| Bomb http://www.hitsofacid.com/ Bomb, was the name of an acid fueled San Francisco based hard rock band started in the late 80's. They toured extensively, released several albums, including one on Warner/Reprise in 1992, but began their career with a vinyl only LP on their own Boogadigga Records in 1987 entitled "To Elvis In Hell". The band were known for intense music & wild onstage antics and occasional nudity featuring diminuitive, deranged, drugged & demonically caterwauling singer/bassist Michael W. Dean. The guitars were a squall of affected and eerie riffs provided by Jay Crawford & Doug Hilsinger, with explosive drumming that was ominously thunderous, repetitive and tribal via the pounding of Tony Fag ( aka Short). Their first LP caught the attention of Rock and Roll Confidential scribe and historian Dave Marsh, as well as a slew of indie zines and punk rock fans across the American heartland where they toured. They signed to Bay Area based Boner Records in 1988 who put out "Hits of Acid" on vinyl and cassette, followed up in 1989 with "Happy All The Time" a vinyl & cassette EP. They were one of San Francisco's most popular local acts outdrawing local faves like Primus, Chris Isaak and 4 Non Blondes, and worked out a European deal with Gary Held's Revolver to release "Lucy In The Sky With Desi" in 1990, the band's first CD combining material from both earlier Boner releases. - (Read more) |
| Chick Maggot http://www.chickmaggot.com Chick Maggot is a snobby, quasi-intellectual, neo-posi, philanthropic band. Huh? They play simple, fun music. Chick Maggot does not accept payment for shows or CDs. Chick Maggot is Teddy "Ruxpin" Reynolds, Scott "Tommy Kendall Jr." Kendall and Roy Sasano"use for a stage name". - (Read more) |
| deusexmachina http://www.deusexmachina.gr Deus Ex Machina were formed in 1989 by Dimitris Spyropoulos and Dimitris Manthos in Athens, Greece. Spyropoulos and current drummer Yiannis Venardis were veterans of the local punk scene of the early 80's. The band eventually gained the overwhelming acceptance of the alternative crowds. In the years to come, this resulted in over 500 concerts with increasing success, establishing DXM as a predominantly kicking l ive band in spite of their limited discography. In the course of their history DXM have suffered several setbacks including a number of serious car accidents and repeated personnel changes. So far, not only did they persevere, but on top of every adversity, they seem to come out on a limb with added stamina each time. Nowadays, DXM are considered as one of the major established acts of the Greek alternative scene. Some of the highlights of their history include their appearance in landmark anti-Bosnian war concerts in Skopje, FYROM in 1994. In1995, at the height of the Bosnian war, they toured Serbia. Year 1996 finds them appearing in major festivals in the cause of peace in the Balkans. Year 2000 was marked, among other things, by their memorable appearances at the Biennale 2000 in Torino, Italy. During their long history DXM have opened with remarkable success for acclaimed international alternative acts such as "the Dubrovniks", "New Model Army", "Madball" and most recently Public Enemy". Over the years DXM have performed in a large number of events promoting social consciousness, which is also reflected on the lyrics and the overall attitude of the band. More notably, in the last two years, they have appeared at several benefit concerts supporting the cause of the Zapatista native insurgents of the Chiapas region in Mexico. A respectable sum has been raised for the erection of a school for Zapatista children which was completed in the year 2004. - (Read more) |
| dive dive http://www.divedive.co.uk/ Dive Dive are a UK based rock band compared variously to early Idlewild, XTC, The Buzzcocks, At the Drive In and Fugazi. We're not sure if any of these really hits the mark but hopefully you'll take a moment to decide for yourself. Our debut LP, Tilting At Windmills, came out in 2005 and included two singles that got into the top ten of the UK Independent Singles Chart (555 For Filmstars and The Sorry Suitor). We played well over a hundred shows that year, but spent much of 2006 in the studio writing for our second full length release (due out Feb 07). All comments and messages are welcome - we'll get back to as many as we can and keep this page as interactive as possible. Make sure you let us know what you want from it. - (Read more) |
| Guerilla Tapestry http://www.guerillatapestry.co.uk Guerilla Tapestry has existed for a few years in different incarnations. We started gigging with the current line-up in June 2005. - (Read more) |