BLACK MOUSTACHE FIRST ASSEMBLED IN EARLY 2003 AS THE SPONTANEOUS MUSIC / ART PROJECT OF THREE BROOKLYN-BASED MUSICIANS - SPENCER PRODUCT, KENAN GUNDUZ, AND MIKE SKINNER, WHO WANTED TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY MESHED ROCK 'N ROLL, PUNK, AND ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC. ON THEIR SELF-TITLED LAKESHORE RECORDS DEBUT ALBUM THEY DID JUST THIS, COMBINING PARED DOWN DRUM PROGRAMMING, GRITTY MOOG BASS LINES, SINGLE NOTE GUITAR LEADS AND FREEZED- DRIED VOCALS.

MIKE HAD BEEN RELEASING OTHER RECORDS WITH LAKESHORE RECORDS AT THE TIME, AND THE BAND OWES ITS EXPLOSIVE BEGINNING TO THE VISION OF SKIP AT THE LABEL WHO LIKED THE IDEA SO MUCH HE OFFERED TO DO THE RECORD BEFORE HEARING A SINGLE NOTE. AT THE BEGINNING THERE WASN'T A PLAN FOR BLACK MOUSTACHE - IT WAS AN IDEA AND A CHANCE FOR 3 FRIENDS TO MAKE THE RECORD THEY OFTEN TALKED ABOUT LATE AT NIGHT. THE BAND RECORDED THE ALBUM BEFORE PLAYING A SINGLE SHOW - BUT SOON ENOUGH THERE WERE OFFERS FOR SHOWS AND THE "BAND" BEGAN TO SHIFT FROM A RECORDING PROJECT TO A LIVE BAND.

THEIR FIRST SHOW WAS IN WILLIAMSBURG AT A BUTT MAGAZINE PARTY JUST IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE OF THEIR ALBUM. UPON THE RELEASE OF THIS BUZZWORTHY RECORD THEY WERE FEATURED IN MANY PUBLICATIONS WHICH MADE THEIR NEED FOR ALOT OF DEDICATION TO THE PROJECT. KENAN LEFT THE BAND TO FOCUS ON TOURING AND RECORDING WITH THE WITNESSES, AND AFTER THINKING LONG AND HARD, THOSE BIG SHOES WERE ULTIMATELY FILLED WITH A VERY DIFFERENT GUITARIST IN THE SHAPE OF ONE HOT CHICK NAMED MILENA MEPRIS (PIN ME DOWN). THE BAND TOOK AN IMMEDIATE TURN FROM THE ANGULAR STYLINGS KENAN BROUGHT TO THE BIG STADIUM
ROCK ELECTRO SOUND. MEPRIS' VOICE HAS ADDED A NEW DIMENSION TO THE BAND. B. M. ENGINEER / COLLABORATOR,CHRIS BRACCOBEGUN PLAYING BASS IN THE BAND (AND GUITARS ON MANY RECORDINGS). THE LAST FEW YEARS WERE FILLED WITH SHOWS IN NEW YORK AS WELL AS AT FESTIVALS IN MONTREAL,STOCKHOLM, ART –BASEL IN MIAMI, AND THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM IN PITTSBURGH.

THE 'BAND' THEN TOOK A HIATUS FROM SHOWS. SPENCER AND MIKE FOCUSED ON PRODUCING,WRITING AND REMIXING FOR OTHER ARTISTS. THEY WROTE AND PRODUCED ALBUM FOR FOR FENDI’S MOTHER INC., A PROJECT CREATED BY YVONNE FORCE VILLAREAL (ART PRODUCTION FUND) AND PHOTOGRAPHER, SANDRA
HAMBURG. / WHICH WAS RELEASED IN MAY 2005. THEY ALSO HAVE WORKED ON REMIXES FOR BOBBY O, BLOC PARTY, GRIZZLY BEAR, BLOOM. NOT LONG AFTER THIS HIATUS , BLACK MOUSTACHE RELEASED A LIMITED EDITION REMIX EP FEATURING REMIXES BY TOMMIE SUNSHINE, PHIILIIP & THROB. THEY BEGAN TO WRITE AND RECORD A SECOND RECORD WHICH WAS NEVER COMPLETED. THESE TRACKS LAY VAULTED IN THE DEPTHS OF A HARD DRIVE SOMEWHERE IN BROOKLYN. AS LEGEND HAS IT .

THE "'BAND'S" LAST SHOW WAS OPENING UP FOR THE A.R.E. WEAPONS & BLOC PARTY @THE KNITTING FACTORY.
(THIS WAS BLOC PARTY'S FIRST U.S. SHOW)

LAST YEAR, THEIR ‘CLAIM TO FAME’ CLUB HIT, “HOT MONKEY , HOT ASS!” WAS USED
IN THE UK INDIE FILM, ‘UNMADE BEDS’

LONG LIVE BLACK MOUSTACHE!

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