Rattlemouth [US] for Fusion

Coming from Virginia, Rattlemouth did not begin as a band but more as practicing opportunity and looking for new ideas by two members from the Ululating Mummies namely Robbie Kinter (drums) and Danny Finney (saxophones). The two wanted to look together while practicing for new musical directions, new ideas and new ways to develop musically. Funnily enough, the projects name came from Danny's son, Gaelan, who called his father a rattlemouth and they saw the suitability of it, as Danny is a saxophonist (mouth) and Robbie a drummer (rattle). This was in 1989. they began coming up with ideas and soon enough they had two tracks and several more ideas in their bag at which point they began doing shows. They became a trio with the addition of their fellow from Ululating Mummies, Tom Brickman on bass. This trio carried on with their shows and came up with new tracks - "Bread Based Economy", "Second Place Trophies", "Hole in The Pocket Socialist", "Plactypus", "Difficult Day", "Shadow of Finality", "Bad Data", "Lumbering Thud" and "Head Lice". Another member from the Ululating Mummies, Rebby Sharp, joined the band. The ties with the UM did not end there, as the Rattlemouth was now sharing a rehearsal place with the UM. In 1994, they released a cassette with 3 songs. In 1995 Steve Feigenbaum (Cuneiform Records) was invited by a friend and a soon to be member of the band, George Lowe. During the break in the show Steve approached the band and so the liaison between Rattlemouth and Cuneiform began. Their first full length was released by Cuneiform, Walking A Full Moon Dog in 1996, which was recorded in a day and a half. This was followed by heavy touring to support that release. Rebby left the band due to her moving away. Their next album, also in Cuneiform was Fist Full Of Iffy. This album also features Paul Watson (Orthotonics) who would eventually join the band and Eileen Edwards. However, soon after the release of the album, the band dissolved with Paul and Tom leaving the band and Robbie and Danny keeping up their work in UM but without any work as Rattlemouth. 

In September 2003, came an occasion that revived the band. Robbie was commissioned by the Starr Foster Dance Project to compose a score for a new dance called Dirty Rotten Neighbors. After composing some of the new material, he contacted Danny and also Marc S. Langelier who is a modern dance composer and musician to play bass. This was to be a live performance and so came the opportunity to play some Rattlemouth tracks in the intermission. The following year they recorded music for a dance video (Deconstructed Dialogues) with the help of Jerome Begin on keyboards. It was then that Danny and Robbie decided to officially revive Rattlemouth and to do so they called their former UM member, guitarist George Lowe to join in. They composed new tracks and also received several commissions as before.

1996 - Walking A Full Moon Dog 

1998 - Fist Full Of Iffy

2006 - Hopabout

2010 - Home Fed and Full Grown (Music for Film and Dance)

2011 - 5

Web Site: http://www.rattlemouth.com

bandcamp.com: http://rattlemouth.bandcamp.com/music