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Bob Bert | |
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| Birth name | Robert Bertelli |
| Born | (1955-06-11)June 11, 1955 (age 69) Passaic,New Jersey |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Labels | Thick Syrup Records In the Red Records |
Robert Bertelli, better known professionally asBob Bert (born June 11, 1955), is an Americanrockdrummer.
Based inHoboken, New Jersey, Bert initially came to prominence as drummer for the experimental rock bandSonic Youth during the early to mid-1980s. Bert played on the Sonic Youth releasesConfusion Is Sex,Sonic Death, andBad Moon Rising. AfterBad Moon Rising, Bert quit the group.
Bert contributed during the last half of the 1980s as percussionist for noise bandPussy Galore. He was a member ofAction Swingers in the early 1990s.[1]
In the early 1990s, Bert drummed for theChrome Cranks (which also included Peter Aaron on vocals; Jerry Teel on bass; and William Weber on stun guitar).
After the dissolution of the Cranks, Bert joined forces with guitaristKid Congo, guitaristJack Martin, bassist/vocalistJerry Teel and organist Barry London in the rootsy New York City bandKnoxville Girls.
Throughout, Bert managed to release a handful of recordings by his percussive/concussive vehicleBewitched. Releases by Bewitched include theChocolate Frenzy 12" EP; some albums, includingHarshing My Mellow on No. 6 Records; and the "Hey White Homie" 7" onSub Pop. Bewitched toured with S.Y. and STP (short-lived NYC all-female foxcore band which included PG guitaristJulie Cafritz) during the summer of 1990, the yearGoo was released.
During the late 1990s, Bert and his wife, artist Linda Wolfe, began publishingBBGun, azine that primarily covers punk rock.
In 1998, Bert contributed the liner notes and interviewedSuicide for the reissue of the band'seponymous second album.
Bert played with Five Dollar Priest as well as with the International Shades, which features ex-Live Skull guitarist Mark C. and former Pier Platters shop assistant-turned-keyboardistDorien Garry among others.
In 2011Thick Syrup Records released the compilation cdBewitched - Bob Bert Presents: The Worst Poetry Of 1986 - 1993, featuring all tracks Bob Bert recorded with Bewitched. The label also released the last album of the re-united Chrome Cranks featuring Bert on drums.
Bert is now playing with Retrovirus (Lydia Lunch,Weasel Walter, Tim Dahl), who have released studio and live albums, and also with Wolfmanhattan Project withKid Congo Powers (The Gun Club,The Cramps,Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Knoxville Girls, Pink Monkey Birds) andMick Collins (The Gories,The Dirtbombs).
In 2019, Bert releasedI'm Just the Drummer: My Time Behind Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks & BB Gun Magazine, a book compiling his photographs and interviews he did with artists he collaborated with or that influenced him.
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