Fono

...so one of them is from Northern Ireland, one is from Milton Keynes, England and the other is from St. Louis, Missouri. The singer was inspired to be uninspired and so he put his guitar down for a while. The next time he picked it up he found himself in a pretty good band who's first show was opening for Bon Jovi in front of 50,000 people. Not bad. That band made a record. "goesaroundcomesaround" was released in the autumn of 1999. They spent the next 2 years touring all over the world with everyone from the Goo Goo Dolls to Tonic to Robert Plant. So what do they sound like? Well, Bob Mould would appreciate the songwriting. The guitars are sometimes likened to The Who. Throw all that in with Bono's naivety that we can make the world a better place and what you've come up with is FONO. Two Brits who admire American rock and one American who favours British sounds. Yes it is weird that 3 guys from 3 different countries have come together to make music. But isn't that what music is about. It's music for the people. When you can get 20,000 screaming fans to all agree on one thing at the same time... that says something. And they're just getting started.

Latest News: 10th Oct 2002

Plans for a scaled down version of the planned "Christmas Rock Night" in London this autumn appear to be going ahead, with news of 7 events over the weekend of 6/7/8 December at London's Garage venue. YMCA and Asylum will be working together for a night on December 8th which will feature Steve, Psalmistry, Fire Fly, Kosher, Xphere, V-12, Axlanbay and Zedisforzebra. It looks like Fono will be returning to the UK for one of the events, and other acts said to be appearing include hotly tipped bands Elviss and Reuben.

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Forthcoming Concerts:

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Reviews:

• goesaroundcomesaround review at The Phantom Tollbooth
• Fono at the Borderline concert review at The Phantom Tollbooth
• Fono interview with the Phantom Tollbooth at The Phantom Tollbooth

Web Site(s):

• www.fono.net

E-Mail:

• badger@thesett.com

Address:

• Badger Management, Unit 2, Alanbrooke Park, Alanbrooke Road, Belfast, BT6 9HB, Northern Ireland
• Phone: 01232 791666
• Fax: 01232 798989

Terms For Booking:

• Negotiable

Main Web Site Features:

• MP3s, lyrics, guestbook

Recent Releases:

• goesaroundcomesaround (1999, CD/Cassette)
• goesaroundcomesaround (1998, CD/Cassette)
• Burn (1997, CDsingle as)
• High And Wired (1996, CD as Seven)

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