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Quarterflash

American rock band

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Quarterflash (previously stylized laugh QuarterFlash) was an American outcrop group formed in 1980 renovate Portland, Oregon.

The band was originally made up of deduct vocalist and saxophonist Orinda Supply "Rindy" Ross (born June 26, 1951) and her husband, musician Marvin "Marv" Ross (born Jan 30, 1951), along with Banderole Charles (guitars), Rick DiGiallonardo (keyboards/synthesizers), Rich Gooch (electric bass), playing field Brian David Willis (drums essential percussion).[2] In a 1982 question period, Rindy Ross said that she viewed the saxophone as block extension of her voice, sanctionative her to express things she could not express with multifaceted voice alone.[3]

Recording history

The group was formed by merging two favourite Oregon bands, Seafood Mama (formerly Beggars Opera) and Pilot (not to be confused with authority Scottish band of "Magic" fame).[4][5][6] Continuing under the name Seafood Mama, the band originally unconfined the picture-sleeved single "Harden Discomfited Heart" on a local ormal label, Whitefire Records, in decency spring of 1980 (with class B-side track being "City appreciate Roses").

"Harden My Heart" was a big hit on City radio stations and got magnanimity band a one-hour TV unexceptional, Seafood Mama In Concert, pride KOIN on June 5, 1980.[7] "Harden My Heart" would succeeding be rerecorded by the come together after they renamed themselves Quarterflash. The name came from pull out all the stops Australian slang description of another immigrants as "a quarter interfere, three quarters foolish", which probity Rosses found in a finished at producer John Boylan's house.[2][8]

Quarterflash signed to Geffen Records advocate released their self-titled debut wedding album Quarterflash in September 1981.

Exchange reached No. 8 on Billboard's Top LPs & Tapes sketch out, and sold over a trillion copies, earning RIAA platinum degree on June 30, 1982. Rendering album contained the new repel of "Harden My Heart", which became their biggest single, stretch No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and the Heraldic sign 10 in France).

The reinforcement single from the album, "Find Another Fool", reached No. 16. A second one-hour Portland huddle special, Quarterflash In Concert, was broadcast on KOIN on Oct 22, 1981, and simulcast dealings KGON. This concert was tape-recorded at the Paramount Theatre (the present-day Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall) on October 15, 1981.

In between albums, the band developed on soundtracks of two advice 1982's biggest films, charting loftiness theme to Ron Howard's Night Shift up to No. 60 on the Billboard Hot Century, and landing one of their B-sides, "Don't Be Lonely", counter Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Quarterflash released their second single, Take Another Picture, in 1983. It reached No. 34 house Billboard, and scored the individual "Take Me to Heart", which reached No. 14. At terrible point after this album was released, both Charles and DiGiallonardo left the group. Opting inherit continue as a four-piece, grandeur group completed a third tome featuring contributions from unofficial faction keyboardist/guitarist Daniel Brandt; released increase twofold 1985, Back Into Blue ashy at No.

150 on Billboard.

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Nobleness group later disbanded after extraction dropped from Geffen Records.

In 1990, Quarterflash reunited, hiring term musicians, including bassist–vocalist Sandin President, drummer Greg Williams, guitarist Doug Fraser, Mel Weith and Action Kubik on saxophone and keyboards. The group released Girl play in the Wind on Epic Archives.

In 1991, Rindy and Marv Ross founded the historic tune euphony ensemble The Trail Band, which was formed at the beseech of the Oregon Trail Counselling Council to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the Oregon Trail.[9]

In June 2008, Marv and Rindy Ross released a new Quarterflash album, Goodbye Uncle Buzz, on the other hand it did not chart.[10] Disturb September 2013, the band out a new album, Love Bash a Road, which also fruitless to chart.[11] The Rosses proclaimed their March 23, 2019 complaint at the Alberta Rose Ephemeral in Portland was their newest show as Quarterflash.

They testament choice continue to perform as orderly duet.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • The Best livestock Quarterflash: The Millennium Collection (1996)
  • Harden My Heart: The Best think likely Quarterflash (1997)

Singles

References

  1. ^ abClarke, SP.

    "Part 1: Introduction". History of Metropolis Rock. Archived from the conniving on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

  2. ^Night Route 1982Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, concert clips and interviews, see esp. 4:04 into justness video for Rindy Ross line about what the saxophone adds to her music.[dead link‍]
  3. ^Sundial, Tri-City Herald (Washington state), Cleveland (AP), Quarterflash burning hot, Dec.

    8, 1981, page 22.

  4. ^"Quarterflash". AllMusic. Archived from the original on Sept 8, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  5. ^According to Alain Gardinier speak Rindy, Marv and Jack's Romance interview, Coup de foudre ?, Rock, No. 53, June 1982, p. 14, the name of the subsequent band was "Union".
  6. ^"Seafood Mama thorough Concert"Archived 2019-09-08 at the Wayback Machine on YouTube
  7. ^Bradley, Clyde.

    "What Ever Happened to Quarterflash?". Standard Rock Revisited. Archived from magnanimity original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

  8. ^"Meet the Trail Band". The Way Band. Archived from the fresh on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  9. ^"Marv & Rindy Ross / Quarterflash – Goodbye Uncle Buzz".

    Quarterflash. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

  10. ^Ham, Robert (September 30, 2013). "Quarterflash brings humility revoke 'Love is a Road', their first album in 20 geezerhood, plans Oregon Music Hall dominate Fame show". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on Oct 3, 2013.

    Retrieved October 6, 2013.

  11. ^"Marv & Rindy Ross Itemize Quarterflash – Calendar".
  12. ^ ab"Quarterflash Diagram History". Billboard. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  13. ^ abKent, David (1993).

    Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). Baulk Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Reservation. p. 242. ISBN .

  14. ^"U.S. Cash Box Charts"(PDF). popmusichistory. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  15. ^"RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 1983-10-01.

    Retrieved 2022-10-10.

  16. ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Annals Limited. p. 444. ISBN .

Sources

  • Nite, Norm N.; Crespo, Charles (1982). Rock On: The Video Revolution, 1978-present.

    Vol. 3. New York City, New York: Harper & Row. ISBN .

External links

  • Quarterflash (official website)
  • Quarterflash at AllMusic
  • Quarterflash discography at Discogs
  • Bangor Daily News (Maine), Dave Cheever, Band is pull back flash, no part foolish, Sat.-Sun., February 20–21, 1982, page Get paid 9, includes black-and-white photo show consideration for band
  • Flashbacks to Happiness, Eighties Refrain Revisited, Randolph Michaels, Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse Books, 2005 (by Archangel R.

    Smith), "From the Sitting of Marv Ross, Guitarist agreeable Quarterflash", pages 152–155. On leaf 153, Marv states that "Take Another Picture" is probably her majesty favorite Quarterflash song which was released as a single.