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Artist: Speed Freeks
Artist: Freek Magic
Artist: Ciara
Dubbed the "First Lady of Crunk & B" by the producer who should know, Lil Jon, singer Ciara burst onto the scene with the never-gonna-get-it single "Goodies," the breathy "answer song" to Petey Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek." She was born in Austin, TX, but with her father in the Army, Ciara spent time living in Germany, New York, California, Arizona,... [+] Read More
Artist: Twiztid
Protégés of the Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit-area Caucasian rap duo Twiztid based their act on a similarly theatrical, outrageous, makeup-heavy image and an obsession with serial-killer horror films. Jamie Madrox and the Monoxide Child cast themselves as psychotic axe murderers on their 1998 debut album, Mostasteless, which was reissued... [+] Read More
Artist: The Feends
Outside of their love of '60s surf, garage, bubblegum-pop and '70s punk, the Feends also took their surroundings of the beach as a major musical aspiration. Accompanied by their matching thrift store attire, the line-up of Ian (guitar ), Danni (bass ), Sam (keyboards ), Kent (vocals ), Will (guitar), and Henry (drums) first made their splash in... [+] Read More
Artist: Richard Conway-Jones
The British performer Richard Conway-Jones is more than just another chap lugging a guitar case around. Typical of the concept of the modern musician as a kind of Renaissance man, Conway-Jones can write poetry, set it to music, play it on the guitar, create artwork for the recording, make a film about the entire process, and then scoot off to do... [+] Read More
Artist: Beequeen
Brought together by a common love of the Legendary Pink Dogs, Beequeen came together in the late eighties. Made up of appropriately named singer Freek and experimental composer Seward D. Faran, their desire to make abrasive, thoughtful music fit well into the emerging industrial pop scene. Displaying a razor sharp wit and a modest... [+] Read More
Artist: Total
London's Total was the largely solo side project of Skullflower and Sunroof! leader Matthew Bower, who generally used it as a vehicle for his multi-instrumental talents and as a free-form, ambient counterpoint to the scabrous noise assault of his other ventures. Oddly, Total actually predated Skullflower by five years, having grown out of... [+] Read More
Artist: Ax
Ax was the solo project of onetime Skullflower bassist Anthony DiFranco, who left the crushingly loud, psychedelic/industrial noisemakers in 1993 to pursue an even more experimental direction. DiFranco had been making home recordings since his teen years, and prior to joining Skullflower, he'd been releasing material (on cassette only) under the... [+] Read More
Artist: Keller Williams
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Keller Williams is literally a one-man jam band. His fascinating live shows feature him solo on-stage with a Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro looping unit, and he creates his backing loops in the moment, building and improvising as he goes on his custom-made ten-string guitar, and thanks to his equally as quirky,... [+] Read More
Artist: Petey Pablo
Rather than taking the underground route like most Southern rappers, Petey Pablo took the direct route into the rap game: he went straight to the top. Though few knew much about him, Pablo suddenly broke in late 2001, and not just in the South but from coast to coast -- MTV rotated his video and urban radio championed his debut single. That... [+] Read More
Artist: Luke Slater
Often grouped with similarly influential names such as Cristian Vogel and former labelmates the Black Dog, Luke Slater is generally credited with helping to create a U.K. techno tradition with a strong Detroit foundation. Slater's work is probably the more straightahead of the three (although he's released works ranging from tough, banging... [+] Read More
Artist: Skullflower
Skullflower was the flagship band of the Broken Flag collective, a group of experimental noise rock bands from the U.K. (most notably Ramleh, Total, and Sunroof!) that often swapped ideas and personnel. Led by guitarist Matthew Bower, the highly prolific Skullflower boasted the largest cult following of the bunch, with a sound based on sludgy,... [+] Read More
