| Bruno Fevery | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth Name | Bruno Fevery |
| Born | 6 June 1977 |
| Occupation | Session Musician |
| Genres | Electronic, Pop, Alternative Rock, Stoner Rock, Desert Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Percussion, Electronics, Vocals |
| Years active | 1990s - Present |
| Labels | Universal, Play Out!, Naïve, Capitol, Napalm Records, Heavy Psych Sounds |
| Associated acts | Kyuss Lives!, Vista Chino, Arsenal, Arno, Helmut Lotti, Les Talons Gitans |
Bruno Fevery is a Belgian guitarist.
Fevery has played guitar in several bands, most notably in the rock band Vista Chino, formerly known as Kyuss Lives!. While a member of the multi-genred Belgian band Arsenal, Fevery met ex-Kyuss vocalist John Garcia when Garcia recorded guest vocals on two songs for the Arsenal album Lotuk. Fevery told Garcia that he played in a Kyuss tribute band as a teenager. This familiarity with Kyuss' music made him an obvious choice to replace Josh Homme, when Garcia toured with his project Garcia Plays Kyuss and again when Garcia decided to attempt a resurrection of Kyuss with the band Kyuss Lives!.[1]
Along with Arsenal, Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino, Fevery has also performed session work for several bands of varying genres, most notably the Belgian singer-songwriter Arno from 2010 to 2022.
Garcia Plays Kyuss, Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino (2010 - 2014)[]
- For further details, feel free to view the page on Vista Chino.
Garcia Plays Kyuss
After a couple years away from performing live music, in late 2009 it would be announced that John Garcia would be touring under the moniker Garcia Plays Kyuss (Or GPK as it's also abbreviated as.). The first announced date would be at Roadburn Festival on 16 April 2010[2], followed by an announced European tour from 28 May to 11 June.[3] Garcia would recruit guitarist Fevery (Arsenal) along with bassist Jacques de Haard and drummer Rob Snijders, formerly of Celestial Season and at the time playing in Agua de Annique.).[4] The tour would culminate in an appearance at Hellfest, which featured Nick Oliveri and Brant Bjork performing onstage with Garcia, reuniting 3/4 of the original Kyuss lineup.[5] Oliveri and Bjork would guest on several dates of the Garcia Plays Kyuss tour. Notably Garcia was working on a solo album back then entitled Garcia Vs. Garcia, but ultimately it would be put aside for other projects.
Garcia Plays Kyuss would continue touring Europe that July, including festival appearances at Stoned From The Underground, Rockwave and Pukkelpop before a short string of shows in October, the last date with this tour at Westend Indoor Festival on 30 and 31 October.[6][7] Behind the scenes Garcia, Oliveri and Bjork were in talks on expanding on the sporadic "reunion" and on 2 November 2010, officially announced Kyuss Lives!, announcing a string of European dates in March and April.[8] Bruno Fevery would be announced as the guitarist as Josh Homme showed no interest in participating in the project though the band openly stated that there "is no Kyuss without Josh Homme".[9] However according to an interview via Antiquiet conducted with Nick Oliveri he stated that Homme wasn't even asked.
Kyuss Lives! followed with tours of Australia and New Zealand in May. They toured Europe in June 2011 and announced a North and South America tour for late Summer and Fall, 2011, with Scott Reeder playing many dates outside of the US (This was while Nick Oliveri was dealing with personal legal issues at the time). The tour wrapped up on New Year's Eve 2011 at Cherry Cola's Rock 'n' Rolla Cabaret and Lounge, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Kyuss Lives! expressed interest to record a new studio album for a summer 2012 release.[10][11]
In March 2012 it was revealed that Josh Homme (Eventually with Scott Reeder joining in on the lawsuit) had filed a federal lawsuit against John Garcia and Brant Bjork alleging "trademark infringement and consumer fraud" over the use of the Kyuss name. Nick Oliveri left Kyuss later that month, stating "managerial issues" and was replaced by Billy Cordell. Ultimately the court would rule in favor of Homme and Reeder, opting the band to change their name to Vista Chino. In November 2012, Nick Oliveri announced that he would be rejoining Kyuss Lives!. Kyuss Lives! played their final performances under that name at the Soundwave Festivals in 2013. However, Mike Dean played bass on all the 2013 Soundwave shows and sidewaves. Despite being in the recording sessions for Vista Chino's album, Oliveri had not been seen to actively participate with the band at that point, having not appeared in recent photoshoots or toured with the band. From 2012 - 2013 Mike Dean had been acting as the band's touring and session bassist, having played one track on the band's album, Peace, which was released on 3 September 2013. In August 2013, singer John Garcia said that Vista Chino "is a three-piece band with [himself], Brant [Bjork, drummer] and Bruno [Fevery, guitarist]. It always will be." but also described Oliveri as "an honorary band member". Vista Chino would tour Europe and North America through 2013 and Australia in early 2014.
Ultimately Vista Chino would disband due to conflicts between Garcia and Bjork. Ultimately the two would reconcile and imply a new album but choose to focus on their respective solo careers.
Selected Discography[]
With Arsenal[]
- Outsides (Studio Album) (2005, Play Out!)
- Outsides EP (Extended Play) (2007, Play Out!)
- De Poolreizigers (Soundtrack) (2007, Oyebo Soel)
- Lotuk (Studio Album) (2008, Play Out!)
- Lokemo (Studio Album, guitar on "Fear of Heights") (2011, Play Out!)
- Furu (Studio Album) (2014, Play Out!)
With Arno[]
- Brusseld (Studio Album) (2010, Naïve)
- Le Coffret Essentiel (Box Set) (2014, Parkophone)
- Human Incognito (Studio Album) (2016, Naïve)
- Santeboutique (Studio Album) (2019, Naïve)
- OPEX (Box Set) (2022, Le Label)
Other Releases[]
- Helmut Lotti – Out of Africa (1999, Universal)
- Helmut Lotti - My Tribute to The King (2002, Universal)
- Stash – Blue Lanes (2007, White Mountain Management)
- Baloji – Hotel Impala (2007, EMI)
- Les Talons Gitans – L′amour sans pédales (2007, 78 Records)
- Monza – Attica! (2008, Capitol)
- Meuris – Spectrum (2010, Capitol)
- Les Talons Gitans – Vieil Indien (2010, HKM)
- Vista Chino – Peace (2013, Napalm Records)
- Nick Oliveri's Uncontrollable – Leave Me Alone (Guitar on "The Void" (2014, Schnitzel)
- Nick Oliveri - N.O. Hits At All Vol. 3 (Guitar on "Kyuss Dies!") (2017, Heavy Psych Sounds)
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Guitar World
- ↑ Blabbermouth
- ↑ The Bad Penny Blog
- ↑ The Obelisk
- ↑ Blabbermouth
- ↑ Setlist.fm
- ↑ Setlist.fm
- ↑ Blabbermouth
- ↑ [Dec/Jan'11 issue of Rock-A-Rolla]
- ↑ VerdamnisAccessed 12th August 2016
- ↑ Blabbermouth