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Thomas Fec, better known by his stage name Tobacco, is an American electronic musician. He is the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Black Moth Super Rainbow, in addition to working as a solo artist; in both settings he works most conspicuously with pre-digital electronic instruments such as analog synthesizers and tape machines.〔James Christopher Monger, (Tobacco ), biography at Billboard.com (mirror of Allmusic).〕 ==History== Little is known about Tobacco, as he, along with the rest of Black Moth Super Rainbow, is very private and rarely does interviews. It is known that Tobacco grew up in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Hampton High School in 1998 along with bandmate Seth Ciotti. In a 2009 interview with ''Skyscraper Magazine'', Tobacco said that his name derived from "a character that freaked me out as a kid, the Tobacco Man," referring to the character from the film ''Redneck Zombies''.〔Interview by Toby Rogers, ''Skyscraper Magazine'', Issue 30, Spring 2009〕 Tobacco released his first solo album, ''Fucked Up Friends'', on Anticon on October 14, 2008.〔(Review of ''Fucked Up Friends'' ). ''Pitchfork Media''〕 It was recorded using entirely analog equipment.〔Matthew Blackwell, (Review of ''Fucked Up Friends'' ). ''Prefix Magazine''〕 ''Rolling Stone'' said of the album, "one of the year's best stoner-rock records - only it's powered by synths, hip-hop beats and vocoders instead of guitars."〔Kevin O'Donnell, Review of ''Fucked Up Friends''. ''Rolling Stone'', December 11, 2008, p. 98.〕 ''Exclaim!'' called it "worthy of obsessive listening."〔Josiah Hughes, (Review of ''Fucked Up Friends'' ). ''Exclaim!'', October 2008.〕 The album featured a guest appearance from Aesop Rock.〔Review of ''Fucked Up Friends''. ''Alternative Press'', November, 2008, p. 164.〕 A DVD of the album had been released more than a year prior, on September 3, 2007, by The 70's Gymnastics Recording Company.〔("Hawker Boat"/"Hairy Candy" ). ''Pitchfork Media'', August 8, 2007.〕 In February 2010, an e-mail sent out to the Black Moth Super Rainbow/Tobacco e-mail list announced a new CD by Tobacco entitled ''Maniac Meat'' that would feature Beck on two tracks titled "Fresh Hex" and "Grape Aerosmith." Tobacco revealed that in making the album, the two exchanged parts for songs via e-mail, and that they had never actually met in person. On March 30, 2010, the website ''Pitchfork Media'' released the first song from ''Maniac Meat'' titled "Sweatmother".〔(Pitchfork Media )〕 The album came out on May 25 on Anticon. ''LA UTI'' was released on November 9, 2010 on Anticon as a companion piece to ''Maniac Meat''. The EP features underground rappers such as Doseone, Rob Sonic, Serengeti among others. Tobacco produced the track "Glass Coffins" from Antipop Consortium rapper Beans' solo album ''End It All'' in 2011. In February 2012 it was announced that Tobacco and Zackey Force Funk were teaming up to release an album under the band name Demon Queen. Since then a couple tracks have been leaked by the artists to soundcloud and a Facebook page has been created. Several of Tobacco’s songs are featured in the HBO series Silicon Valley. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tobacco (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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