# The Section Quartet

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The Section Quartet Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Classical Pop Rock Years active 1998 (1998)–present Labels Viamin, Decca Members Eric Gorfain Daphne Chen Leah Katz Richard Dodd Website thesectionquartet.com

**The Section Quartet** is a [string quartet](/source/String_quartet) founded by Eric Gorfain that performs cover versions of rock songs.[1]

## History

[Eric Gorfain](/source/Eric_Gorfain) founded the quartet after working for the 1996 tour of [Robert Plant](/source/Robert_Plant) and [Jimmy Page](/source/Jimmy_Page). He said the quartet fulfilled his desire to play lead guitar in a rock band. The debut album, *No Electricity Required* (2004), contained Gorfain's [arrangement](/source/Arrangement) of "[Dazed and Confused](/source/Dazed_and_Confused_(Jake_Holmes_song))" by Led Zeppelin in addition to cover versions of songs by [Coldplay](/source/Coldplay), [Kiss](/source/Kiss_(band)), [Iron Maiden](/source/Iron_Maiden), and [Queens of the Stone Age](/source/Queens_of_the_Stone_Age).[2]

The Section Quartet consists of Gorfain on violin, Daphne Chen on violin, Richard Dodd on cello, and Leah Katz on viola. They have performed on soundtracks and pop music albums, such as *[Stripped](/source/Stripped_(Christina_Aguilera_album))* ([RCA](/source/RCA_Records), 2002) by [Christina Aguilera](/source/Christina_Aguilera). Their performance on "[Beautiful](/source/Beautiful_(Christina_Aguilera_song))" impressed the songwriter, [Linda Perry](/source/Linda_Perry). She produced the quartet's album *Fuzzbox* (2007) for [Decca Records](/source/Decca_Records), which reached number 14 on the [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) Classical Crossover Chart.[3][4][5][6]

## Discography

- *No Electricity Required* (2004)

- *Lizards Like Us* (2006)

- *Fuzzbox* ([Decca](/source/Decca_Records), 2007)

### As guest

- 1993: *[The Nightmare Before Christmas](/source/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas_(soundtrack))*, [Danny Elfman](/source/Danny_Elfman)

- 2003: *[The Nurse Who Loved Me](/source/Thirteenth_Step)*, [A Perfect Circle](/source/A_Perfect_Circle)

- 2004: *[A Boot and a Shoe](/source/A_Boot_and_a_Shoe)*, [Sam Phillips](/source/Sam_Phillips_(musician))

- 2004: *[Into the Now](/source/Into_the_Now)*, [Tesla](/source/Tesla_(band))

- 2007: *[Graduation](/source/Graduation_(album))*, [Kanye West](/source/Kanye_West)

- 2007: *[Reba: Duets](/source/Reba%3A_Duets)*, [Reba McEntire](/source/Reba_McEntire)

- 2007: *[Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon](/source/Smokey_Rolls_Down_Thunder_Canyon)*, [Devendra Banhart](/source/Devendra_Banhart)

- 2007: *[Southland Tales](/source/Southland_Tales)*

- 2007: *[Strange Weirdos](/source/Strange_Weirdos)*, [Loudon Wainwright III](/source/Loudon_Wainwright_III)

- 2008: *[Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits](/source/Keeps_Gettin'_Better%3A_A_Decade_of_Hits)*, [Christina Aguilera](/source/Christina_Aguilera)

- 2008: *[Recovery](/source/Recovery_(Loudon_Wainwright_album))*, Loudon Wainwright III[7]

- 2010: *[Bionic](/source/Bionic_(Christina_Aguilera_album))*, [Christina Aguilera](/source/Christina_Aguilera)

- 2010: *[Burlesque](/source/Burlesque_(soundtrack))*

- 2014: *[Goddess](/source/Goddess_(Banks_album))*, [Banks](/source/Banks_(singer))

- 2015: *[Coming Forth by Day](/source/Coming_Forth_by_Day_(Cassandra_Wilson_album))*, [Cassandra Wilson](/source/Cassandra_Wilson)

- 2016: *[The Altar](/source/The_Altar)*, Banks

- 2017: *[Revival](/source/Revival_(Eminem_album))*, [Eminem](/source/Eminem)

- 2017: *[Villains](/source/Villains_(Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_album))*, [Queens of the Stone Age](/source/Queens_of_the_Stone_Age)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PM_1-0)** Newton, Elizabeth (September 12, 2007). ["The Section Quartet: Fuzzbox"](https://www.popmatters.com/the-section-quartet-fuzzbox-2496214975.html). *pop matters*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hegarty_2-0)** Dan Hagerty (September 20, 2016). [*Buried Treasure Volume 2: Overlooked, Forgetten and Uncrowned Albums*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1e0HDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT223). Liberties Press. pp. 223–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-910742-74-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-910742-74-7). Retrieved July 31, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Mason_3-0)** Mason, Stewart. ["Section Quartet Biography"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/section-quartet-mn0000803667/biography). *AllMusic*. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** GG (September 1, 2007). ["THE SECTION QUARTET"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-09-01.pdf#page=55) (PDF). *[Billboard (magazine)](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. p. 55.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["TOP CLASSICAL CROSSOVER"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-09-29.pdf#page=63) (PDF). *[Billboard (magazine)](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. September 29, 2007. p. 69. Retrieved December 29, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Lewis, David (August 17, 2007). ["The Section Quartet"](https://variety.com/2007/music/reviews/the-section-quartet-1200557091/). *Variety*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AM_credits_7-0)** ["Section Quartet | Credits | AllMusic"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/section-quartet-mn0000803667/credits). *AllMusic*. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

## External links

- [The Section Quartet](https://www.discogs.com/artist/364370) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

- [The Section Quartet](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000803667) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

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