Man or Astro-Man?
As part of the surf revival movement of the early '90s (Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Laika & the Cosmonauts, the re-emergence of the great Dick Dale, etc.), Auburn's Man or Astro-man? specializes in a slightly different variation on the genre, self-described as space-age surf. Formed in 1992, the quartet originally consisted of members who went by such off the wall aliases as Birdstuff (drums), Star Crunch (guitar), Dr. Delecto & his Invisible Vaportron (bass), and Electronic Monkey Wizard (on something called alternate-universe bass), Man or Astro-man? combined the classic surf sounds of the '60s along with the quirky humor and approach of such groundbreaking groups as Devo. The group issued albums at an extremely brisk rate throughout the '90s (a few of which were engineered by renowned punk/alternative guru Steve Albini) -- 1993's Is It...Man or Astro Man?; 1994's Destroy All Astromen!!; 1995's Project Infinity; 1996's Experiment Zero; 1997's What Remains Inside a Black Hole, Live Transmissions From Uranus, and Made From Technetium; plus 1999's EEVIAC: Operational Index & Reference Guide. The group has been able to successfully overcome the defection of two original members (Dr. Delecto and Star Crunch), as Man or Astro-man? pressed on into the 21st century with such further releases as 2000's A Spectrum of Infinite Scale, plus a pair of releases in 2001, the limited release A Spectrum of Finite Scale and the compilation Beyond the Black Hole, the latter of which combined What Remains Inside a Black Hole along with B-sides and outtakes. The band eventually went on hiatus, but reformed briefly in 2006 to play at the Touch and Go 25th anniversary show. The band reformed in earnest in 2010, playing a handful of shows while working on new material. Their first new album in over a decade, Defcon 5...4...3...2...1, landed in 2013.
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Discografia
18 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Defcon 5...4...3...2...1
Rock - Lançado por WARM Electronic Recordings em 22/04/2013
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Live Transmissions from Uranus
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 01/01/1995
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Experiment Zero
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 01/04/1996
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Deluxe Men in Space
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 20/02/1996
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Made from Technetium
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 01/09/1997
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Eeviac
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 20/04/1999
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Spectrum of Infinite Scale
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 05/09/2000
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1000x
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Touch and Go Records em 22/04/1997
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Peel Session 1993 (Peel Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 22/09/2023
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Analog Series (Vol. 1)
Rock - Lançado por WARM Electronic Recordings em 01/09/2012
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Peel Session 1995 (Peel Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 24/11/2023
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Peel Session 1996 (Peel Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 16/02/2024
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Peel Session 1997 (Peel Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 23/02/2024
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Radio Scotland 1994 (Radio Scotland Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 22/09/2023
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Radcliffe Session 1994 (Radcliffe Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 24/11/2023
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Radcliffe Session 1996 (Radcliffe Session)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Astro Technologies em 09/02/2024
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