Biography
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Members
- Peter Rizzo
Formed by Gene Loves Jezebel’s JP Aston & Peter “Bugg” Rizzo in the grand old City of York in 2011, Ugly Buggs have completed their eponymous first album.
Peter had written some music. Recording, engineering & playing all the instruments he presented the music to Jay. This music would quickly become the beautiful song “Feel.” “I just felt Pete’s music was inspirational & we had to make an album. I had quite a few songs to bring to the table too.”
Ah, JP Aston & songs. It’s no coincidence that artists as varied as Lady Gaga, Graham Coxon & Billy Corgan have all cited Jay as an influence. Jay got up & sang with Smashing Pumpkins at Brixton Academy in November.
Ugly Buggs decided to embrace their fiercely independent roots & do the whole album themselves (including creating their own videos & artwork). “Peter is a fearless musician & loved the challenge of production. I just got the express train up to York from London every couple of months & I’d sing all night & Peter would mix all day.” The album captures Jay Aston in glorious full voice. Peter Bugg’s musicianship is outstanding & together they've created a superb collection of songs. The album captures moments of great joy & despair. Reflections of a traumatic year. Beautiful refractions. Sometimes bleak & sometimes necessarily oblique.
From the gorgeous "Young Girl" (already being picked up on alternative radio) to the Wolf cry of “Twist The Knife," the soaring "Flying" & all the way through to the relentless machine gun groove of “Sleepers” it’s a classic debut.
“It was very important to us that every song stood out on it’s own. Our first collaboration from scratch was “Serpent Queen.” We knew from that moment on, that Ugly Buggs was going to work. This really is just the beginning.” A sublime piece of Post Punk art.
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