The Tangerine Zoo
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Home Town: East Freetown, MA
Genre: Psychedelic
Posted By: Tiger
Joined On: March 6, 2004
Page Views: 11,743
Song Plays: 1,239
Current Rank: 871
Highest Rank: 41
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Albums
Tangerine Zoo 1st album, Outside Looking In, Uncaged
Similar Artists
Pink Floyd, Vanilla Fudge, Moody Blues,Yes
Group Members
Wayne Gagnon, Bob Benevides, Ron Medieros, Don Smith, Tony Taveira
Instruments
Guitars, Bass, Hommond Organ, Drums
Musical Style
Sixties psychadelic/garage
Influences
Pink Floyd, Vanilla Fudge, Moody Blues,Yes
Additional Info
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Swansea's Tangerine Zoo
Posted on April 25, 2006 4:55 PM
|  Hank Seaman
Portraits
hseaman@s-t.com
Take a trip with me through the mists of time, back to a place, age and lifestyle known as the '60s.
Back to the year 1967, to be precise.
Ah, can't you just see it now? Long hair, hippies, love-ins, be-ins, Vietnam, pot, peace, power to the people ...
It was far out, man ... in the groove ... uptight and outtasight ... sock it to me.
What male of a certain age cannot recall tucking a paisley shirt into striped hip-huggers, then throwing on a Nehru jacket and a peace medallion, and heading out the door on a Saturday night date? Or perhaps it was merely a tie-dyed shirt and bell-bottom jeans, but you get the gist.
It was a one-of-a-kind, bad-to-the-bone, specific type of sartorial splendor and it endured, oh, maybe, all of 20 minutes. But, oh wow, man, like, it was freaking' humongous, man, while it lasted.
Like, totally ... make love, not war ... it's, groovy to the max.
All this accompanied by a musical soundtrack... Read more »
| Interview with two Band Members
Posted on April 5, 2006 3:05 PM
|  One of the hottest psychedelic bands on Mp3.com is certainly that of the Tangerine Zoo. A long time favorite of garage band and psych music collectors, TZoo has experienced a recent resurgence of interest due to the availability of certain track selections on mp3. Not only can one download prime cuts from the group's two late '60s albums, but a new "Best of" CD is also available for purchase via the well-known music web site. Member, TonyTaveira is also currently shopping around some of the group's unreleased demos from '69, as well as vintage live tracks recorded by the band in the '60s. We'll continue to keep readers of The Lance Monthly informed as to the release status of these recordings.
Special thanks to Tony Taveira and Benny Benevides for sharing their story with The Lance Monthly.
[Lance Monthly] How did you first get interested in music?
[Tony Taveira] At age 15, when I heard the song by the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on AM radio, I went out and bought... Read more » |
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