The Atomic Fireballs

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The Atomic Fireballs
The Atomic Fireballs (from left: Randy Sly, Tony Buccilli, Shawn Scaggs, Geoff Kinde, John Bunkley, James Bostek, Duke Kingins, Eric Schabo)
The Atomic Fireballs (from left: Randy Sly, Tony Buccilli, Shawn Scaggs, Geoff Kinde, John Bunkley, James Bostek, Duke Kingins, Eric Schabo)
Background information
OriginDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
GenresSwing[1]
Years active1996–1999
LabelsOrbital, Atlantic, Lava
Past members
  • John Bunkley
  • James Bostek
  • Tony Buccilli
  • Geoff Kinde
  • Duke Kingins
  • Shawn Scaggs
  • Eric Schabo
  • Randy Sly
  • Seán E. Harris
  • Kenneth Ferry Jr.

The Atomic Fireballs were a Detroit

A&R executives Rick Goetz and Jason Flom
.

The Atomic Fireballs released two albums: Birth of the Swerve, which was released independently in 1998,

Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by Bruce Fairbairn[3]
along with engineers Mike Plotnikoff and Paul Silveira.

The band's biggest hit, "

So You Think You Can Dance as a quickstep. Visuals of the band performing "Swing Sweet Pussycat" are shown in the closing credits of the 1999 film Three to Tango
.

The group disbanded in 1999, leaving the members to their own ventures. Bunkley produces paintings and solo works of music on his Bandcamp page. Kinde teaches drums and percussion at Oz's Music Ann Arbor, online lessons at Atomic Drummer and performs solo as Roland Remington. Schabo teaches history at Crestwood High School in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Sly performs with The Verve Pipe.[6]

Influences

The band's influences include Louis Jordan and Black Flag.[1]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b Hill, Gary. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. ISBN 978-1-61774-476-1
    . Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "News Flash: Producer Bruce Fairbairn Dead At 49". MTV News. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ Block, Paula; Erdmann, Terry (2016). Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History. Insight Editions. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-1-60887-810-9.
  5. ^ "Labyrinth - You remind me of the babe". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Drums/Percussion Allen Park". Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2014-08-14.


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