Edward The Frivolous - lead vocals, guitars, mandolin, glockenspiel
Leopold DCLXVI - guitars, vocals, harp, lute
Napolean Bonerparte - guitars, lyre, harpsichord, theorbo
Ferdinand III 1/2 - bass, vocals, fortepiano, octave spinet
Maximilian The Corrupt - drums, timpani, tambours/tabor, gong
Ever since their arrival on the hard rock scene in 2009, Ampersand Ümlaut have divided fans and critics alike with their juxtaposition of lacy and frilly stage presence and heavy, driving riffage. Think harder than AC/DC, prettier than Poison and more historically accurate than Falco.
Their newest album, Dichotomy, aims to push the envelope further, playing louder and faster, all the while looking straight out of Marie Antoinette's French Revolution heydays. To ratchet the authenticity meter up a few more notches, the band has also incorporated 18th century instruments into their music, both in their natural state and modified to play straight out of a Marshall amp.
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'Guillotine' tee $35
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'Amp Wall' tee $35
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'U.S. Tour' tee $35
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'Grand Masquerade Tour' tee $45
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DISCOGRAPHY
2019 - Seal Your Fate
Nary A Chance (In Helle) (3:08)
Petticoated Plaything (3:24) Nudge Nudge Wink Wink (2:32) Seal Your Fate (6:29) Spank You Very Much (1:58) Marquis De Mad (4:49) Chouette Coquette (3:47) Get Thee To A Nunnery (2:55) Her Majesty's Pleasure (4:31) Your Cups Runneth Over (3:16) Madame De Pompadour (4:13) L'Esprit D'Escalier (3;02) Hitherto (5:46) |
2016 - Dichotomy
The Age Of Enlightenment (5:23)
Bête Accompli (3:48) New Regime (3:02) Heart(Baroque)n (4:51) Scandale! (3:21) My Reputation Proceeds Me (3:44) Coup D'État (3:13) LXIX (1:09) Bring On The Brand New Renaissance (4:56) Guillotined (5:01) Absolute Power... (3:32) Upper Echelon (5:01) Fallen Empires (4:49) Burned In Effigy (3:03) Foreign Conquest (3:57) Delusions Of Grandeur (5:37) |
2012 - Let Them Eat Cake
Storm Your Bastille (3:08)
Let Them Eat Cake (3:56) Divine Decadence (4:19) Bourgeois Love (4:05) The Grand Masquerade (5:23) Thuggery & Buggery (3:12) Electric Pantomime (3:47) Lead The Revolution (4:34) Curtesy Before Me (3:27) (You're) The Cause Of My Uprising (2:58) Pomp & Circumspect (4:11) Big Balls - AC/DC cover feat. Les Arts Florissants Baroques Orchestra (2:53)* *Japanese edition only |
2009 - Ampersand Ümlaut
Cowbells & Clavichords (1:59)
House Of Bourbon (4:06) Let Me Be Your Courtesan (3:51) Your Bodice Would Look Better On My Floor (3:25) Sweet Little Ingenue (3:38) In The Servants' Quarters (2:56) Panache (4:12) Corrupted By You (3:43) Come Back To My Château (4:29) A Parcel Of Rogues (3:10) Gallows Humour (3:04) Nefarious (3:47) |