Todd rundgren and the chicago sinfonietta will perform a benefit concert for rundgrens spirit of harmony foundation at the chicago house of blues on saturday, september 8. In that time he has taken in a load of influences and. I hadnt listened to todd rundgren in too long, then recently went on a voyage of rediscovery and browsed through some of his works on amazon. Freedom fighters a gorgeous 6disc multimedia box set of live performances from todd rundgrens renowned prog rock project utopia. Todd harry rundgren is an american multiinstrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artis. Todd rundgren isnt going to start a twitter fight with. With few exceptions, those who are goodreally goodat. The todd who created pop masterpieces such as nazzs open my eyes and the solo albums somethinganything. Listen free to todd rundgren arena mad, afraid and more. Find album credit information for arena todd rundgren on allmusic. Studio album 26 compilation 1 live 3 an evening with todd rundgren live at the ridgefield.
The coolest thing about todd rundgren is that you never know what hes going to come up with next. Search at, the number one source for concerts, sports, arts, theater, theatre, broadway shows, family event tickets on online. Todd bridges the gap between somethinganything, a wizard a true star, and utopia. If ever a title explained an albums intent, its todd rundgrens arena, an explicit return to the extravagantly theatrical guitar rock he abandoned, largely out of boredom, some 25 years ago.
Vod available today of todd s city winery unpredic. Todd rundgren concert schedule has finally been revealed. Todd rundgren at skagit valley casino, bow, wa, usa. Todd rundgren 70s collection offers 117 tracks digitally remastered in 96 khz, 24bit. Album after album of original material has come and gone to various levels of critical and commercial success. From the arena album footage stolen from the net and videopulped by clichematic. I was intrigued by descriptions of arena the price was great so i chanced it. Todd rundgren is an american singersongwriter and producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as founder of the band utopia. Todd harry rundgren is an american multiinstrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band utopia. Todd was raised in the philadelphia pennsylvania area, and his first professional bands, money and woddys truckstop, achieved much regional success. Im really glad i did because ive had many hours of entertainment from this disc. Todd rundgren and the liars live at the performing arts center in albany. Todd rundgrens bestknown songs the carole king pastiche i saw the light, the ballads hello, its me and can we still be friends, and the goofy novelty bang on the drum all day suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman, but nothing more than that. He is known for his sophisticated and oftenunorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with.
Todd rundgren was my father, explained liv, in a 2011 interview with the uks wonderland magazine. Arena by todd rundgren cd, 2008, hi fi for sale online. Rock and roll hall of fame artists ranked from best to worst. Todd rundgren interview at south by southwest in 2009 about how he recorded his latest album arena using riffworks and reason.
Todd rundgren arena recorded with riffworks youtube. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Todd basically decided when i was born that i needed a father, so he signed my birth certificate. Sold out concerts will not be any concern, we always have top quality seats. Todd rundgren download high quality complete mp3 albums. Whether its rundgren doing it all himself or assisted by others most prominently, the underrated kevin ellman on drums the album ranges from light pop a dream lives on forever, hard rock heavy metal kids and downright silliness an elpees worth of tunes.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Facebook twitter instagram youtube download the android app to get lyrics to the songs you play. Maybe fronting a revamped version of the cars inspired todd rundgren to record an album of loud, concertready rock. Recorded in princeville, hawaii the singers homebase where he and his band played the album live for a small audience on his birthday, arena is a nobones rocker, rich with crunchy guitar lines, userfriendly. Guitarist jesse gress added to todd rundgren and r. At 60, rundgrens creative juices are still flowing strong, and, of course, hes still doing the unexpected.
Considered by many to be the ultimate rock cult hero, todd rundgren has maintained a legion of fans through four decades, rivaled only by grateful dead. Tour dates for todd rundgren can be found on this page. If ever a title explained an albums intent, its todd rundgren s arena, an explicit return to the extravagantly theatrical guitar rock he abandoned, largely out of boredom, some 25 years ago. It could have been excellent, though, had he been able to record it with a band rather than doing it all himself.
He knew that there was a chance that i might not be his, buttodd was my father. Arena is an album by rock musician todd rundgren that was released in 2008. Arena continues down the path of selfexamination that tr started with lies, but with a lot more bite. His latest oneman tourdeforce, simply entitled arena hifi records, sidesteps expectations once again as rundgren makes a surprisingly conscious, and some might say welcome, effort to leave his mark on the mainstream. Arena released on september 29, 2008 after a stint that helped jumpstart those new wave pioneers again was true to its title.
In fact, making his own music was never even the plan. He is now a rock elder, not exactly pompous but a little overeager to. Ended up suing fans whod downloaded their music on napster. It is said to contain soaring melodies, killer hooks, and massive guitar licks. Todd rundgren is an american singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist. Todd rundgren s utopia live at the fox 1973 this is so incredible selfishly because i was there. Todd rundgren biography todd harry rundgren born june 22, 1948 upper darby, pennsylvania, usa rundgren played in several bands in new jersey and philadelphia during the mid to late 60s including the blues based woodys truck stop, before forming the nazz, in 1967. Lets compare mellencamp to todd rundgren, who is not in the hall. This is generally a rock album, but its a moderately. Ringo allstar tickets go on sale for jones beach f.
Todd rundgrens utopia benefit for moogy klingman, releases 01 may. Arena is an album by rock musician todd rundgren that was released in 2008 like several of his earlier albums, this was entirely a solo effort, with rundgren playing all the instruments. Todd rundgren goes full fanservice on a captivating. Todd rundgren may be known as an overindulgent pop singer and producer but hes also got a fantastic talent for a good little pop song, and his 70s. Todd rundgrens arena was a cool return to football.
Like several of his earlier albums, this was entirely a solo effort, with rundgren. During that quarter century, rundgren touched upon almost all of his other obsessions, spending a considerable amount of time fixated upon technology, but deliberately avoided anything resembling utopia. Todd rundgren arena hi fi recordings the phrase jack of all trades, master of none describes someone who does lots of different things, all of them adequately, none of them extraordinarily. On this his 19th studio album he said it would be a return to rifforiented guitar rock and thats sort of true. Todd rundgren s johnson is todd rundgren s tribute album for blues musician robert johnson, released april 12, 2011, for johnsons 100th birthday. In contrast to his earlier albums, he produced this album entirely on an apple laptop computer using propellerheads reason software for composition and sonoma wire works riffworks for recording. For todd rundgren, performing was always a side gig. As a singersongwriterproducer with a strong aptitude for the technical aspects of recording rundgren has fashioned a lengthy career with multiple artistic. Todd rundgren arena 2008, hifi recordsmpca todd rundgren has been doing this a long, long time.
This album is done in the same vein as journey and boston at their peaks. With the new cars debacle fading in his rear view mirror, todd rundgren returns with arena, his first studio album in four years. Todd harry rundgren born june 22, 1948 is an american multiinstrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band utopia. Todd rundgren long resisted doing hitsladen tours, but a 70s catalog that ranks alongside pauls and eltons is getting its full due now. In addition to the great, layered vocals that you would expect on a todd record, there are monumental guitar and bass riffs throughout. He is known for his sophisticated and oftenunorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him. I dont own the rights only want to support my favourite artist. Stream arena by todd rundgren and 50 million songs with amazon music unlimited. Arena is a music studio album recording by todd rundgren crossover progprogressive rock released in 2008 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. I know this as i saw him play the whole album live with a band at the forum in kentish town last november and that one of the best giigs i have been to. Arena is a music studio album recording by todd rundgren. Music talk new todd rundgren arena wanted to let everyone know about a new todd rundgren release titled arena. Amongst the bands that surfaced during rocks cambrian explosion in 1967 was the talented garage band nazz featuring todd rundgren.
1094 493 969 194 310 1179 1058 1608 600 224 423 82 308 1466 1107 1152 1594 1054 1204 167 1343 19 114 334 786 974 965 650 33 1366 1268 563 37 1014 72 886 281 1489