Turbo Fruits | |
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| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee,United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock,Garage rock |
| Years active | 2006–2016 |
| Labels | Ecstatic Peace,Ark Recordings,Fat Possum, Serpents & Snakes,Thirty Tigers/Melvin Records |
| Members | Jonas Stein |
| Past members | John Eatherly Max Peebles Zack Martin Wes Taylor Kingsley Brock Dave McCowen Matt Hearn |
| Website | turbofruits |
Turbo Fruits was a garage rock band, formed in 2006 by Jonas Stein inNashville,Tennessee. The band released four studio albums and a string of singles, with Stein being the only constant member before splitting up in 2016.
The band was formed byBe Your Own Pet guitarist/vocalist Jonas Stein. Turbo Fruits formed while Stein was still inBe Your Own Pet. The earliest version of Turbo Fruits also included Be Your Own Pet drummer John Eatherly who performed on the self-titled debut, which was released in the U.S. viaThurston Moore'sEcstatic Peace! label[1] and then a few months later in the United Kingdom by ARK Recordings. The duo later added bassist Max Peebles for touring. Stein continued the band after Be Your Own Pet folded in 2008[2] and again after Eatherly and Peebles left the band to joinBe Your Own Pet's frontwomanJemina Pearl in her solo project. Stein then added bassist Wes Traylor and drummer Zack Martin for Turbo Fruits' second album,[3]Echo Kid, which was released in fall 2009 onFat Possum.[4] That fall, the band (Stein, Eatherly & Peebles) also appeared inDrew Barrymore's directorial debutWhip It.[5][6][7]Just before Echo Kid was released, Taylor and Martin left the band to start Nashville based rock band Natural Child and Matt Hearn and Dave McCowen of Nashville's The Tits were recruited for touring.[8] In the summer of 2010 Kingsley Brock was added on guitar making the band a 4-piece for the first time.[9]
On April 20, 2015 Turbo Fruits releasedNo Control on Thirty Tigers / Melvin Records.No Control was produced by Jeremy Ferguson from Battle Tapes Recording, andPatrick Carney ofThe Black Keys.
In September 2016, it was announced that the band had officially split up earlier that year. Stein released his first solo effortChillsesh as the soundtrack to a video diary.[10]
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