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Green River Festival 2010
Jeff Giles of Dadnabit

..Trust me: You’re a Primate Fiasco fan. You just don’t know it yet.



A Bustle in Your Hedgerow - Valley Advocate
The Primate Fiasco takes on "Led Zeppelin IV" and wins

Read Mark Rossler's entire article at the Advocate's web version

"..The Fiasco's strategy was both bold and cunning. Rather than trying to emulate Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's masterpiece with a reverent forgery, they toppled it to the ground and picked up the pieces they liked best. While their own formidable talents as musicians anchored the homage, they also relied heavily on guest performers from local bands, and much of the night was a tight collaboration between the band and its exuberant fans..."


MONKEY BUSINESS - Valley Advocate

Kendra Thurlow explores the ideas behind BLOW UP NORTHAMPTON, The Free Primate Fiasco Shows scheduled to come. Read the web version

"Dave is one of the community's recent arrivals and he's already become a big cultural catalyst," said Northampton Arts Council member and Iron Horse Entertainment Group Marketing Director Jim Neill. "He doesn't let rules thwart his missions. The dude abides, but does Jedi mind tricks within the rules. He makes things happen. He puts them in motion and people fall into his slipstream... .[DelloRusso] is an ideal candidate for an NAC grant & supporting this project and Dave in general is like giving a power pellet to Pac Man or something. He's going to do some serious chomping."


Reinterpreting 'Sgt. Pepper.'
By Dave Madeloni, Special to The Eagle

"The album is an adventurous approach that confounds musical expectations, not unlike that of Northampton's Primate Fiasco, whose audacious plan to interpret the Beatles' seminal opus tomorrow night at The Iron Horse is as wild an idea as it is a compelling one."


Valley Advocate

Jemes Heflin writes about upcoming Sgt Pepper show at the Iron Horse.

Read it.

"Many a tribute effort falls far short of the original. But if anyone can walk this particular tightrope successfully, it is the Valley's finest sonic antidote to feeling low."


Advocate Halo 07 - Each year, the Vally Advocate gives halos or horns to evil doers or good doers. We were good doers in 07. Here's what they wrote..
Primate Fiasco. It's so great to watch this fabulously fun Dixieland pop extravaganza play on the street in Northampton (with hula-hooper in tow) that you can't find parking anymore. Why do they have to be so entertaining?

HAMPSHIRE GAZZETTE
about our 3rd Circus as the date creeps up at Pearl St

It's a very well writen article by Ken Maiuri

read it


Oct 07 VALLEY ADVOCATE

Another article about upcoming Happy Pill Circus 3 at Pearl st.

Article by Kendra Thurlow

read it

Kendra discusses The BS Dance Contest, Street Performing, and the Happy Pill Circus.


Aug 07

LOCAL BUZZ

story on Transperformance, where we performed THE WALL by Pink Floyd.

By Ken Maiuri

read the online version from Masslive.com


HAMPSHIRE GAZZETTE

A story about our fund raiser for the 1st Church of Northampton.

read it


The Republican - July 07

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Wednesday, March 21st 2007

Monte Belmonte, radio personality for 93.9 THE RIVER, camped out on the lawn of the courthouse in Downtown Northamton in order to raise his goal of $5,000 for The Cancer Connection. The Cancer Connection is a local organization that helps people cope with cancer. Monte asked The Primate Fiasco to do our thing just like we normally do on Main St. But this time we would be collecting money instead of just playing for the heck of it. Megan E Lebonte (Hoop Master Sass) joined in with the famous hoola hoops. It was way too cold for our instruments. Nothing was in tune. Fingers were flying off of hands. But whatever. We were still helping. People were stopping by and calling the radio station to give money the whole time.

As a result, Monte made his $5,000 goal before nightfall but camped in the cold anyway. Because he's the shizzle. For more info on the Cancer Connection click here.


Channel 22 News caught us playing on the street.


ESPN coverage of our performance at the ASU LSU game (comming soon). ASU considered it's Sun Devil Stadium to be LSU's home field for the day while LSU's home field was under water. All ticket sales went to hurricane releif efforts. The Primate Fiasco was calle din to create a New Orleans environment for LASU and the hurricane displaced Luisiana citizens residing in Arizona.