Bambi Kino

Bambi Kino is a band formed in 2009 by four members of notable American indie rock groups, including Doug Gillard and Ira Elliot, to play music of the early 1960s for a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first Beatles concerts in Hamburg, Germany. The group debuted in Hamburg in 2010 and continues to perform.

For the movie theater at which the Beatles lived in 1960 in Hamburg, Germany, see The Beatles in Hamburg.
Bambi Kino
OriginNew York
GenresMerseybeat, rhythm and blues, roots rock
Years active2009 (2009)–present
LabelsTapete Records
Associated actsNada Surf
Websitebambi-kino.com
MembersDoug Gillard
Ira Elliot
Mark Rozzo
Erik Paparazzi

Musical career
Bambi Kino
Live album by
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Released2011
Length27:08
LabelTapete Records
Bambi Kino
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Bambi Kino was formed in New York, in the summer of 2009, in anticipation of 2010's fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles' early concerts in Hamburg.[2] The project was created to cover songs from the formative 1960–1963 pre-celebrity era of The Beatles in Hamburg and at the Cavern Club.[3]

The group's name was taken from the Bambi Kino, a movie theater in Hamburg, described as squalid, where the Beatles lived in a storeroom behind the screen.[4]

The four founding members were guitarist Doug Gillard and drummer Ira Elliot (both members of Nada Surf), Mark Rozzo (guitarist for Maplewood) and Erik Paparazzi (bass player for Cat Power).[2] Gillard previously had been a member of Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha, and Cobra Verde, among other notable bands. While performing in Bambi Kino, Gillard plays 1960s guitars that include a 1967 Gibson ES-330 and a Höfner Verithin.[5]

On August 19, 2010, the band debuted with a concert at the Indra Club in Hamburg, where the Beatles first played.[4]

A live recording of the debut concert performance was released in 2011 on Hamburg-based Tapete Records, as the group's self-titled debut album.[1] The record was praised by AllMusic's James Allen for its authentically "scrappy Merseybeat style," resulting in an album that "also happens to rock on its own merits."[1]

The group has remained active, and in May 2014, Bambi Kino played at a benefit concert at Brooklyn's Bell House.[6]

Discography
  • Bambi Kino (Tapete Records, 2011)
  • "Some Other Guy" b/w "Falling In Love Again" (Tapete Records, 2011) — 7" single

References
  1. Allen, James. Bambi Kino at AllMusic.
  2. Bambi Kino (2010). "Info". Bambi Kino: It Was 50 Years Ago Today. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27.
  3. Neff, Joseph (April 8, 2014). "Graded on a Curve: Doug Gillard, Parade On". The Vinyl District. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09.
  4. Shanley, Mike (May 1, 2014). "Dedicated to painting, not the painter: Doug Gillard". Blurt. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05.
  5. Urbano, David (May 1, 2013). "Doug Gillard Guitar Set-up". Review Stalker. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22.
  6. "A Benefit for PS154 in Windsor Terrace". The Bell House. May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
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