With a hot new single on the airwaves and a tour under way, Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick – the frontman of pop band Fitz & the Tantrums – is flying high.
“I make music to have people hear it,” Fitzpatrick tells People in this week’s issue. “I want it to reach as many people and then we go out on tour, and every night I’m like ‘Is anybody actually gonna show up?’ Then I look out and there’s 5,000 people out there to see us, and I come out on stage and they all know the songs.”
He says, “It’s the dream – that’s everything.
“I make music to have people hear it,” Fitzpatrick tells People in this week’s issue. “I want it to reach as many people and then we go out on tour, and every night I’m like ‘Is anybody actually gonna show up?’ Then I look out and there’s 5,000 people out there to see us, and I come out on stage and they all know the songs.”
He says, “It’s the dream – that’s everything.
- 7/7/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
As of May 7th, I have been eagerly awaiting to feature the multi-faceted outfit, Fitz And The Tantrums, in Shockya’s “Artist Of The Week”. This past Tuesday, the sextet dropped their sophomore album, “More Than Just A Dream” via Elektra Records. Founded by Michael Fitzpatrick (vocals) in 2008, Fitz And The Tantrums, which consists of Noelle Scaggs (vocals), James King (saxophonist), John Wicks (drums), Joseph Karnes (bassist) and Jeremy Ruzumna (keyboardist), released their debut Ep, “Songs For A Breakup, Vol.1” in 2009 and the following year dropped their first full-length, “Pickin’ Up The Pieces”. Solidifying them as a breakout band, “Pickin’ Up The Pieces”, revamped classic Motown music by adding [ Read More ]
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- 5/13/2013
- by lonnie
- ShockYa
I have had “Don’t Gotta Work it Out” by Fitz & the Tantrums stuck in my head for the entire day. Today’s pick is an odd and indelible combination of soul mixed with punk-pop. Based out of Los Angeles, their 2010 debut studio album Pickin up the Pieces made it to #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and have since been playing the festival circuit nationwide, including a recent stop at Chicago’s Lollapalooza. The band is lead by Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs, both vocalists, although Scaggs also plays the tambourine. Supporting them are James King (Saxophone and Flute), Joseph Karnes (Bass), Jeremy Ruzumna (Keyboards), and John Wicks (Drums).
There is a definite Motown feel in their music and you wouldn’t have to look any further than to “Don’t Gotta Work it Out”. It feels like a song that could have been written by The Miracles, and yet...
There is a definite Motown feel in their music and you wouldn’t have to look any further than to “Don’t Gotta Work it Out”. It feels like a song that could have been written by The Miracles, and yet...
- 8/18/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
By Zachary Swickey
A phone call from an ex-girlfriend was the defining moment that led Michael Fitzpatrick to create the throwback indie pop sounds of Fitz and the Tantrums. Fitz, a dapper young David Bowie lookalike, had already spent years in Los Angeles as a sound engineer for producer Mickey Petralia (Beck’s Midnite Vultures), but had yet to discover the sound that truly defined him personally as an artist. Fitz’s ex explained that her neighbor was moving out in a hurry and had an organ that she thought he’d be interested in.
The same night Fitz brought his new organ home, he wrote the first song that would become the archetype of his new soul-driven sound: “Breakin’ the Chains of Love.” Inspired, Fitz sought to create an original Motown sound, with the saxophone taking place of the lead guitar. The singer recruited saxophonist James King, an old college friend.
A phone call from an ex-girlfriend was the defining moment that led Michael Fitzpatrick to create the throwback indie pop sounds of Fitz and the Tantrums. Fitz, a dapper young David Bowie lookalike, had already spent years in Los Angeles as a sound engineer for producer Mickey Petralia (Beck’s Midnite Vultures), but had yet to discover the sound that truly defined him personally as an artist. Fitz’s ex explained that her neighbor was moving out in a hurry and had an organ that she thought he’d be interested in.
The same night Fitz brought his new organ home, he wrote the first song that would become the archetype of his new soul-driven sound: “Breakin’ the Chains of Love.” Inspired, Fitz sought to create an original Motown sound, with the saxophone taking place of the lead guitar. The singer recruited saxophonist James King, an old college friend.
- 7/12/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
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