Bruce Connole

{{Short description|American singer, songwriter, and guitarist}}

'''Bruce Connole''' (born November 6, 1958)<ref name="Reformed">{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1991-12-25/music/reformed-and-re-formedbruce-connole-has-cleaned-up-his-act-and-the-jetzons-are-back-for-a-one-night-stand/|title=REFORMED AND RE-FORMEDBRUCE CONNOLE HAS CLEANED UP HIS ACT, AND THE JETZONS ARE BACK FOR A ONE-NIGHT STAND|last=Baird|first=Robert|date=1991-12-25|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203234845/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1991-12-25/music/reformed-and-re-formedbruce-connole-has-cleaned-up-his-act-and-the-jetzons-are-back-for-a-one-night-stand/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the lead singer for the Jetzons and several other bands based in the Southwest United States.

== Biography == Bruce Connole was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Arizona when he was only 3 years old, and lived there for most of his life. As a young teen, he ran away from home many times, which made it difficult to complete high school. During his sophomore year he dropped out of East High School in Phoenix.<ref name="Reformed" />

The Beatles were one of the reasons why he started practicing guitar at the age of 10.

Connole spent much of his adult music career fluctuating between times of sobriety and times of depression and drug abuse. When he was clean, he formed bands and wrote music, but when he relapsed, the bands and their momentum would typically fall apart.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/new-twang-6422906|title=New Twang|last=Simons|first=Ted|date=1997-06-12|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref> Of his heroin addiction, Connole commented, "Instead of having a lot of little problems, you have one big one. But it was always a handicap. It never made me play or write any better."<ref name="Reformed" /> In 1990 he hit an especially low point where he contemplated suicide, but fear of the unknown kept him from taking action.<ref name="Reformed" />

Connole is a prolific songwriter, and considered one of Phoenix's best rock'n'pop songwriters. He writes in a variety of styles, including punk, pop, alternative, rock, and bluegrass. Connole has been a singer, guitarist, and/or songwriter for many bands, including the Jetzons, Billy Clone and the Same, the Strand, Cryptics, the Pearl Chuckers, Busted Hearts, the Revenants, and Suicide Kings.<ref name=":1" /> He has also recorded two solo albums with independent record label, Fervor Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fervor-records.com/artist/bruce-connole-2/|title=Bruce Connole {{!}} Fervor Records|website=fervor-records.com|date=5 April 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2019-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910000107/http://fervor-records.com/artist/bruce-connole-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After decades of cyclical drug use, Connole eventually reached a point of steady sobriety on his birthday of 1990 (November 6). He said quitting dope "was about as courageous as running out of a burning house. I just got to the point where I was really desperate and I wasn't dead.'"<ref name="King">{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1996-07-11/music/playing-with-the-king-of-hearts/|title=Playing With the King of Hearts|last=Mardock|first=Marsha|date=1996-07-11|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-date=2013-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206093259/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1996-07-11/music/playing-with-the-king-of-hearts/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Connole is also a computer programmer. He got his start in the field by creating the website for his band, the Revenants and using home-computer recording to demo his new material. Later he worked for sonicbox.com, a company in Silicon Valley which developed a technology that allowed listeners to access high quality internet audio. His computer job allowed him to perform and write music when he wanted to, and not because he had to pay his bills.<ref name="Lament">{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-04-20/music/bruce-s-lament/|title=Bruce's Lament|last=Mehr|first=Bob|date=2000-04-20|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

== Bands ==

=== Billy Clone and The Same === In 1978, Bruce Connole and Mike Corte, both were old highschool friends, started playing together in a garage at first, and at some point the band "Billy Clone and The Same" formed. Billy Clone and the Same was a punk rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona. The band consisted of Mike Corte (vocals), Bruce Connole (guitar), Damon Doiron (bass), and Darrell Gleason (drums). Mike played the Gibson Flying V guitar, Damon played the Fender Precision Bass, and Bruce played the Fender Stratocaster. In 1980, the band released an EP called ''X&Y'' with Moon Dog Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1852947-Billy-Clone-The-Same|title=Billy Clone & The Same|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073751/https://www.discogs.com/artist/1852947-Billy-Clone-The-Same|url-status=live}}</ref> Later the same year, the band broke up when lead singer, Mike Corte, died of a heroin overdose. In 2000, ''The Arizona Republic'' listed Billy Clone and The Same as No. 38 in their list of The Top 100 Best Valley Rock Bands.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=The Top 100 Best Valley Rock Bands|last=Searleman|first=Eric|date=December 14, 2000|work=The Arizona Republic|pages=138–139}}</ref><ref name="Reformed" />

=== The Jetzons === Probably the most famous of Connole's bands is the Jetzons. The Jetzons was a new wave band out of Phoenix, Arizona whose original members included Damon Doiron (bass), Bruce Connole (guitar and vocals), Brad Buxer (keyboard), and Steve Golladay (drums). They played their first gig on December 31, 1980, and their last in July 1983. Connole was the main songwriter for the Jetzons, and also played a red Fender Stratocaster guitar for the band, while Damon played a white Fender Precision Bass. While the Jetzons never gained much national notoriety, according to the ''Phoenix New Times'', the Jetzons were at one point the "biggest band" in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1982, they hit their peak and were filling venues all over Arizona and California. The band struggled to gain national attention, in large part because Connole's addictions prevented the band from performing and recording,<ref name="Reformed" /><ref name="King" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Ex-Jetzons Reunite In Strand|last=Means|first=Andrew|date=May 8, 1987|work=The Arizona Republic}}</ref> In 1982, the Jetzons released the EP ''Made in America,'' produced by Mike Condello and recorded at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles and Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA as well as Pantheon Studios in Scottsdale, AZ. The record was released on Pan American Records.

In the 1980s the city of Tempe, Arizona's musicscene was seeing a surge of many bands who were influenced by Connole, eventually coming into international prominence with the signing of many local bands to major record labels, including multi-platinum recording artist the Gin Blossoms in the early 1990s, fronted by guitarist Doug Hopkins, formerly of the Moral Majority, 1981 and later the Psalms during the early 1980s, before establishing the Gin Blossoms. The Jetzons are considered to have helped establish this music scene<ref name="Life">{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printVersion/165600/|title=Life After Death|last=Mehr|first=Bob|date=1998-12-03|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2011-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617062025/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printVersion/165600/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and The Gin Blossoms acknowledge the Jetzons as a direct influence.<ref name="Mohawks">{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-04-27/news/from-mohawks-to-mullets/|title=From Mohawks To Mullets|last=Smith|first=Gilbert Garcia, David Holthouse, Brendan Joel Kelley, Bob Mehr, Fred Mills, Brian|date=2000-04-27|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2012-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426172223/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-04-27/news/from-mohawks-to-mullets/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Though the Jetzons was his most successful act, Connole has expressed negative feelings about the group. He is not a fan of the band's most popular track "You" which he wrote along with keyboardist Brad Buxer''.''<ref name="Reformed" /> Connole commented in an interview with the ''Phoenix New Times'', "'You' is so cute and so happy. It's one of those songs that you wish you'd never written."<ref name="Reformed" /> He has also called the Jetzons an "overrated New Wave cover band," further suggesting that the music did not reflect his actual sensibilities, instead being mostly a preoccupation with what was trendy during this era.<ref name="King" /> However, he has also insisted that the Jetzons and his other musical projects were sincere artistic efforts which reflected his tastes at the specific times they were made.<ref name="Reformed" />

When the Phoenix version of the Jetzons broke up, Bruce Connole and Brad Buxer moved to Los Angeles, where they re-formed the band and added musicians, Lloyd Moffitt (bass) and Craig Romero (drums). They regained their momentum and had no problem finding an audience for their music.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Jetzons Return to Valley for Gigs After Regrouping in LA|last=Means|first=Andrew|date=June 18, 1985}}</ref> The Los Angeles version of the Jetzons broke up in 1986.<ref name="Reformed" />

In 2000, the Jetzons were listed as No. 16 on the ''Arizona Republic''<nowiki/>'s list of The 100 Best Valley Rock Bands.<ref name=":2" />

In 2009, Fervor Records posted a few of the Jetzons' previously unreleased songs from the album ''The Complete Jetzons'' on YouTube. One of the songs posted, "Hard Times," was recognized by video game fans as sounding very similar to music from the " Ice Cap Zone" theme from the video game, ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3''. This unintentionally sparked renewed interest in the controversy which claimed that Michael Jackson contributed music to the game without receiving credit. (After leaving the Jetzons, keyboardist Brad Buxer became the musical director for Michael Jackson.) Sega and Jackson denied Jackson's involvement. However, recent interviews with former Sega composers and executives suggest that fans were likely correct and Michael Jackson was involved in composing music for Sonic 3.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6858197/michael-jackson-sonic-hedgehog-3-music-theory|title=Michael Jackson Wrote 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' Music: Crazy Theory Confirmed?|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2018-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428234517/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6858197/michael-jackson-sonic-hedgehog-3-music-theory|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://testkitchen.huffingtonpost.com/michaeljacksonsonic/#2/|title=There's A Secret Michael Jackson Album Hidden In Plain Sight|website=The Michael Jackson Video Game Conspiracy|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> However, in regards to the "Ice Cap Zone theme," and its similarity with the song "Hard Times," current available public records from the US Performance Rights Societies ASCAP and BMI show Buxer is listed as an ASCAP affiliated songwriter, and Connole as a BMI affiliated songwriter. ASCAP does not list Buxer as an author of the song "Hard Times." BMI lists Connole as the sole writer of "Hard Times."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/Buxer/performer/The%20Jetzons|title=ACE Repertory|last=ACE|website=www.ascap.com|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2019-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330145422/https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/Buxer/performer/The%20Jetzons|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/writer/125949944/BUXER%20BRADLEY%20D|title=ACE Repertory|last=ACE|website=www.ascap.com|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2019-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330145422/https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/writer/125949944/BUXER%20BRADLEY%20D|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/DetailView.aspx?detail=titleid&keyid=9375775&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&blnAltTitles=True|title=BMI {{!}} Repertoire Search|website=repertoire.bmi.com|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref>

=== The Strand === The Strand was an alternative rock band named for the Roxy Music song, "Do The Strand."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Phoenix's 'The Strand' Is Set for Tucson Garden Gig Sunday|last=Armstrong|first=Gene|date=November 27, 1987|work=Arizona Daily Star}}</ref> They made their debut in 1987 at The Mason Jar, a nightclub and music venue in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Twin Powers: Thompson Performs Well, Though Stoically|last=Means|first=Andrew|date=June 18, 1987|work=The Arizona Republic}}</ref> The Strand was a trio which included Connole (guitar and vocals), Damon Doiron (bass) and Alan Ross Willey (drums). Connole had been struggling with heroin addiction and had moved to California when Doiron called to ask him to return to Arizona to form a new band.<ref name=":0" /> Buxer almost joined The Strand, but decided to remain in Los Angeles as a session musician.<ref name="King" /> The Strand marketed their first cassette by making it available in limited supply to the first 250 people to buy tickets to one of their first shows. This idea was initiated by Johnny D, a disc jockey at KEYX in Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Strand's Tape Becomes Concert Souvenir|last=Means|first=Andrew|date=August 23, 1987|work=Arizona Republic}}</ref> In 1986, they self-released the album, ''The Strand.'' Connole's addictive cycle eventually broke up the band''.<ref name="Reformed" />''

=== Cryptics === The Cryptics were a classic metal band<ref name="Reformed" /> created in 1990 with Connole (guitar and vocals) Jason Huff (guitar), Mark Cady (bass), and Rick Trobman (drums). Connole commented that the music he wrote for the Cryptics came from reading Baudelaire's poetry, William Burrough's writing, the music of Ministry and Big Black, and the depths of his depression.<ref name="Reformed" /> In 1991, the Cryptics released their album ''Kill Me'' with Machine Publishing, and in 1992 they released ''Darker Side of You'' with Epiphany Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4267590-Cryptics-4|title=Cryptics (4)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref>

=== The Pearl Chuckers === During 1999–2000, Connole put together and performed with The Pearl Chuckers, a bluegrass side project, which consisted of artists Connole (banjo and vocals), Richard Taylor (guitar and vocals) who was later replaced by Amos Cox; Bobby Domings (drums) who was later replaced by Joe Jacques; and Ruth Wilson (bass), who was later replaced by Paul Schneider (bass).<ref name="Lament" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/long-journey-home-6420670|title=Long Journey Home|date=1999-07-29|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-28|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073505/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/long-journey-home-6420670|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Suicide Kings/The Revenants === The Suicide Kings are a 50s and 60s-style honky tonk/alternative-country band which has been composed of different band members over the years: Bruce Connole (lead vocals and guitar), Richard Taylor (guitar and lap steel guitar), Mike Wolfe (guitar) John Rauhouse (steel guitar), Bobby Domings (drums), Chris Olson (drums), Al Penzone (drums), Vince Ramirez (drums), Brad Buxer (keyboards), Paul Schneider (bass) and Scott Kalkbrenner (bass).<ref name=":1" /> The band was named for the gambler's term for the King of Hearts who holds a sword to his own head.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Suicide Kings|last=Cano-Murillo|first=Kathy|date=November 23, 1996|work=The Arizona Republic}}</ref><ref name="King" />

In the late 1990s, a punk rock'n'roll band from Los Angeles, California, also named the Suicide Kings, threatened to sue Connole's band for using their previously trademarked name. In response, Connole and his band changed their name to The Revenants. After performing for a while as The Revenants, they received a cease and desist letter from someone in Louisville who claimed he had already trademarked that name. When Connole checked both trademarks he discovered the other The Suicide Kings had let their trademark lapse. The Revenants reverted to being called The Suicide Kings, and this time applied for a trademark.<ref name="Name" />

Connole stated that his decision to play Country music was a decision to follow his true instincts as a musician. Growing up in Arizona, Connole frequently heard Country music, but he took a personal interest when he was 17 and feeling sorry for himself in a drug treatment center. When he heard the music of Hank Williams, he was hooked. However, at that time in his life he found it difficult to admit to his peers that he enjoyed Country music. In the late 1980s, he taught himself to play the banjo and country guitar and wrote several songs which eventually became part of The Revenants first CD.<ref name="King" /><ref name="Name" />

In 1997, the Suicide Kings released a self-titled debut CD by Rattle Records.

In 1998, The Revenants released their album, ''Artists and Whores,'' on Epiphany Records, which was produced by Clarke Rigsby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Revenants-Artists-And-Whores/release/10178330|title=The Revenants (3) - Artists And Whores|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> The same year, they released ''Jukebox Cantina Combo Platter'' with Hayden's Ferry Records.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Phoenix's Revenants masters a catchy country-rock sound|last=Armstrong|first=Gene|date=May 22, 1998|work=The Arizona Republic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Jukebox-Cantina-Combo-Platter/release/10190885|title=Various - Jukebox Cantina Combo Platter|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404074318/https://www.discogs.com/Various-Jukebox-Cantina-Combo-Platter/release/10190885|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r343003|title=Jukebox Cantina Combo Platter - Various Artists {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref>

In 2006, The Suicide Kings re-formed.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=41900|title=The Suicide Kings To Arrive With Self-Titled Debut|website=Top40-Charts.com|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404134509/http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=41900|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, The Suicide Kings released a self-titled album on Blue Plate Music, a subsidiary of John Prine's Nashville label Oh Boy Records.<ref name="Name" /><ref name="Taste">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fervor-records.com/artist-news/taste-suicide-kings-whiskey-row-in-new-dallas-premiere-tnt/|title=Taste Suicide Kings' Whiskey Row In New Dallas Premiere (TNT) {{!}} Fervor Records|website=www.fervor-records.com|date=13 June 2012|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2017-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810012137/http://fervor-records.com/artist-news/taste-suicide-kings-whiskey-row-in-new-dallas-premiere-tnt/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

In 2010, The Revenants released the album ''Black Cadillacs'' with Fervor Records.

In 2017, the Suicide Kings recorded a self-titled 7" vinyl produced by John P. Dixon and released by Ramco Records.

=== Busted Hearts === While The Revenants/Suicide Kings were on hiatus, Connole formed the bluegrass outfit, Busted Hearts. This band was made up of Connole (banjo, lead vocals), Keith Jackson (guitar, back-up vocals), Paul Schneider(bass), Kevin Pate (upright bass) Jason Graham (drums), Kenny Love (drums) and Amos Cox (mandolin).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/hearts-and-banjos-6414736|title=Hearts and Banjos|last=Mehr|first=Bob|date=2001-08-02|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> In 2003, Bruce Connole (and Busted Hearts) won the award of "Best Stage Shoes" from the ''Phoenix New Times'' for his black and white wingtips.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/best-of/2003/arts-and-entertainment/best-stage-shoes-6465791|title=BEST STAGE SHOES: Bruce Connole, Busted Hearts {{!}} Best of Phoenix® 2003: Your Key to the City|website=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-03-28|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073410/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/best-of/2003/arts-and-entertainment/best-stage-shoes-6465791|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="King" /><ref name="Name">{{Cite news|url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/article_cddb9abd-dba0-59e6-aa98-f9d626decddd.html?mode=jqm|title=The Suicide Kings get name back|last=Orf|first=Chris Hansen|work=East Valley Tribune|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012134001/https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/article_cddb9abd-dba0-59e6-aa98-f9d626decddd.html?mode=jqm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, Busted Hearts opened for Connole's favorite bluegrass musician, Ralph Stanley.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/band-of-constant-sorrow-6409135|title=Band of Constant Sorrow|last=Dominic|first=Serene|date=2003-03-13|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> In 2006, the band released the album ''Sin, Sorrow, and Salvation'' with Fundamental Records.

== Solo work == Connole has also produced solo albums. In 2010 Fervor Records released his album ''Hillbilly Heroin'', and in 2014, they released his album, ''The Narrow Road''.

== Legacy == Additionally, Connole and former Jetzons bandmate Brad Buxer performed with Stevie Wonder on ''The Woman in Red'' soundtrack from 1984.<ref name="Woman">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-woman-in-red-original-soundtrack-mw0000196380/credits|title=The Woman in Red [Original Soundtrack] - Stevie Wonder {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2015-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929091756/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-woman-in-red-original-soundtrack-mw0000196380/credits|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bruce-connole-mn0001205427/credits|title=Bruce Connole {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref>

Connole's catalog of songs and recordings from 1982 to 2018 are controlled by independent record label Fervor Records.<ref name="Fervor">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fervor-records.com/artists.|title=Artists {{!}} Fervor Records|website=www.fervor-records.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2016-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404121856/http://www.fervor-records.com/artists./|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Discography==

{| class="wikitable" |+ !Artist !Title !Format !Record label !Cat# !Release date |- |Billy Clone & The Same |''X & Y'' |12', vinyl |Moon Dog Records | |1979 |- | rowspan="4" |The Jetzons | rowspan="2" |''Made in America'' | |Pan American Records | |1982 |- |12", EP |Jetzons |JTZ431 |1982 |- |''The Complete Jetzons'' | |Fervor Records | |2008 |- |''The Lost Masters'' |6xFile, AAC, EP, Comp, 256 |Fervor Records | |2013 |- |Stevie Wonder |''The Woman In Red (Soundtrack)'' | |Motown Records | |1984 |- |Various |''Jukebox Cantina Combo Platter'' |CD, Comp |Hayden's Ferry Records |9981 |1998 |- |The Strand |''The Strand'' | |Self-Released | |1986 |- |Cryptics |''Kill Me'' |cassette |Machine Publishing | |1991 |- |Cryptics |''Darker Side of You'' |Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo |Epiphany Records | |1992 |- | rowspan="3" |Suicide Kings |''Suicide Kings'' | |Rattle Records | |1997 |- |''Suicide Kings'' |7" Vinyl |Ramco Records |EP2011 |2017 |- |''Suicide Kings'' |Album |Blue Plate Music |BPM600 |September 26, 2008<ref name=":3" /> |- |The Revenants |''Artists and Whores'' |CD, Album |Epiphany Records |EP1019 |1998 |- |The Busted Hearts |''Sin, Sorrow, and Salvation'' |CDr, Album |Fundamental Records | |2006 |- |The Revenants |''Black Cadillacs'' |EP |Fervor Records | |2010 |- |Bruce Connole |''Hillbilly Heroin'' | |Fervor Records | |2010 |- |Bruce Connole |''The Narrow Road'' | |Fervor Records | |2014 |}

== TV and film == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Artist !Song title !Program Title !Episode !Channel/Source !Format !Air Date |- |Billy Clone and the Same |"She's So Primitive" |Mindhunter |1 |SVOD |Netflix |10/13/2017 |- |Suicide Kings |"Why Do You Love Me" |Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | |Film |Sony Pictures |11/18/2016 |- |The Strand |"Her Love's In Vain" |Red Oaks |210 |SVOD |Amazon |11/11/2016 |- | rowspan="21" |The Jetzons | rowspan="4" |Hard Times |Fairly Legal |207 |TV |USA |4/27/2012 |- |Red Oaks |104 |SVOD |Amazon |10/9/2015 |- |The Middle |610 |TV |ABC |1/7/2015 |- |The Americans |511 |TV |FX |5/16/2017 |- | rowspan="2" |Won't Wait No More |How to Live with Your Parents |108 |TV |ABC |5/22/2013 |- |Hung | |TV |HBO | |- | rowspan="3" |I Love You |Parenthood |312 |TV |NBC |1/3/2012 |- |Red Oaks |210 |SVOD |Amazon |11/11/2016 |- |Mindhunter |101 |SVOD |Netflix |10/13/2017 |- | rowspan="4" |When the Sun Goes Down | rowspan="2" |Parks and Recreation |418 |TV |NBC |2/23/2012 |- |406 |TV |NBC |10/3/2011 |- |Haters Back Off |204 |SVOD |Netflix |10/20/2017 |- |Stranger Things |205 |SVOD |Netflix |10/27/2017 |- | rowspan="4" |4-3-1 |Red Oaks |101 |SVOD |Amazon |10/9/2015 |- |Red Oaks |pilot |SVOD |Amazon |8/28/2014 |- |The Americans |304 |TV |FX |2/18/2015 |- |Glow |103 |SVOD |Netflix |6/23/2017 |- | rowspan="2" |She Has Won |Halt & Catch Fire |307 |TV |AMC |9/27/2016 |- |The Americans |513 |TV |FX |5/30/2017 |- |Angel |Glow |109 |SVOD |Netflix |6/23/2017 |- |I Can't Sleep At Night |Red Oaks |303 |SVOD |Amazon |10/20/2017 |- | rowspan="6" |The Revenants | rowspan="3" |Suicide King |Justified |110 |TV |FX |5/18/2010 |- |The Most Hated Woman in America | |SVOD |Netflix |3/24/2017 |- |El Camino Christmas | |Film |Netflix |12/9/2017 |- |Cradle to the Grave |Savage County | |TV |MTV2 |10/1/2010 |- |One More Lonely Night |Laid in America | |Film |Independent |9/26/2016 |- |Cold Winter's Night |Bellevue |106 |TV |CBC |3/27/2017 |- | rowspan="4" |Cryptics |Forever After |Banshee |304 |TV |Cinemax |1/30/2015 |- |Blood on the Floor |Dice |101 |TV |Showtime |5/1/2016 |- | rowspan="2" |I Don't Care |Justified |502 |TV |FX |1/14/2014 |- |Countdown | |Other |WWE Studios |4/5/2016 |- | rowspan="3" |Bruce Connole |Nicotine Breakdown |The Dudesons in America |105 |TV |MTV2 |7/23/2010 |- |I Walk the Night |Vice |404 |TV |HBO |2/26/2016 |- |Can't Find My Way |World of Jenks |202 |TV |MTV |3/11/2013 |} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/billy-clone-and-the-same|title=Music by Billy Clone and The Same|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2023-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516233624/https://www.tunefind.com/artist/billy-clone-and-the-same|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/the-suicide-kings|title=Music by The Suicide Kings|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/the-strand|title=Music by The Strand|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/the-jetzons|title=Music by The Jetzons|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/the-revenants|title=Music by The Revenants|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/cryptics|title=Music by Cryptics|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2023-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516233433/https://www.tunefind.com/artist/cryptics|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/bruce-connole|title=Music by Bruce Connole|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref>

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