Fonda 500
L to R: Ian, Jonee, Simon, Nicholas & Bod from "Fonda 500"
Background information
Origin	Hull, England
Genre(s)	N/A
Years active	2000
Label(s)	Record Mountain
Associated acts	Bitmap (group), The Rocky Nest
Website	http://www.recordmountain.com
Members
Simon Stone, Jonee Kemp, Ian Appleyard, Bod & Nicholas Broten

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Background

Formed in by Stone and Broten in (or around) 1995, Fonda 500 have been releasing albums since 2000. One of the bands songs appeared on the soundtrack to British comedy Teachers on Channel Four Television. Teachers is a British Television Comedy-drama, originally shown on Channel 4. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began They have built up a cult following since 2000 chiefly through their live performances and their musical style, comparable to Black Sabbath jamming with the Beach Boys. Black Sabbath are an The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture The core pair are Simon Stone and Nicholas Broten. Their new album, 'Je m'appelle stereo', is released on their own label record mountain in June 2008. Record Mountain is a co-operative Independent record label. Record Mountain was launched on Christmas Eve 2007 and began by giving away free downloadable content from

Personnel

• Simon Stone
• Jonee Kemp
• Ian Appleyard
• Bod
• Nicholas Broten

Live Performances

Their live performances have included several motifs:

• Simon at the front of the stage playing an unfeasibly small Casio keyboard mounted on a large light-box with a picture of a cute panda on it. Sometimes he climbs on top of the light-box and shouts.
• Simon re-inventing the songs, apparently ad hoc, through contemporary changes to the lyrics and "beatboxing".
• Simon wearing a woolly hat with ears resembling a panda.
• between song banter, either between the band or to the audience.
• the conga.
• bum bouncing in the audience.

Discography

Albums

• Je M'appelle Stereo'
• ABCDELP
• No. 1 Hi-fi Hair
• The Spectrumatronicalogical Sounds of Fonda 500
• The Autumn/Winter Collection
• Eight Track Sound System

Singles

• Super Chimpanzee
• 8 Track
• I Like Nick Broten
• Computer Freaks Of The Galaxy

External links

• Official site (currently undergoing refurbishment). Eight Track Sound System is the first album by Kingston upon Hull band Fonda 500, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music)
• record label website.
• Official MySpace page. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
• Drowned in sound review.
• BBC collective album review.
• Band Interview.
• Various pics.