The Feelies

The Feelies is an American rock band . They came in 1976, held its first meeting in 1992 and went out together after four LPs have been released. In 2008, they came back together. They differed from many other punk and new wave bands of the late '70s and early' 80s because they much with soundscape worked.

The Feelies performed regularly in music club Maxwell's in Hoboken . Their albums have never sold in very large quantities, has nevertheless their music still had a clear influence on the indie Chants. As stated REM example, the first album by The Feelies Crazy Rhythms ( Stiff Records, 1980) had a major influence on their music [1] .Also, Rick Moody , author of, among other Garden State , the band cites as one of his sources of inspiration [2] . In turn The Feelies are mainly inspired by the Stooges ,The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed [3] .

The Feelies name is derived from a fictional form of entertainment from the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley [1] .

[Albums edit ]

 * Crazy Rhythms (1980)
 * The Good Earth (1986)
 * No One Knows (1986)
 * Only Life (1988)
 * Time for a Witness (1991)
 * Here Before (2011)