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The Bloody Beetroots (Bob Rifo) | |
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 Bob Rifo in 2010 | |
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| Born | (1977-12-18)18 December 1977 (age 47) Bassano del Grappa, Italy |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
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| Website | bloodybeetroots |
The Bloody Beetroots is an Italianelectronic music project of musician and producerBob Rifo (alsoSir Bob Cornelius Rifo andSBCR, bornSimone Cogo). Established in late 2005, the Bloody Beetroots were initially a DJ duo consisting of Bob Rifo and Tommy Tea, who later left in 2012.[1]
The leader of the band, Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, was born in 1977 inBassano del Grappa, Italy. He lives between Italy and the United States. He is a classically trained musician, but gained reputation for producing music with styles ranging from punk rock to the new wave of the 1980s. His identity remains largely anonymous. In fact, the only identifying public feature he has is the year "1977" tattooed across his chest, which is the year of his birth, that coincided with the yearpunk-rock was born. Rifo, amusic producer, DJ and photographer uses the pseudonym the Bloody Beetroots himself.[2]
Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo gained the support ofEtienne De Crecy,Alex Gopher, andDim Mak'sSteve Aoki[3] with his early singles "Warp 1.9" and "Cornelius", In 2008, his EPCornelius was in the Top 100 International iTunes downloads.[citation needed]
In 2009, the Bloody Beetroots released his first album,Romborama.[citation needed]The Bloody Beetroots DJ Set (Sir Rifo and ex-member Tommy Tea) had a short tour of the United States in early 2008, alongside DJSteve Aoki.[citation needed]
In 2009, Sir Rifo also worked on Rifoki, a hardcore punk band withSteve Aoki.
Bloody Beetroots DJ Set played festivals includingStereosonic Festival in Australia,Ultra Music Festival in Miami andRock Werchter in Belgium.[citation needed] During his 2010 Live Tour, Sir Rifo labeled himself and the live bandthe Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 and introduced drummer Edward Grinch. Tommy Tea was in charge of effects and sampling in the live band. In 2011, Grinch left the band and replacement drummer Battle took his place. Later in 2011, during the Church of Noise tour, vocalistDennis Lyxzén of the punk bandRefused joined and provided vocals for a few songs.[citation needed] With the new live show they continued playing various festivals across the world, including the Solidays Festival in Paris, MELT! Festival inBerlin, Extrema Festival inEindhoven,Tomorrowland in Belgium, HARD Fest in Los Angeles,Electric Zoo in New York City, and headlined the 2011 New Year's Eve show at theTogether as One festival in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
In 2013, the Bloody Beetroots released the albumHide.
The first single, "Rocksteady", was released in late December 2011 along with two remix EPs. The second single, "Chronicles of a Fallen Love" (featuring Greta Svabo Bech) was released in December 2012, also with the two-part remix EPs. In February 2013, Bob Rifo announced a third single "Spank" (produced with TAI and Bart B More), as well as an accompanying music video.[4] Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo also collaborated withPaul McCartney on the single "Out of Sight" onUltra Records. It was released in June 2013.
For the entirety of 2012, Rifo and Tommy Tea toured the world asBloody Beetroots DJ Set, including performances on festivals such as Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival and HARD Fest New York.
At the beginning of 2013, Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo re-introduced the live crew under the new namethe Bloody Beetroots Live, which debuted in Australia in January. The mask Rifo wears on stage has been re-designed as well – now featuring wearable LED lights on theVenom-shaped eyes, which are controlled remotely via MIDI.[5] The rest of the band also wears new masks, though they do not light up like Rifo's.
The live band consisted of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo (piano/effects, guitars, vocals), Battle (synthesizers, bass guitar) and Edward Grinch (drums). However, in Australia, Grinch was replaced by member New Mad Harris on drums.Since the beginning of 2013, Tommy Tea has dedicated himself to other personal projects.
In 2013, Rifo announced and released a new social media platform called "the Real Church of Noise", which is a "safe haven for like-minded individuals to share and collaborate". The platform incorporates sharing services such as YouTube andSoundCloud.[6]
Shortly after the Chaos and Confusion tour, Rifo began to DJ across the world under the pseudonymSBCR (an acronym of his stage name). He released one EP titledSBCR & Friends, Vol. 1 onDim Mak Records and began a tour around the world performing DJ sets.
In 2017, Rifo released two new songs under the Bloody Beetroots name: a collaboration with Australian bandJet titled "My Name Is Thunder", and a solo song titled "Satan Bass City Rockers". Rifo later announced the songs would be included on his third album,The Great Electronic Swindle, to be released on 20 October 2017.[7][8]
The Bloody Beetroots is working on his 4th Album.
| Name | Members and details |
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| The Bloody Beetroots |
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| The Bloody Beetroots DJ Set |
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| The Bloody Beetroots – Death Crew 77 (Live crew in 2010–2013) |
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| The Bloody Beetroots LIVE (Live crew in 2013–present) |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| ITA [9] | AUS [10] | BEL (Fl) [11] | BEL (Wa) [12] | FR [13] | ||
| Romborama |
| — | 21 | 49 | 91 | — |
| Hide |
| 40 | 28 | 200 | 104 | 87 |
| The Great Electronic Swindle | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Label |
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| FR [13] | |||
| 2008 | Let Your Washing Machine Speak: Productions & Remixes | - | Self-released |
| 2011 | Best of...Remixes | 111 | Dim Mak |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2007 | "I Love the Bloody Beetroots" | Self-released |
| 2008 | "Cornelius EP" | Dim Mak |
| "Rombo" | ||
| 2009 | "Christmas Vendetta ...Spares of Romborama" | |
| 2010 | "2nd Streets Have No Name"(featuring Beta Bow) | |
| "Domino (Spares of Romborama – Pt. 2)" | ||
| 2011 | "Church of Noise (Remixes)"(featuringDennis Lyxzén) | Ultra |
| 2012 | "Rocksteady (Remixes Part 1)" | |
| "Rocksteady (Remixes Part 2)" | ||
| 2013 | "Chronicles of a Fallen Love (Remixes Part 1)"(withGreta Svabo Bech) | |
| "Chronicles of a Fallen Love (Remixes Part 2)"(with Greta Svabo Bech) | ||
| "Spank (Remixes)"(featuring Tai & Bart B More) | ||
| "Out of Sight (Remixes)"(featuringPaul McCartney andYouth) | ||
| "All the Girls (Around the World) (The Remixes)"(featuringTheophilus London) | ||
| 2014 | "The Beat (Remixes)"(featuringPeter Frampton) | |
| "Keep On Dancing (Remixes)"(featuringDrop the Lime) | ||
| "Accidentally on Purpose (Sanremo's Festival 2014)"(withRaphael Gualazzi) | SUGAR S.r.l. | |
| 2015 | "SBCR & Friends, Vol. 1"(as SBCR) | Dim Mak |
| "SBCR & Adversaries, Vol. 2"(as SBCR) | ||
| 2016 | "SBCR & Punks, Vol. 3"(as SBCR) | |
| 2019 | "Heavy"[14] | Fuzz O Rama |
| "Grand Slam / Exodus"[15](withJayceeoh) | Slugz Music |
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album | ||
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| AUS [10] | BEL (Fl) [11] | FR [13] | |||
| 2009 | "Warp 1.9"(featuringSteve Aoki) | 51 | 53 | — | Romborama |
| "Awesome"(featuringthe Cool Kids) | 83 | — | — | ||
| "Come La"(featuringMarracash) | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "2nd Streets Have No Name"(featuring Beta Bow) | — | — | — | |
| "Domino" | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "New Noise"(withSteve Aoki) | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Church of Noise"(featuringDennis Lyxzén) | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | "Rocksteady" | — | — | — | Hide |
| 2013 | "Chronicles of a Fallen Love"(featuringGreta Svabo Bech) | — | — | — | |
| "Spank"(featuring Tai and Bart B More) | — | — | — | ||
| "Out of Sight"(featuringPaul McCartney andYouth) | — | — | 97 | ||
| "All the Girls (Around the World)"(featuringTheophilus London) | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "The Beat"(featuringPeter Frampton) | — | — | — | |
| "Keep On Dancing"(featuringDrop the Lime) | — | — | — | ||
| "Liberi o no"(withRaphael Gualazzi) | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Tanto ci sei"(with Raphael Gualazzi) | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "My Name Is Thunder"(withJet) | — | — | — | The Great Electronic Swindle |
| "Saint Bass City Rockers" | — | — | — | ||
| "Pirates, Punks & Politics"(withPerry Farrell) | — | — | — | ||
| "Crash" (withJason Aalon Butler) | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "Wildchild"(withEphwurd)[16] | — | — | — | |
| "Fkn Face"(with Dr. Fresch)[17] | — | — | — | ||
| "Zoning"(withZhu)[18] | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2021 | "Elevate"(withTeddy Killerz) | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||
| Year | Title |
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| 2008 | "Cornelius" |
| 2009 | "Butter" |
| "Romborama" | |
| "Warp 1.9"(featuringSteve Aoki) | |
| "Come La"(featuringMarracash) | |
| "Awesome"(featuringthe Cool Kids) | |
| "Awesome (Remix)"(featuring the Cool Kids) | |
| 2010 | "2nd Streets Have No Name"(featuring Beta Bow) |
| "Domino" | |
| 2011 | "Church of Noise"(featuringDennis Lyxzén) |
| 2012 | "Rocksteady" |
| "Chronicles of a Fallen Love"(featuringGreta Svabo Bech) | |
| 2013 | "Spank"(featuring Tai & Bart B More) |
| "Out of Sight"(featuringPaul McCartney &Youth) | |
| 2015 | "The Grid"(as SBCR) |
| 2024 | "This Is Blood"(FeaturingN8NOFACE & Teddy Killerz) |
| 2025 | "Killing Punk"(Featuring Bob Vylan) |
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