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Feel
Love Fury has had four songs in feature films and five songs
on cable television, including the film Enchanted (aka
Go West), which was broadcast all over the world
on Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax. In addition, music was
also used on the Mtv show Undressed and most recently
on the WB series Dawson's Creek, on which the band
also performed live. Feel Love Fury has also been featured
in segments on the news show Hard Copy and on Travel
Channel's Road Trips.
The story of Feel Love Fury's inclusion
on Dawson's Creek
In August
of 2001, the executive producer of the Warner Brothers television
show, Dawson's Creek, was contacted regarding the
inclusion of a band on the first episode of the new season.
Upon suggestion of several musical acts by the Sony music
supervisors, the choice was made to invite the Wilmington
band, Feel Love Fury, to appear on the show and record music
for the soundtrack.
Soon
after the decision was made, the members of the band met
with Greg Prange, producer of the show and director of the
first episode. The decision was made that the band would
record two cover songs and one original song for a party
scene.
The
songs were all engineered by Tommy Brothers at Audio
Genesis in Wilmington, North Carolina. They were produced
by Feel Love Fury, with assistance from producer Tim Holbrook.
The original song was the song Seductive, and the
cover songs were I Ran and Jesse's Girl, two
songs made popular in the 80's. Busy Philipps, a new actress
on Dawson's Creek, sang along with Stefan on the
former cover song.
The
first episode was filmed in September, 2001. The band actually
had a change in lineup for the show's purposes. Chad Murray,
another newcomer to the show, plays a character who is a
bassist in the band, so FLF's bassist, Darell, moved over
to guitar for the show's purposes. The first episode actually
only included one cover song, I Ran. This is the
song that plays while the band is actually featured performing
onstage. However, to the surprise of the band, three original
songs, including 194 and Leadbelly off the
source album, and the one recorded specifically for
the show, were included as background music. This made FLF
the first act ever to have four songs in one show. See DawsonsCreekMusic.Com
for details.
For
the second episode featuring the band, Katie Holmes was
brought in to the studio to sing on a cover of I Want
You to Want Me and Busy was again brought in to sing
on a cover of Son of a Preacher Man. The band was
asked to provide instrumental backup for the tracks as well
as record another original song. The director of the episode
actually came by Audio Genesis and hand-picked the song
What the Hell for inclusion in the scene. Friend
of the band, Ed Kopp, came in to lay down some bass tracks
on the cover songs since FLF bassist, Darell, was out of
state at the time.
The
second appearance of Feel Love Fury on Dawson's Creek
was filmed in November of 2001 at Marrz Theater in downtown
Wilmington. It was a bar scene in which the band is the
scheduled act. Both Katie's character and Busy's character
eventually join the band onstage to perform their respective
songs. For details on episode #511, featuring Feel Love
Fury, go to DawsonsCreekMusic.Com
for more.
For
FLF's third appearance on the show, the situation was indeed
different. The writers of the episode created a plot which
was centered around Katie trying out as the singer for the
band, which at this point was named "Aggressive Mediocrity."
Though Stefan, singer for FLF, was not used in the episode,
the entire band was brought in to the studio to record their
own version of I Hate Myself for Loving You, on which
Katie Holmes recorded vocals. The show was filmed at a club
in Carolina Beach, just outside Wilmington and Chad Michael
Murray fell asleep in his chair. Late nights! For details
on episode #517, featuring Feel Love Fury, go to DawsonsCreekMusic.Com
for more.
The
final appearance by Feel Love Fury on season five of Dawson's
Creek was episode #520, entitled "Separate Ways (Worlds
Apart)." The writers saw fit to write Katie Holmes'
character out of the band and Stefan back in, so the entire
band loaded back into Audio Genesis to record the Ramones'
song, Sedated. The session was the quickest ever
and was the first song recorded with new Feel Love Fury
drummer, John Wade.
The
show was also Chad Michael Murray's last appearance of the
season. His character, who has been playing bass in the
band on the show, is going on tour with the rest of the
band. The filming of the show was a short stint, but a long
day as always. Most of the time was spent hanging with everyone
who works on the show. The actual scenes with the band were
filmed at Blue Post Tavern in downtown Wilmington, a hotspot
for locals and tourists alike. It was a fitting end to a
great season. For details on episode #520, featuring Feel
Love Fury, go to DawsonsCreekMusic.Com
for more.
The
band was involved in season six of the show, but was only
brought in to record music. An all-female punk band was
written into the storyline of the show, so Feel Love Fury
was solicited to come up with punk versions of some cover
songs that were chosen by the show's producers. Six songs
were recorded by Feel Love Fury. Busy Philipps sang lead
vocals on all.
Thanks
to everyone from the show for their complete support and
great attitudes through it all. Stay tuned to FeelLoveFury.Com
for more behind-the-scenes information and updates for possible
future band appearances. Be sure to check out the band's
music page to listen to and download
the original songs that were featured on the show, and check
out the Feel Love Fury merchandise
that is currently available.
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