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ANT-BEE's
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About Your
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 Ant-Bee is the brainchild of one Billy James. Formed thru a
series of musical experimentations in the recording studio back in 1987 in
Los Angeles, Ant-Bee was born.
In 1988, Ant-Bee were signed to the notorious Los Angeles record company
Voxx/Bomp Records. The first Ant-Bee album was Pure
Electric Honey, and received rave reviews worldwide (now a
collectors item it is soon to be reissued with extra material on CD on Divine Records UK). The Ant-Bee
became an overnight legend in the European underground. The album also
featured guest performances by Bob Harris (Frank Zappa) and Rick Snyder ( Captain Beefheart ). In
1990 the live Ant-Bee ensemble was assembled and gigged throughout Los
Angeles to the astonishment of most audiences. Also at this time, while
recording new material, the first Ant-Bee video was filmed "Here We Go
Round The Lemon Tree" which viewed in L.A and Canada. Also during this
period a cover version of the Beach Boy's "Do You Like Worms?" was
recorded. Oddly through a bizarre turn of events this Ant-Bee version of
the song was mistakenly played on a Beach Boys radio show as a rare Beach
Boys demo!! It has now surfaced on three european bootlegs as the Beach
Boys!!!!
 In 1992 the second Ant-Bee video was filmed "The Girl With The
Stars In Her Hair" a much more elaborate production. It was broadcast
worldwide to much critical acclaim. At this point Ant-Bee left Voxx
records. An EP of new music was released in Germany and several magazines
and European labels released rare Ant-Bee tracks. Also during this period
Billy James/Ant-Bee began a long (and current) relationship with the
original ex-Mothers Of Invention (Frank Zappa's first group). Thus began a
series of recordings, filmings and gigs with these legendary artists (Bunk
Gardner, Don Preston, Jimmy
Carl Black, Motorhead and Roy Estrada). The Ant-Bee was the first to
reunite the original Mothers and record them together in 25 years!!! From
this unique collaboration came the second Ant-Bee album With My Favorite Vegetables & Other Bizarre Muzik
(released Divine Records UK
1994). It also sold very well and received massive press and airplay
worldwide!! It especially appealed to Frank Zappa fans.
 In 1994 Billy James relocated to the east coast to record the third
Ant-Bee album Lunar Muzik. Now in an elaborate
24 track facility, the third album will soon become a true Ant-Bee
masterpiece. Again the original Mothers make guest appearances along with
the legendary Daevid Allen of Gong/Soft Machine, Harvey
Bainbridge of Hawkwind and the original members of the Alice Cooper Group
(Michael Bruce,
Neal Smith, Dennis
Dunnaway and Glen Buxton - the first time the original group has been
recorded together in 20 years!!!), making Lunar
Muzik the most ambitious and pioneering project of the decade!!!
(more information on this third Ant-Bee album is available on the Bizarre
News page). Also to promote the release of this album is the
psychedelic video Child Of The Moon. After a
tour of the east coast with Michael Bruce the Ant-Bee has begun work
recording the fourth album- Electronic Church
Muzik which promises to be an even bigger extravaganza then the
previous album. This album also features a host of legendary artists like
The Mothers, Alice Cooper Group, Jan
Akkerman of the legendary band Focus, Peter Banks of Yes and Flash,
Zoot Horn Rollo of Captain
Beefheart, Daevid Allen of Gong and Gilli Smyth of Mother
Gong, to name a few.
Contact:
Ant-Bee Muzik/Billy James
P.O.Box 207
Carolina Beach,
NC. 28428 USA
Fax: 910-793-0650
E-Mail:
antbee0@cs.com
Legal
Representation: Craig Gates 310-271-5123
This Page Last Updated:
2003-10-19 06:48 PM by: B. McAllister
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