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Strategic Thinking

Metal label Game Two bends record-industry rules.

By Brad Jones
Nov 11, 1999

The members of New Orleans's Southern atomic sludge lords, Sour Vein, have just about all the ammunition they need to become extreme-rock superstars in the next millennium. For beginners, they boast an impressive pedigree: Guitarist Liz13 once served as ax-woman for defunct doomsters 13; while vocalist T-Roy hails from the...
Just the Ax, Man

The Atomic Bitchwax and Nebula are among a new breed of bands putting the wank back into guitar rock.

By Brad Jones
Oct 14, 1999

"You know what amazes me?" asks Ed Mundell, guitarist and frontman for the Atomic Bitchwax but perhaps best known for his efforts in Monster Magnet. "It amazes me that there are kids out there today who don't know who Jimi Hendrix is. I'll be in a guitar store, and I'll...
Army Men

Fort Collins's Tanger moves to the front line of innovative punk.

By Brad Jones
Oct 7, 1999

On the surface, it would appear that Tanger has a real thing for war. To wit: The Fort Collins band's press kit ships with a standard-issue "survival kit," complete with compass, binoculars, army knife and dog tags; and their Web site, www.forttanger.com, features detailed field coordinates for the band's upcoming...
Playlist

By Thomas Peake, Michael Roberts, Brad Jones and John La Briola
Aug 5, 1999

Tortoise and the Ex In the Fishtank (Konkurrent/Touch and Go) The only commonality between Tortoise and the Ex, apart from the fact that both are remarkable ensembles in their own right, is that they thrive on unusual collaboration. The Chicago post-rock rhythmatists of Tortoise, for instance, backed Brazilian eccentric Tom...
Monster Magnets

After nearly twenty years, Electric Frankenstein has rock down to a mad science.

By Brad Jones
Jul 29, 1999

The notion that the music industry is corrupt certainly isn't new--rock history is rife with scandalous tales of shifty, smooth-talking label weasels sticking it to unsuspecting musicians in orifices best probed only by proctologists. Sal Canzonieri, guitarist for New Jersey's legendary punk-and-roll forefathers, Electric Frankenstein, has heard them all. As...

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