Metal/Rock Bands with Cello

[thepapercut]

Murder By Death has since day one, check them out if you haven’t.

 

[Altitude]

There's a ton of cello in OneRepublic. Misunderstood band actually, I think a lot of people don't understand the difference between them and One Direction. OneRepublic is very, very good live. Obviously not metal.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Added to Wetton’s massive distorto bass is some uncredited cello

Citation?

 

[Michedelic]

Citation?

The liner notes/booklet of my 2009 CD Red reissue, “40th Anniversary Series”.

 

[Bob_Ross]

The liner notes/booklet of my 2009 CD Red reissue, “40th Anniversary Series”.

Seriously?!?! Wow, I'd never heard that before!

[edit: I'll be damned: Red - The Long View If anyone should know it's David Singleton.]

 

[Michedelic]

Seriously?!?! Wow, I'd never heard that before!

[edit: I'll be damned: Red - The Long View If anyone should know it's David Singleton.]

Well, even back when it came out, I could tell. I must have listen to that album a million times anyway, and the bowing is so pronounced(my dad was a violinist, so I got a proper introduction to bowing technique). Plus, as much as I loved Wetton’s bass work in that era, even with a P going thru cranked Hiwatts he’s just not going to get that kind of attack. The un-overdubbed ‘trio’ version of the tune is pretty interesting to listen to.

 

[Bob_Ross]

The un-overdubbed ‘trio’ version of the tune is pretty interesting to listen to.

You have my attention sir!

 

[Michedelic]

You have my attention sir!

It used to be on Youtube, but you know how Fripp is, so you gotta go with any of the Steve Wilson remixed deluxe versions of the album to find it. Bob’s got to keep the income stream going to keep Toyah in those dominatrix outfits.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Watershed 5tet was more jazz/prog-rock than metal, but they definitely had some headbanging moments. Erin Snyder was their 'cellist.

Another one from Watershed 5tet:

 

[Michedelic]

Jane Scarpantoni, I believe; check out her track record..
Jane Scarpantoni - Wikipedia

 

[Michedelic]

The first band I know of with a Cello was Sweetwater (no affiliation to a music store that came along years later). They were also one of the first bands to have a Conga player. They played at Woodstock and were the first band to go on but didn't get filmed although a movie Sweetwater: A True Rock Story was released in 1999. The band's record producer was the great Dave Hassinger who engineered most of The Rolling Stones' American recordings at RCA. Among Hassinger's many other credits he engineered Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow and produced the first Grateful Dead album.

I mentioned them in post #5, and saw them as a wee lad when they opened up for the final Eric Burdon and the Animals “Love Is” tour. Another outfit from roughly that era(‘68-‘71)with a cello and other classical instruments was the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble...

Michael Kamen, who went on to do orchestrations for Pink Floyd and Metallica, came from the group, and Lenny Kravitz covered one of their better known tunes, “Fields Of Joy”.

 

[AdamR]

 

[fretter]

I was thinking of The Sins of Thy Beloved, but they had a violin player, which is probably very common.

 

[Michedelic]

In the autumn of ‘19, Jeff Beck did a brief warm-up tour before doing a set with Rod Stewart at the Hollywood Bowl; not only did he have Johnny Depp on second guitar for a few songs, but a cellist as well..

 

[Michedelic]

Then there was Harry Chapin...

 

[Michedelic]

Watershed 5tet was more jazz/prog-rock than metal, but they definitely had some headbanging moments. Erin Snyder was their 'cellist.

Another one from Watershed 5tet:

Cool stuff, what’s the story on them? They sound like they could have benefited from working with Laswell or Fred Frith.

 

[Leaviathan]

The New Creatures with Julia Kent from Rasputina. 1990's.

I like that

 

[Leaviathan]

The first band I know of with a Cello was Sweetwater (no affiliation to a music store that came along years later). They were also one of the first bands to have a Conga player. They played at Woodstock and were the first band to go on but didn't get filmed although a movie Sweetwater: A True Rock Story was released in 1999. The band's record producer was the great Dave Hassinger who engineered most of The Rolling Stones' American recordings at RCA. Among Hassinger's many other credits he engineered Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow and produced the first Grateful Dead album.

They must be an influence of Natalie Merchants

 

[Bob_Ross]

Cool stuff, what’s the story on them?

They were from Pittsburgh PA, they were active from 1990-2000. I believe most of their music was written by the woodwind player Ben Opie. I know that their last CD was produced by Myles Boisen, not sure if they ever worked with Frith or Laswell.

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Check out Deadweight. I saw them years ago opening for Les Claypool. There is no bass or guitar on this album. What sounds like bass and guitar is actually electric cello and electric violin respectively.

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