, U.S. |
Genres | New wave |
Years active | 1978–1996 |
Christopher Butler (born May 22, 1949) is an American musician, writer, and artist who is best known for leading the 1980s
Early life and career
Butler is of Italian and Hungarian ancestry.
Butler was active in
1980s
In 1983, Butler went to Denmark and produced the second album by the punk/art band Sort Sol.[citation needed]
Starting to get work as a producer, Butler commuted daily to Water Music Studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, during the recording of Scruffy The Cat's "Tiny Days" album (1987), and Joan Osborne's "Relish" EP (1995).[citation needed] He had two cars break down on the Long Island Expressway.[citation needed]
To help songwriter Freedy Johnston get a contract with Bar None Records, Butler played drums with bassist Rich Grula. Butler later produced Johnston's 1989 album The Trouble Tree and played guitar on some of the album's tracks.[9]
1990s and after
In 1995, Butler was hired by former Tin Huey keyboardist
He holds the 1997 Guinness Book of World Records for the longest pop song recording, a 69-minute song titled "The Devil Glitch”.[10] The project was expanded online as "The Major Glitch", and accepted additions to the song in the hopes that it would play for days.[11] The song reached 3:13:32.
In 1997, Butler started Future Fossil Records and released his first full-length album "I Feel A Bit Normal Today". In 2001, he released Kilopop!'s "Un Petit Goûter", a fictional European band's "Best Of". "I've always been a songwriter, and over the years I've been asked to write Waitress-y type tunes for other singers...but none of them were ever used. I had quite a pile of these, plus some fun co-writes lying around gathering dust...so I invented a fake European band that supposedly had had 'hits' with these tunes. I wanted to be a success in Europe, and since this didn't happen in reality, I decided to make it so in fantasy."[citation needed]
In 1987, Butler sold his musical gear, including "Bebe Blue", the
Butler owns the Akron house where serial killer Jeffery Dahmer grew up and killed his first victim.[13][14][15][16]
Bands that involved Chris Butler
- 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band)
- Tin Huey
- The Waitresses[17]
- The Cranks
- Half Cleveland
- purplE k'niF
- Richard Lloyd
- The Wirebirds
- Otis Ball and the Chains
- Life in a Blender[18]
- The dB's
- KILOPOP!
Discography
Tin Huey
- Tin Huey EP (Clone Records, 1977)
- Breakfast with the Hueys EP (Clone Records, 1978)
- Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
- English Kids EP (Clone Records, 1980)
- Disinformation(Future Fossil Records, 1999)
- Sneak Peek: The Obscurity Series (2004)
- Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes (Smog Veil Records, 2009)
The Waitresses
Albums
- Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (1982)
- I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts (1982)
- Bruiseology (1983)
- Make the Weather (1984)
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents The Waitresses(1997)
Compilations
- The Best of the Waitresses (1990)
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Waitresses (2003)
- Your Choice of Sides − A Collection of Outtakes & Obscuriosities (2007)
- Just Desserts: The Complete Waitresses (2013)
- Deluxe Special: ZE Complete Recordings (2013)
Solo
- The Devil Glitch (1996)
- I Feel a Bit Normal Today (1997)
- Easy Life (2002)
- alt.easylife.cd (2002)
- The Museum of Me Vol. 1 (2002)
- Songs for Unsung Holidays (2018)
- Got It Togehter! (2018)[21]
Kilopop!
- Un Petit Goûter (2001)
References
- ^ Urycki, Mark. "Couldn't Miss This One: Behind 'Christmas Wrapping'". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
- ^ "Meet the Rock Star Who Lives Happily in the House Where Jeffrey Dahmer First Killed". The Observer. 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Couldn't miss this one this year: The surprisingly complex legacy of the Waitresses' 'Christmas Wrapping'". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "Chris Butler". IMDb.
- ^ "WKSU News: Vietnam's lasting impact on the arts".
- ^ "Chris Butler: Biography".
- ^ "WKSU News: Vietnam's lasting impact on the arts". WKSU. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ Price, Mark J. (2023-08-17). "Akron musician Chris Butler assembles drum kit from 1960s". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ Warlow, John. "The Waitresses - Chris Butler".
- ^ Writing the longest pop song
- ^ help Butler write song
- ^ "My Guitar, My Past: A Man's Search for His Vox". NPR.org.
- ^ Griffith, Carson (2017-11-03). "Anne Heche and the "My Friend Dahmer" Crew Take AD Inside the Home of the Real-Life Serial Killer". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ Butler, Chris (October 30, 2009). "In Serial Killer's Former Home, A Search For Ghosts". NPR.
- ^ "Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home is up for sale for $329,000". Star Beacon. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ Tye, Chris. "Owner of Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home speaks out". wkyc.com. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ “SpiritMusicGroup:" Chris Butler”
- ^ "Don Ralph interview on working with Chris Butler and Ralph Carney in Life in a Blender". Archive.org. Outsight Radio Hours. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Chris Butler". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "CHRIS BUTLER". CHRIS BUTLER. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "GOT IT TOGEHTER!, by CHRIS BUTLER". CHRIS BUTLER. Retrieved 2021-12-24.