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TONIO K.
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PAGE INDEX
[What's New]
MUSIC
[Intro]
[Personnel] [Life In The Foodchain] [Amerika] [La Bomba] [Romeo Unchained] [Roxy] [Notes From The Lost Civilization]
REFERENCE
[Print Media/Books] [Audio Media/Discography] [Video Media/Filmography] [Other Tonio K. Links]
MISC
[Classifieds]
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TONIO K.
WHAT's NEW
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What's new on this web page?

If you see the date changing on this page, without an announcement in this section, it is probably something like fixing minor coding problems, spelling errors, minor layout changes, new page on this site (so I changed bottom index), ... Any major changes to this page, will be announced here.

July 18, 2005. I just noticed that the ezBoard message board that I had set up for this web site had been deleted. Since restoration of the deleted conference is only available to subscribers to their service, and since the activity was relatively light, I not planning on looking for another message board. If you do think a message board is worth while, or you have a message board that you like, let me know and I may promote it here. As always you can contact me here.

July 21, 2002. I just picked up Rodent Weekend '76-'96 (Approximately), a collection of demos/outtakes. It contains some interesting information as well as interesting tracks. I know it was released in 1998, but only found out about it recently.

March 10, 2001. It looks like I may have been premature in moving to a new web hosting site. I just found out that whenever Tripod.com is having hardware or software problems with their servers, they put up a message for the webmaster that their site is in violation of terms, and the web site has been deleted (instead of a message about system problems and try again later). Anyway, I believed Tripod.com when they said they deleted my account, so I will be moving, and making chromeoxide.com my new home on the web.

March 10, 2001. As long as I am moving my entire site, I decided to make a few changes to the layout of the individual pages, and the web site in general, including (but not limited to) I removed the counter, and moved the listings of mirror sites to the bottom of the page, ...

March 6, 2001. Sometime between March 1 to March 5, 2001 Tripod deleted my account/web site. The last stats Tripod gave me were 9,000+ visitors per month. Since my site is so popular, I have decided to keep it going, in spite of this major setback. But rather than trying to build up another free web site, and possibly deal with this problem again, I decided go with CommandLine.net to host the new chromeoxide.com.

January 5, 2001. I started creating this page. Happy New Year.

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TONIO K.
INTRO:
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Unlike most of the bands on this web site, I don't have much information on Tonio K. I first heard him/them on the radio in the late 1970s, and picked up their occasional records through the late 1980s. Their first album, had absolutely no liner notes, and didn't even bother to mention who was in the band. And it seems like each succeeding record had minimal liner notes, and were released on different labels.

Whatever the case, I was blown away by the lyrics. They were (and are still) much more interesting than what normally gets airplay. Anyone that can go from writing about loving La Bomba, to vampires to relationships gone horribly wrong is worth checking out. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I think the singer has a distinctive voice and the production emphasises the guitars/bass/drums rock sound.

Comments and corrections would be appreciated.

And of course, any audio-video-print additions to my collection would be appreciated.

I am also interested in getting wider exposure for this site. So links from your site to mine would be appreciated. And if you know of any sites that allow/encourage submission, I would also appreciate knowing about them as well.

Do you have any articles, books, albums, tapes, CDs, ... on this band that you would like reviewed and / or integrated into this page?

Do you have any other band that you would like to see a page for on this site?

Please send to:

Chrome Oxide
P.O.Box 8106
Mission Hills, CA 91346-8106

Chrome Oxide
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TONIO K.
Personnel
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PERSONNEL: 1978
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        Earl Slick - guitar
        Nick van Maarth - guitars
        Dick Dale - guitars
        Tim Weston - guitars
        Albert Lee - guitars
        Peter Freiberger - bass
        Jean Millington-Slick - bass
        Robin Something - bass
        Erik Scott - bass
        Craig Krampf - drums
        Claude Pepper - drums
        Rob Fraboni - drums
        Curley Smith - drums

PERSONNEL: 1980
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        Nick van Maarth - guitars
        Peter Freiberger - bass
        Claude Pepper - drums, percussion
        Paul Hertzog - keyboards

PERSONNEL: 1982
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        Geo Conner - guitar, vocals
        Enrico Gotthelf - bass, vocals
        Alfredo Acosta Alwag - drums, percussion, vocals

PERSONNEL: 1986
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        guitars - Rick Neigher, Nick van Maarth, Peter Banks, T-Bone Burnett, Tonio K., Charlie Sexton, Billy Steele, Daryl Caraco
        bass - Rick Neigher, Eric Gothelf, Phil Chen, Tim Chandler, David Miner
        drums - Burleigh Drummond, Freddy Alwag, Ron Aston
        drum programs - Rick Neigher, T-Bone Burnett
        percussion - Burleigh Drummond, Efrain Toro

PERSONNEL: 1988
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        T-Bone Burnett - guitars
        Jack Sherman - guitar
        John Keller - piano
        Booker T. Jones - organ
        Rick Neigher - farfisa organ
        James Jamerson Jr. - bass
        David Miner - basses
        Jim Keltner - drums
        Raymond Pounds - drums
        Alex Acuna - percussion
        Ralph Forbes - drum programming
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TONIO K.
Life In The Foodchain
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PERSONNEL: 1978
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        Nick van Maarth, Earl Slick, Billy Steel - guitar
        Peter Freiberger - bass
        Claude Pepper, Craig Kramph - drums

STUDIO SESSION: Life In The Foodchain
        Life In The Food Chain
        The Funky Western Civilization
        Willie And The Pigman
        The Ballad Of The Night The Clocks All Quit (And The Government Failed)
        American Love Affair
        How Come I Can't See You In My Mirror?
        Better Late Than Never
        A Lover's Plea
        H-A-T-R-E-D

STUDIO SESSION:
(a6)    The Funky Western Civilization, Phase II
(a6)    Too Cool To Be A Christian
(a6)    You Make It Way Too Hard
(a6)    Everything, Including You, Disgusts Me
(a6)    Baby Don't Do It
(a6)    I'll Wait Here
(a6)    Don't Talk To Me
(a6)    Doggytown
(a6)    Storytime

LIVE SHOW: May 21, 1979 Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA (p3)
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TONIO K.
Amerika
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PERSONNEL: 1980
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        Nick van Maarth - guitars
        Peter Freiberger - bass
        Claude Pepper - drums, percussion
        Paul Hertzog - keyboards

STUDIO SESSION: Amerika (Cars, Guitars and Teenage Violence)
        On Big (Happy) Family
        Say Goodbye
        Sons Of The Revolution
        Go Away
        Cinderella's Baby
        Trouble
        Girl Crazy
        I'll Buy It
        The Night Fast Rodney Went Crazy
        merzsuite:
                Let Us Join Together In a Tune
                Umore/Futt Futt Futt/Umore
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TONIO K.
La Bomba
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PERSONNEL: 1982
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        Geo Conner - guitar, vocals
        Enrico Gotthelf - bass, vocals
        Alfredo Acosta Alwag - drums, percussion, vocals

STUDIO SESSION: La Bomba
        Fools Talk
        Politician
        The New Dark Ages
        La Bomba
        Mars Needs Women

STUDIO SESSION: demos for La Bomba
(a6)    Fools Talk
(a6)    New Dark Ages
(a6)    Mars Needs Women
(a6)    Los Gringos

PERSONNEL: 1982
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        unknown - bass
        unknown - drums
        Paul Chiten - (all instruments) - The Hunter

STUDIO SESSION: demos
(a6)    Party On The B Ring
(a6)    The Hunter
(a6)    You're Never Too Smart
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TONIO K.
Romeo Unchained (Big Heroes, Tiny Brains)
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PERSONNEL: 1986
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        guitars - Rick Neigher, Nick van Maarth, Peter Banks, T-Bone Burnett, Tonio K., Charlie Sexton, Billy Steele, Daryl Caraco
        bass - Rick Neigher, Eric Gothelf, Phil Chen, Tim Chandler, David Miner
        drums - Burleigh Drummond, Freddy Alwag, Ron Aston
        drum programs - Rick Neigher, T-Bone Burnett
        percussion - Burleigh Drummond, Efrain Toro

STUDIO SESSION: Romeo Unchained (Big Heroes, Tiny Brains)
        True Confessions
        Perfect World
        Romeo And Jane
        You Belong With Me
        Impressed
        I Handle Snakes
        Emotional War Games
        Living Doll
        You Don't Belong Here
        You Will Go Free
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TONIO K.
December 12, 1986 Roxy, Hollywood, Calif
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PERSONNEL:
        Tonio K.- vocal
        Tim Pierce - guitar
        Rob Watson - keyboards
        Tim Chandler - bass
        David Raven - drums

LIVE SHOW: December 12, 1986 Roxy, Hollywood, Calif
        I Want You
        True Confessions
        Living Doll
        I Handle Snakes
        What Women Want
        Romeo And Jane
        Perfect World
        Mars Needs Women
        I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You
        I'm Too Cool
        Impressed
        The Funky Western Civilization
        You Will Go Free

PERSONNEL: 1987
        Tonio K.- vocal
        Tim Pierce - guitar
        Rob Watson - keyboards
        Tim Chandler - bass
        David Raven - drums

STUDIO SESSION: Summer School (soundtrack)
(a6)    I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You
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TONIO K.
Notes From The Lost Civilization
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PERSONNEL: 1988
        Tonio K. - vocals, guitar
        T-Bone Burnett - guitars
        Jack Sherman - guitar
        John Keller - piano
        Booker T. Jones - organ
        Rick Neigher - farfisa organ
        James Jamerson Jr. - bass
        David Miner - basses
        Jim Keltner - drums
        Raymond Pounds - drums
        Alex Acuna - percussion
        Ralph Forbes - drum programming

STUDIO SESSION: Notes From The Lost Civilization
        Without Love
        Children's Crusade
        Stay
        City Life
        You Were There
        The Executioner's Song
        I Can't Stand It
        What Women Want
        I Can't Stop
        Where Is That Place?

STUDIO SESSION: Rodent Weekend '76-'96 (approximately)
(a6)    Hey John (written mid 1970s, recorded ?1979?)
(a6)    Harness The Hamster '83/Rodent Weekend '76
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PRINT MEDIA
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BOOKS AND PRINTED MATERIAL: (This is my reference library.) (I am interested in getting more.)

(p3) 35th Anniversary Whisky-A-Go-Go 1999 Poster Calendar, has reproductions of many of the posters used over the years.

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TONIO K.
AUDIO MEDIA
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AUDIO COMPILATIONS: (This is my complete audio collection) (I am interested in getting more. Details and material.)

Commercial Releases

(a1) Life In The Foodchain

(a2) Amerika

(a3) La Bomba

(a4) Romeo Unchained

(a5) Notes From The Lost Civilization

(a6) Rodent Weekend '76-'96 (approximately)

Other Material

(a7) Roxy

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VIDEO MEDIA
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VIDEO COMPILATIONS:
(I am always interested in expanding my collection.)

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OTHER RESOURCES (links)
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Do you have a Tonio K. related site? Do you want a link from this page? E-Mail me!

I am also interested in getting wider exposure for this site. So links from your site to mine would be appreciated. And if you know of any sites that allow/encourage submission, I would also appreciate knowing about them as well.

Tonio K.

Gadfly Records (home to Tonio K., among others)

CD Baby: SEARCH RESULTS - Tonio K.

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TONIO K.
CLASSIFIEDs
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This is an experiment. I am listing various classified ads that might be of interest to browsers of this page.

Let me know what you think of this idea?

And if you do order something listed here, let them know you found out about it here.

Also, let me know how this worked out for you.

June 29, 2003.
MusicStack looks like a good source of used music items (LPs, CDs, posters, ...).
As always, let me know what you think.

4 Million Hard to Find CDs & LPs at MusicStack
December 10, 2002.
Back in October 1999 I put up links to CD-Now so that visitors could easily link to the related band pages and instantly see which items were still in print/available for purchase. CD-Now no longer has that option. For the moment I am putting in Amazon.com search boxes. Amazon.com doesn't easily allow for links to individual band pages in the same way that CD-Now used to. So, instead of me being able to create direct links, I have put up the Amazon.com search box instead. So you can still go to a page with the various bands products, buy you now need to go through a search box.

As always, let me know what you think.

April 22, 2002.
Would you like to show your appreciation for (the time, effort, money, ... that goes into creating, maintaing, updating) this web site, without getting anything in return (except a listing of your name (and url) on this web site as a friend of this web site)?
sign up for PayPal and simplify your online payments.

Send Chrome Oxide some money

December 3, 2002 CD Now is undergoing changes, and asked that ALL links be removed.
October 28, 1999 I signed up with CD Now.

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