Bob Bannister - guitar, violin, synth
Tony Cenicola - drums, electronic percussion
Robert Dennis - guitar, bass, records & tapes

 




tony and robert have a long history of improvisation, from the earliest days of tension headache. usually flopped out on one living room floor or another, they'd put on headphones, hook up every piece of gear they could find and just cut loose.


photo: amber sexton
in the late 80's, robert met bob when he joined the indie rock mirage called fire in the kitchen. sooner or later, it would have to come to this...
 

at some point in 1992, robert and tony decided to get off the living room floor and make use of room 705, the fitk rehearsal space. bob joined them on that occasion, and now it's today.
tono-bungay have not as yet recorded at tension headache as a group, but we hope that studio improvements will allow for such a session to take place.
 

 

 

 tony

 

"
i started playing the drums in 1962. tono-bungay is my first real band.
"
bob

 
 

 

 robert


was a drummer for most of the time til t.- b., bashing for a wide & wild variety of bands - lester bangs birdland, shox lumania, big fence, frank maya, syd straw, and of course fire in the kitchen. he still beats it for eyeball 9000, a supergroup involving members of the scene is now, mofungo, and fish and roses.

now testing his abilities to play while standing up, his role in tono-bungay is a highwire act of suspense and excitement. "i don't know how to work this thing!!!" he screams, but tony and bob can't hear him.


photos: t.- b. at the knitting factory august 2000, by izumi inoue