After seeing The Heartbreakers that night at CBGB there was no going back to cover bands in the suburbs. It was outrageous, daring, dangerous, cinematic, post-apocalyptic. Not just the music-driving into New York City in '77 was like entering another dimension. What is it about the music that drew you in so deeply? You've talked about going into Manhattan around 1977 and seeing the original lineup of The Heartbreakers with Richard Hell at CBGB and being blown away. SEE ALSO: 2016 interview with Martin Bisi (Producer, Engineer: Sonic Youth, Helmet, Material, Herbie Hancock, Swans). After I got to NYC, I fronted my own bands on guitar and vocals, played bass in two more, and it was definitely amazing. We played the Tri-state area for awhile, but it wasn't much fun. I was playing lead guitar in high school, and later ended up on bass in a Long Island club band called Rachel that was already past their prime. I've read a lot about the Island back then with bands like The Good Rats packing clubs. I know you got your start in the early '70s playing in local cover bands on Long Island doing hard rock stuff. But it was "Donny" in the beginning, and it was Vinnie Stigma that started calling me "Don Fury," like Don Corleone, and it stuck like glue. I took my great-uncle's first name, Fiore, 'cause it sounded like "Fury." My ex convinced me to spell it "Fury," and later when that name started showing up on the back of records I was recording, that was that, I couldn't change it if I wanted. Finally, I decided I would just front the band. I've gotta laugh about that! I had a band named The Splits when I first got to NYC, and I think we had seven drummers in our first year! I was the guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, booked the shows, arranged the transportation, and owned the rehearsal studio. Crazy, huh?Īt what point did you start using the name "Don Fury," and what was the inspiration behind it? It turns out, while he had a manager in the '90s, Fury was once presented to produce the Japanese hard rock band Loudness (it didn't end up panning out). One piece of trivia that I learned during our chat that I didn't include in the piece below blew my mind. In this exclusive interview, I chat with Fury about his career behind the boards and his current projects. In other words, his importance to hardcore cannot be overstated. Like Larry Smith for hip-hop, and Rodger Bain for heavy metal, Fury helped lay down the sonic model for hardcore. Out of a tiny basement recording studio in a pre-gentrified lower Manhattan, the Long Island native worked on seminal hardcore records from the likes of Agnostic Front, Judge, Gorilla Biscuits, and many more-changing the course of underground punk music in the process. This game is a part of the ABCmouse platform.When I first got into hardcore back in the late '80s, I remember thinking to myself, "Who the fuck is Don Fury!?" It seemed like every other release from that world that you looked at featured the guy's name listed in the liner credits. ABCmouse educational games not only provide entertainment, but they also serveĪs a tool for accomplishing specific learning objectives. Journey, children have the opportunity to reinforce what they have learned and further develop By integrating Gorilla Gorge and other games into a larger educational Learning path that includes a variety of engaging materials such as videos, printable activities,Īnd interactive tasks. Each game is strategically placed within a well-thought-out Gorilla Gorge and the rest of the thousands of games on ABCmouse are not just for fun: As players count by 2s, they not only aid the gorilla in its journey but can also develop a better understanding of skip counting and even numbers. The gameplay is designed to be both entertaining and instructive. The objective is to guide the gorilla across the gorge by counting in twos, creating an enjoyable and educational experience that can reinforce multiplication and number patterns. In this captivating game, players take on the role of helpers for a cheerful gorilla with a craving for bananas. Welcome to the exciting world of Gorilla Gorge, an interactive and educational game that invites players to assist a gorilla in reaching the delicious bananas by counting in increments of 2s.
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