The Section Quartet is a string quartet founded by Eric Gorfain that performs cover versions of rock songs.
History Eric Gorfain founded the quartet after working for the 1996 tour of Robert Plant and 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 of "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin in addition to cover versions of songs by Coldplay, Kiss, Iron Maiden, and Queens of the Stone Age.
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 (RCA, 2002) by Christina Aguilera. Their performance on "Beautiful" impressed the songwriter, Linda Perry. She produced the quartet's album Fuzzbox (2007) for Decca Records, which reached number 14 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart.
Discography No Electricity Required (2004) Lizards Like Us (2006) Fuzzbox (Decca, 2007)
As guest 1993: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman 2003: The Nurse Who Loved Me, A Perfect Circle 2004: A Boot and a Shoe, Sam Phillips 2004: Into the Now, Tesla 2007: Graduation, Kanye West 2007: Reba: Duets, Reba McEntire 2007: Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, Devendra Banhart 2007: Southland Tales 2007: Strange Weirdos, Loudon Wainwright III 2008: Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits, Christina Aguilera 2008: Recovery, Loudon Wainwright III 2010: Bionic, Christina Aguilera 2010: Burlesque 2014: Goddess, Banks 2015: Coming Forth by Day, Cassandra Wilson 2016: The Altar, Banks 2017: Revival, Eminem 2017: Villains, Queens of the Stone Age
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