Louie Fontaine

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If you took David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, and Elvis pushed them into a small room all kicking the shit out of Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor what would emerge from that room would be Louie Fontaine & The Beat Machine. Fiery, retro punk, musically scientific madman Louie Fontaine now he sets his sites on US soil. Armed with a pocket of CD's and a hand full of phone numbers Louie along with drummer Mike Fontaine, bass player Nick Tombstone and Dominatrix Bondage Queen, made their way to New Orleans where he met and teamed up with some of the Gothic City's most influential punk musicians. Ex-Machine Screw's John Marclay who pounds out industrial beats on the self made percussive drums and ex-Rick Slave and the Phantoms guitarist Terry Lagarde who style could easily be compared to Slash of the infamous "Guns and Roses. After many late night rehearsals in Louie's French Quarter apartment, Louie and the band were anxious to perform. The word traveled through out the city's underground scene and a show was booked at the El Matador in New Orleans Artsy Merigny District. Louie Fontaine played to a crowd of music fans, left over Jazz Festival wanderers, metal heads, cross-dressers, as well as Ray Davies of the Kinks, actor John Goodman, and New Orleans Blues man Rockie Charles. When Invisible Records owner/drummer Martin Atkins (Killing Joke, Ministry, Public Image Limited) pulled the demo from his desk. The package was inviting especially for a drummer due to this mo

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Soul Satisfaction

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The Sun Ain't Black

Soul Satisfaction On Clean Sheets

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Evil Love

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Notes from Thee Real Underground #1

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Soul Satisfaction On Clean Sheets Vol. 1

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Notes from Thee Real Underground (disc 1)

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Jonny Vang

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Notes From Thee Real Underground

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Buried and Blessed

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Hungry For Love

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Notes From Thee Real Underground (Disc 2)

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