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Neil Ruttenberg
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Musician of Electronic and Alternative
US bass player from Austin, TX and founder member of F-Systems. Neil Ruttenberg was a staple in the early Austin punk/new wave scene. He began working at pivotal record store Inner Sanctum in '74 and by '79 was doing a weekly radio show on KUT as Reverend Neil X. Having played in Neil Young cover bands in high school, it was in '78 that he changed directions while playing in the experimental band Radio Free Europe. He did appear on a couple cassette releases and the 1979 double 7", History Of The Invisible Dog, where he contributed vocals to the song "Alien Day" but after 5 or 6 gigs he was let go for being "too commercial," which led to him starting his next group, F-Systems. The band incurred numerous line-up changes through their duration so they never had a definitive sound. Neil's songs would often be inspired by films as well as his love for prog rock and bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magazine and PIL. Typically he would write the music and play bass while Lorenda Ash would come up with the words and sing the songs. After the band disbandement in 1982 Neil moved to LA to work on his true passion, film.
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| F-Systems |
| Radio Free Europe |
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