Dean Fertita
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Dean Fertita is an American
rock
musician
and multi-instrumentalist
. Fertita was the lead singer and guitarist of The Waxwings
from the band's formation in 1997 to its breakup in 2005. Fertita then moved on to collaborate with Brendan Benson
playing keyboards and guitar on Bensons solo releases and as a touring keyboard player for The Raconteurs
. In 2007 Fertita joined Queens of the Stone Age
to replace the late Natasha Shneider
on keyboards and occasionally guitar on some songs. Currently the band is taking a break and Fertita is playing guitar, keyboards and organ with The Dead Weather
. In 2009 Fertita also released his debut album
as a solo artist.
band The Waxwings
along with bassist Kevin Peyok, drummer James Edmunds and guitarist Dominic Romano. The band's name, as well as the name of their debut record, was derived from the first line of a poem in Vladimir Nabokov
's novel Pale Fire
: In 2000 The Waxwings signed with Bobsled Records and began work on their debut album, Low to the Ground, recorded at Terrarium Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota
with Bryan Hanna. The albums was featured in Magnet Magazine's Top 20 albums of 2000-2001. In 2002 the band released their second album Shadows Of... After the band's release party a letter surfaced, in which Bobslead Records head, Bob Salerno, ridiculed the band for what he considered to be a poor live performance. The letter gained notoriety after being posted on the internet entertainment forum the Velvet Rope.
After the controversy with Salerno the band released their third album - recorded with Brendan Benson
- Let's Make Our Descent on Rainbow Quartz Records in 2004. In 2005 the band stated on its official website that work had begun on songs for a fourth studio album. Since then members of the band have been involved with other projects and no information regarding the bands status have been released.
to play keyboard
on Benson's two-man British acoustic tour Fertita and Benson first met each other via mutual friends in high school, and soon established a working relationship. Fertita cites Benson as a big influence, inspiring him to focus more energy on song writing instead of loud riffs. When Benson formed The Raconteurs
Fertita was recruited to play keyboards and organ on the tour in support of the Broken Boy Soldiers
album. Fertita also recorded clavinet
parts for the band's second studio album Consolers of the Lonely
in 2008. Benson also produced and made several contributions the Fertitas debut solo album
.
During the tour with the Raconteurs, Fertita got to know the band's sound man Hutch
, who is also the long time sound man of Queens of the Stone Age
. In 2007, Hutch asked Fertita to join the Queens of the Stone Age as their new keyboardist and additional guitarist, replacing the late Natasha Shneider
. Fertita accepted and along with newly recruited bassist Michael Shuman
recorded later bonus tracks
. Era Vulgaris
was released on June 12, 2007 and was followed by the Duluth Tour," which was named due to the fact that the band was scheduled to perform in many small towns and cities they had never played before, such as Duluth, Minnesota
. On August 16, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age performed a concert in celebration of Natasha Shneider's life at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. They were joined on stage by Alain Johannes
, Jack Black
, Kyle Gass
, Matt Cameron
, Brody Dalle
, Jesse Hughes
, Chris Goss
and PJ Harvey
, playing a variety of QOTSA and non-QOTSA songs. Proceeds from the concert went to defray the costs associated with Natasha’s illness
. In 2009 the members of the band took time of and were involved in a variety of other projects, but reconvened in the summer of 2010 too play a number of shows in support of a reissue of Rated R
which was released on August 3. They released a remastered version of their first self titled album
early 2011 which was supported with performences of the album in its entirety.
on lead vocals, and Jack Lawrence
on bass formed The Dead Weather
. The group originally only intended to record a 7-inch single
but plans changed and the band wrote and recorded their debut album in fifteen days. The bands debut album - Horehound
- was released July 14, 2009 and was followed by a supporting tour
. In October 2009 lead vocalist Mosshart confirmed that a second album was "halfway done". Later, White revealed in an interview that the band is hoping to have 20 to 25 songs ready for their Australian tour in March 2010. It was later confirmed that the first single from the new album - Sea of Cowards
- would be called "Die by the Drop
" which was released March 30. The Sea of Cowards Tour
began on March 19, 2010, is ended on August 3, 2010. It included 42 shows over four legs.
, whilst the Eagles of Death Metal
bass player undergoes treatment for cancer. Prior to O'Connor's illness Fertita also made a guest appearance playing keyboards during a performance of "Wannabe In L.A". After returning to the Queens of the Stone Age Fertita was replaced by Abby Travis
.
. The album includes performances by fellow Queens of the Stone Age
bandmates Troy Van Leeuwen
, Joey Castillo
and Michael Shuman
, as well as Brendan Benson and the Afghan Whigs' Michael Horrigan. The self-titled album
was released October 26, 2009 on Schnitzel Records. And the song "Nature of Our Minds" was its first single. Fertita had plans to play a number of concerts in support of the album during the break from Queens of the Stone Age however after joining The Dead Weather the planned live performances were canceled. In 2010, Fertita re-recorded the Waxwings song "Different Plane" for the Novalis radiosurgery "Shaping Cancer Care Around You” national television commercial, currently running in the United States. In 2011 Fertita revealed that he had begun working on a second solo album. but that his main focus was to write and record the sixth record with the Queens of the Stone Age.
acoustic guitar. Fertita is also credited for playing clavinet
on the bands second album, Consolers of the Lonely
. With Queens of the Stone Age Fertita has been seen playing a Moog Little Phatty Synthesizer
and a Clavia Nord Electro 2
through a set of Peavey amplifiers
. However more recently he has been seen playing a Korg SV-1
and an unidentifiable electric piano as well as the Little Phatty. For guitars, he has used a Gibson SG
and Maton BB1200
through an Ampeg combo
, but was seen playing a Yamaha
hollowbody through a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier on their most recent tour. With The Dead Weather, Fertita plays a custom built Gretsch White Falcon
originally built for a number of live performances by Jack White and Alicia Keys
to perform the theme song for the James Bond
film Quantum of Solace, "Another Way to Die
". For keyboards, he uses The Moog Little Phatty, A Wurlitzer Electric Piano, and a vintage Korg
CX-3 organ. Fertitas pedalboard
includes a Dunlop Rotovibe, a white painted DigiTech Whammy
, a Voodoo Lab Tremolo
, an Electro-Harmonix
nano Bassballs, a white painted Big Muff
, Micro POG, a Boss
TU-2 Tuner, and a MXR Micro Amp
. For amplification Fertita uses two Fender Twin Reverbs.
Appearances on singles
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rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
. Fertita was the lead singer and guitarist of The Waxwings
The Waxwings
The Waxwings are a rock band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, formed in 1997.The band's lineup consists of Dean Fertita on vocals and guitar, James Edmunds on drums and percussion, and Kevin Peyok on bass guitar...
from the band's formation in 1997 to its breakup in 2005. Fertita then moved on to collaborate with Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
playing keyboards and guitar on Bensons solo releases and as a touring keyboard player for The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White , Brendan Benson , Jack Lawrence , and Patrick Keeler .-Formation:The...
. In 2007 Fertita joined Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
to replace the late Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider was a Russian musician. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, and was the partner of bandmate Alain Johannes...
on keyboards and occasionally guitar on some songs. Currently the band is taking a break and Fertita is playing guitar, keyboards and organ with The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Composed of Alison Mosshart , Jack White , Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence , The Dead Weather debuted at the opening of Third Man Records' Nashville...
. In 2009 Fertita also released his debut album
Hello=Fire
Hello=Fire is the debut album of Dean Fertita's solo project with the same name. The album was recorded at various studios while Fertita was on tour with Queens of the Stone Age. The album features guest appearances by band members from Queens of the Stone Age, Brendan Benson who also produced the...
as a solo artist.
The Waxwings
In 1997 Fertita formed the power popPower pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
band The Waxwings
The Waxwings
The Waxwings are a rock band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, formed in 1997.The band's lineup consists of Dean Fertita on vocals and guitar, James Edmunds on drums and percussion, and Kevin Peyok on bass guitar...
along with bassist Kevin Peyok, drummer James Edmunds and guitarist Dominic Romano. The band's name, as well as the name of their debut record, was derived from the first line of a poem in Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
's novel Pale Fire
Pale Fire
Pale Fire is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional John Shade, with a foreword and lengthy commentary by a neighbor and academic colleague of the poet. Together these elements form a narrative in which both authors are...
: In 2000 The Waxwings signed with Bobsled Records and began work on their debut album, Low to the Ground, recorded at Terrarium Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
with Bryan Hanna. The albums was featured in Magnet Magazine's Top 20 albums of 2000-2001. In 2002 the band released their second album Shadows Of... After the band's release party a letter surfaced, in which Bobslead Records head, Bob Salerno, ridiculed the band for what he considered to be a poor live performance. The letter gained notoriety after being posted on the internet entertainment forum the Velvet Rope.
After the controversy with Salerno the band released their third album - recorded with Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
- Let's Make Our Descent on Rainbow Quartz Records in 2004. In 2005 the band stated on its official website that work had begun on songs for a fourth studio album. Since then members of the band have been involved with other projects and no information regarding the bands status have been released.
Brendan Benson collaboration
After The Waxwings broke up in 2004, Fertita was recruited by Brendan BensonBrendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
to play keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
on Benson's two-man British acoustic tour Fertita and Benson first met each other via mutual friends in high school, and soon established a working relationship. Fertita cites Benson as a big influence, inspiring him to focus more energy on song writing instead of loud riffs. When Benson formed The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White , Brendan Benson , Jack Lawrence , and Patrick Keeler .-Formation:The...
Fertita was recruited to play keyboards and organ on the tour in support of the Broken Boy Soldiers
Broken Boy Soldiers
Broken Boy Soldiers is the debut album of The Raconteurs, released on May 15, 2006 in the United Kingdom and May 16, 2006 in the United States. The album was generally favored among critics and spawned the #1 hit single "Steady, As She Goes"...
album. Fertita also recorded clavinet
Clavinet
A Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
parts for the band's second studio album Consolers of the Lonely
Consolers of the Lonely
Consolers of the Lonely is the second album of The Raconteurs. It was released on March 25, 2008 on Warner Bros. Records in most parts of the world, and a day earlier on XL Recordings in the UK....
in 2008. Benson also produced and made several contributions the Fertitas debut solo album
Hello=Fire
Hello=Fire is the debut album of Dean Fertita's solo project with the same name. The album was recorded at various studios while Fertita was on tour with Queens of the Stone Age. The album features guest appearances by band members from Queens of the Stone Age, Brendan Benson who also produced the...
.
Queens of the Stone Age
Hutch (sound engineer)
Patrick Hutchinson , better known as Hutch, is a sound engineer and member of the band Queens of the Stone Age, specifically its live incarnation...
, who is also the long time sound man of Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
. In 2007, Hutch asked Fertita to join the Queens of the Stone Age as their new keyboardist and additional guitarist, replacing the late Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider was a Russian musician. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, and was the partner of bandmate Alain Johannes...
. Fertita accepted and along with newly recruited bassist Michael Shuman
Michael Shuman
Michael Shuman is an American rock musician. He is most famous for playing bass with rock band Queens of the Stone Age...
recorded later bonus tracks
Era Vulgaris editions
Era Vulgaris is a studio album by American band Queens of the Stone Age first released in 2007 which was since published in various editions.-Main track listing:All tracks were written by Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo, except where noted....
. Era Vulgaris
Era Vulgaris (album)
Era Vulgaris is the fifth full length studio album by American hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. The album was completed in early April 2007 and released on June 8, 2007 in some countries, June 11, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 12, 2007 in the United States...
was released on June 12, 2007 and was followed by the Duluth Tour," which was named due to the fact that the band was scheduled to perform in many small towns and cities they had never played before, such as Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...
. On August 16, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age performed a concert in celebration of Natasha Shneider's life at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. They were joined on stage by Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes Moschulski is a guitarist and, along with his late partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven...
, Jack Black
Jack Black
Jack Black , is an American actor and musician, notably of Tenacious D.Jack Black may also refer to:* Jack Black , late 19th - early 20th Century author and hobo* Jack Black , drummer for 1970s UK punk band The Boys...
, Kyle Gass
Kyle Gass
Kyle Richard Gass , also known as KG or Kage, is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He is a member of the bands Tenacious D and Trainwreck. In Tenacious D , Gass plays lead guitar and sings backup vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic foil in most of their comedy...
, Matt Cameron
Matt Cameron
Matthew David "Matt" Cameron is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the American rock bands Pearl Jam and Soundgarden...
, Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
, Jesse Hughes
Jesse Hughes (musician)
Jesse "The Devil" Hughes is an American musician from Greenville, South Carolina. Hughes is known for his role as frontman of the California-based rock band, Eagles of Death Metal. He cites Little Richard as his biggest musical influence and inspiration.-Early life:At age 7, Hughes' mother, Jo...
, Chris Goss
Chris Goss
Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician.-Selected discography:Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various genres.* 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality...
and PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...
, playing a variety of QOTSA and non-QOTSA songs. Proceeds from the concert went to defray the costs associated with Natasha’s illness
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. In 2009 the members of the band took time of and were involved in a variety of other projects, but reconvened in the summer of 2010 too play a number of shows in support of a reissue of Rated R
Rated R
Rated R may refer to:In film:* R rating, a rating of the Canadian Home Video Rating System* R rating, a rating of the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system...
which was released on August 3. They released a remastered version of their first self titled album
Queens of the Stone Age (album)
-Re-release track listing:All tracks written by Alfredo Hernández and Joshua Homme, except where noted.Tracks 6, 11 & 13 are tracks that were included in the re-release. "The Bronze" & "These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For" were included in the 1998 EP The Split CD with the band Beaver...
early 2011 which was supported with performences of the album in its entirety.
The Dead Weather
In 2009 Fertita along with Jack White on drums, Alison MosshartAlison Mosshart
Alison Nicole Mosshart is an American singer, songwriter and occasional model best known as the lead vocalist for the indie rock band The Kills and blues rock band The Dead Weather. She started her musical career in 1995 with the Florida punk rock band Discount which disbanded in 2000...
on lead vocals, and Jack Lawrence
Jack Lawrence (bassist)
"Little" Jack Lawrence is a musician from Covington, Kentucky, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.- Career :Lawrence plays bass guitar in The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes and The Dead Weather, as well as the autoharp and banjo in Blanche...
on bass formed The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Composed of Alison Mosshart , Jack White , Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence , The Dead Weather debuted at the opening of Third Man Records' Nashville...
. The group originally only intended to record a 7-inch single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
but plans changed and the band wrote and recorded their debut album in fifteen days. The bands debut album - Horehound
Horehound (album)
-Bonus Tracks:-Charts:-Personnel:*Alison Mosshart – vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion*Jack White – drums, vocals, guitar, production*Dean Fertita – lead guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, bass, backing vocals...
- was released July 14, 2009 and was followed by a supporting tour
The Dead Weather North American Tour 2009
The North American Tour was a North American concert tour by American alternative rock band The Dead Weather...
. In October 2009 lead vocalist Mosshart confirmed that a second album was "halfway done". Later, White revealed in an interview that the band is hoping to have 20 to 25 songs ready for their Australian tour in March 2010. It was later confirmed that the first single from the new album - Sea of Cowards
Sea of Cowards
Sea of Cowards is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band The Dead Weather. It was first released on May 7 in Ireland, then on May 11, 2010, in the U.S. and May 10 in the United Kingdom....
- would be called "Die by the Drop
Die by the Drop
"Die by the Drop" is the first single from The Dead Weather's second album Sea of Cowards. It was released on March 30, 2010 in the United States and April 25 in the UK...
" which was released March 30. The Sea of Cowards Tour
Sea of Cowards Tour
The Sea of Cowards Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American alternative rock band The Dead Weather. The tour, which was in support of the band's second album, Sea of Cowards, began on March 19, 2010, is ended on August 3, 2010. It included 42 shows over four legs.-Tour dates:...
began on March 19, 2010, is ended on August 3, 2010. It included 42 shows over four legs.
Eagles of Death Metal
In June 2010, it was announced that Fertita would fill in on bass playing duties for Brian O'ConnorBrian O'Connor (bassist)
Brian Robert O'Connor is best known for his role as bass guitarist for rock band Eagles of Death Metal...
, whilst the Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
bass player undergoes treatment for cancer. Prior to O'Connor's illness Fertita also made a guest appearance playing keyboards during a performance of "Wannabe In L.A". After returning to the Queens of the Stone Age Fertita was replaced by Abby Travis
Abby Travis
Abby Travis is an American musician, songwriter, and performer. She is the daughter of Alice Travis Germond, the current Secretary of the Democratic National Committee and Emmy award winning cameraman Larry Travis.Abby Travis began her performance career in 1986 as the bassist in Los Angeles band...
.
As a solo artist
In 2009 Fertita released his first solo effort under the moniker Hello=Fire, the album was recorded over a period of a year and a half and was recorded when Fertita along with friends found available time in studios, however some songs were written as early as 2005 and 2006 while touring with Brendan BensonBrendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
. The album includes performances by fellow Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
bandmates Troy Van Leeuwen
Troy Van Leeuwen
Troy Dean Van Leeuwen is an American musician and producer. Van Leeuwen began playing music at young age and started playing guitar at age 13. Soon Van Leeuwen was playing in various local bands such as Jester, 60 Cycle and later Failure...
, Joey Castillo
Joey Castillo
Joseph Willam "Joey" Castillo is an American drummer currently playing with Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal...
and Michael Shuman
Michael Shuman
Michael Shuman is an American rock musician. He is most famous for playing bass with rock band Queens of the Stone Age...
, as well as Brendan Benson and the Afghan Whigs' Michael Horrigan. The self-titled album
Hello=Fire
Hello=Fire is the debut album of Dean Fertita's solo project with the same name. The album was recorded at various studios while Fertita was on tour with Queens of the Stone Age. The album features guest appearances by band members from Queens of the Stone Age, Brendan Benson who also produced the...
was released October 26, 2009 on Schnitzel Records. And the song "Nature of Our Minds" was its first single. Fertita had plans to play a number of concerts in support of the album during the break from Queens of the Stone Age however after joining The Dead Weather the planned live performances were canceled. In 2010, Fertita re-recorded the Waxwings song "Different Plane" for the Novalis radiosurgery "Shaping Cancer Care Around You” national television commercial, currently running in the United States. In 2011 Fertita revealed that he had begun working on a second solo album. but that his main focus was to write and record the sixth record with the Queens of the Stone Age.
Musical equipment
While playing with The Raconteurs Fertita primarily played a Fender Rhodes electric piano and a Korg synthesiser as well as a Gibson HummingbirdGibson Hummingbird
The Gibson Hummingbird is an acoustic guitar model/series produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.Unlike the other flat-top Gibson acoustics, the Hummingbird was Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought, similar to the dreadnoughts produced by C.F. Martin & Company...
acoustic guitar. Fertita is also credited for playing clavinet
Clavinet
A Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
on the bands second album, Consolers of the Lonely
Consolers of the Lonely
Consolers of the Lonely is the second album of The Raconteurs. It was released on March 25, 2008 on Warner Bros. Records in most parts of the world, and a day earlier on XL Recordings in the UK....
. With Queens of the Stone Age Fertita has been seen playing a Moog Little Phatty Synthesizer
Little Phatty
The Little Phatty is a monophonic analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music since 2006, preceded by the Voyager and succeeded by Voyager Old School. Its design was conceived, in part, by Robert Moog himself, and is the last instrument to have that distinction, although the primary engineer was...
and a Clavia Nord Electro 2
Clavia Nord Electro 2
Clavia Nord Electro 2 is an electronic keyboard developed in Sweden, by Clavia.Like its predecessor, the Clavia Nord Electro, consists of carefully sampled and modelled electro-mechanical keyboards: Electric Pianos and Wurlitzer electric pianos, and Hohner Clavinet are sampled...
through a set of Peavey amplifiers
Peavey Electronics
Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest audio equipment manufacturers in the world, headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi in the United States.- History :...
. However more recently he has been seen playing a Korg SV-1
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
and an unidentifiable electric piano as well as the Little Phatty. For guitars, he has used a Gibson SG
Gibson SG
At the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...
and Maton BB1200
Maton
Maton is an Australian manufacturer of guitars and other fretted musical instruments.Maton was founded in 1946 as the Maton Musical Instruments Company by Bill May and his brother Reg...
through an Ampeg combo
Ampeg
Ampeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
, but was seen playing a Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
hollowbody through a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier on their most recent tour. With The Dead Weather, Fertita plays a custom built Gretsch White Falcon
Gretsch White Falcon
The Gretsch White Falcon is a visually distinctive guitar commercially introduced in 1955 by Gretsch. While it has seen vast and substantial changes to its body shape and features through the years, and is currently offered in several styles, the White Falcon has always maintained a striking and...
originally built for a number of live performances by Jack White and Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
to perform the theme song for the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Quantum of Solace, "Another Way to Die
Another Way to Die
"Another Way to Die" is a song by American rock musician and singer Jack White and American R&B/soul singer Alicia Keys. Written and produced by White as the theme song to the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace, it was released as a single in the United States on September 30, 2008 and in...
". For keyboards, he uses The Moog Little Phatty, A Wurlitzer Electric Piano, and a vintage Korg
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
CX-3 organ. Fertitas pedalboard
Guitar pedalboard
A guitar pedalboard is a flat board or panel which serves as a container, patch bay and power supply for effects pedals for the electric guitar. Some pedalboards contain their own transformer and power cables, in order to power a number of different pedals. Pedalboards assist the player in...
includes a Dunlop Rotovibe, a white painted DigiTech Whammy
Digitech Whammy
-Overview:The WH-1 Whammy pedal, the original whammy, first engineered and manufactured in 1989 by IVL Technologies and discontinued in 1993, remains the most sought-after.-Controls:...
, a Voodoo Lab Tremolo
Tremolo
Tremolo, or tremolando, is a musical term that describes various trembling effects, falling roughly into two types. The first is a rapid reiteration...
, an Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes high-end electronic audio processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
nano Bassballs, a white painted Big Muff
Big Muff
The Big Muff is a fuzzbox produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar...
, Micro POG, a Boss
Boss Corporation
Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
TU-2 Tuner, and a MXR Micro Amp
MXR
MXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, co-founded in 1973 by Keith Barr and Terry Sherwood . MXR was based in the United States in Rochester, New York. MXR Innovations, Inc. was incorporated in 1974...
. For amplification Fertita uses two Fender Twin Reverbs.
Discography
Appearances on albums- 2000 – The Waxwings – Low to the Ground
- 2002 – The Waxwings – Shadows of the Waxwings
- 2004 – The Waxwings – Lets Make Our Descent
- 2007 – Queens of the Stone Age – Era VulgarisEra Vulgaris (album)Era Vulgaris is the fifth full length studio album by American hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. The album was completed in early April 2007 and released on June 8, 2007 in some countries, June 11, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 12, 2007 in the United States...
* - 2008 – The Raconteurs – Consolers of the LonelyConsolers of the LonelyConsolers of the Lonely is the second album of The Raconteurs. It was released on March 25, 2008 on Warner Bros. Records in most parts of the world, and a day earlier on XL Recordings in the UK....
- 2009 – The Dead Weather – HorehoundHorehound (album)-Bonus Tracks:-Charts:-Personnel:*Alison Mosshart – vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion*Jack White – drums, vocals, guitar, production*Dean Fertita – lead guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, bass, backing vocals...
- 2009 – Hello=Fire – Hello=FireHello=FireHello=Fire is the debut album of Dean Fertita's solo project with the same name. The album was recorded at various studios while Fertita was on tour with Queens of the Stone Age. The album features guest appearances by band members from Queens of the Stone Age, Brendan Benson who also produced the...
- 2009 – Karen O & the Kids – Where the Wild Things AreWhere the Wild Things Are (film)Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 American fantasy drama film directed by Spike Jonze and adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are. It combines live action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery...
- 2009 - The Dead Weather - Live at Third Man Records West
- 2010 – The Dead Weather – Sea of CowardsSea of CowardsSea of Cowards is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band The Dead Weather. It was first released on May 7 in Ireland, then on May 11, 2010, in the U.S. and May 10 in the United Kingdom....
- TBA – Queens of the Stone Age – Sixth studio album
- "*" = Marks appearances on bonus tracksEra Vulgaris editionsEra Vulgaris is a studio album by American band Queens of the Stone Age first released in 2007 which was since published in various editions.-Main track listing:All tracks were written by Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo, except where noted....
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Appearances on singles
- 2004 – The Waxwings – "Leave Less Waiting"
- 2005 – Brendan Benson – "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" **
- 2007 – Queens of the Stone Age – "Sick, Sick, SickSick, Sick, Sick"Sick, Sick, Sick" is a Grammy nominated single released by Queens of the Stone Age from their 2007 album Era Vulgaris. It was released on May 8, 2007 as a digital download only from the U.S. iTunes Store...
" ** - 2007 – Queens of the Stone Age – "3's & 7's3's & 7's"3's & 7's" is the second single by Queens of the Stone Age from their 2007 album Era Vulgaris. It was released on June 4, 2007 and followed the digital download-only "Sick, Sick, Sick"....
" ** - 2007 – Queens of the Stone Age – "Make It Wit ChuMake It wit Chu"Make It wit Chu" is the third single by Queens of the Stone Age from their 2007 album Era Vulgaris. Originally a track on The Desert Sessions Volumes 9 & 10 titled "I Wanna Make It wit Chu", the song also appeared on the band's live DVD Over the Years and Through the Woods before being rerecorded...
" ** - 2009 – The Dead Weather – "Hang You from the HeavensHang You from the Heavens-Music video:A low budget music video was made in promotion of the single. The video was shot entirely in black and white and features the band members sitting inside of a photo booth in various sequence and combination. The band are all wearing black leather jackets and bring in various objects...
" - 2009 – The Dead Weather – "Treat Me Like Your MotherTreat Me Like Your Mother"Treat Me Like Your Mother" is a single released by the alternative rock band The Dead Weather. It is the second single released off of the band's debut album Horehound . The single was released on May 25, 2009, and released with the album on July 14, 2009.The song was co-written by every member of...
" - 2009 – The Dead Weather – "I Cut Like A BuffaloI Cut Like a Buffalo"I Cut Like a Buffalo" is the third track from the album Horehound, by the alternative rock group The Dead Weather in 2009. It was also released as the third single from the album ....
" - 2009 – Hello=Fire – "Nature of Our Minds"
- 2010 – The Dead Weather – "Die By The DropDie by the Drop"Die by the Drop" is the first single from The Dead Weather's second album Sea of Cowards. It was released on March 30, 2010 in the United States and April 25 in the UK...
" - 2010 - The Dead Weather - "Blue Blood BluesBlue Blood Blues"Blue Blood Blues" is the second single to be taken from the album Sea of Cowards by the alternative rock group The Dead Weather. It was released digitally on 25 June 2010.-Music video:...
" - 2010 - The Dead Weather - "Gasoline"
- "**" marks appearances on b-sidesB-SidesB-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...
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External links
- helloequalsfire.com - the official Hello=Fire site
- thedeadweather.com - the official Dead Weather site
- qotsa.com - the official QOTSA site. (FlashAdobe FlashAdobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
required) - thewaxwings.com - the official Waxwings site.