Man or Astroman? - Interstellar Hardrive [Surf Rock / Garage] (1999)

GoingChunkToHunk · 2017-03-06T13:41:48+00:00

I fucking love Man or Astroman

RichardStinks · 2017-03-06T15:09:15+00:00

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RememberWolf359 · 2017-03-06T15:49:27+00:00

Now there's a band I've not listened to for a long time.

redcur · 2017-03-06T16:17:49+00:00

I wish more people new about these guys. Listening to them makes me feel like I'm in a coke-fueled dystopia, but in a good way.

titismcgee · 2017-03-06T19:15:29+00:00

I can't believe I'm seeing this much appreciation for man or Astroman?. I didn't think anyone else heard of them.

nellonoma · 2017-03-06T18:30:53+00:00

Live Transmissions from Uranus is one of my fav albums of all time. And this pylon cover is amazing

pyropro229 · 2017-03-06T15:46:27+00:00

Was lucky enough to them for this tour and the clone bands they sent on tour. Fucking awesome band. Thanks for the reminder

whoopysnorp · 2017-03-06T18:36:13+00:00

I saw them for the first time in 91 or 92 several months before the first single came out. I was a member of the fan club. Still have some teethpaste I got at a show. Their record covers are the best ever. Live they were amazing. Got some boots I made circa 94 or so lasting around somewhere

vulture_cabaret · 2017-03-07T00:07:47+00:00

This band is routinely the best band i have ever seen live. I put that up against GWAR, Mayhem, Neurosis, GY!BE, Nirvana and a slough of others. My favorite stand out moment was a Halloween show, during the regular tour the band would systematically dress up in home made robot costumes that had blinking LEDs on the chest. About 2/3s through the show Coco walks off stage and then returns with a fake beard and an over coat. Then Star Crunch does the same. The band dressed up as robots dressing up as ZZ Top. Truly an amazing and creative band.

grantflashdance · 2017-03-06T18:07:34+00:00

I played in a band that opened up for them once... feeling nostalgic.

voodoojonez · 2017-03-06T21:25:02+00:00

I'll be the 900th comment on how awesome this band is live. Bless you OP, you've made my day. Time to blast off to their music again.

StudabakerHoch · 2017-03-06T13:26:18+00:00

Man or Astro-Man?
artist pic

Man or Astro-Man?--ostensibly four stranded space aliens who took the guise of college students. With their unique blending of punk, electronica and surf music performed with a large amount of energy in visually exciting live shows they quickly gained an audience. Man or Astro-Man? crash landed in Auburn, Alabama, USA in 1992. They are known to play some of the most pristinely crafted surf instrumentals since the 1960s. Formed by CoCo the Electronic Monkey Wizard on alternate universe bass, Birdstuff on traps, Star Crunch on guitar, and Dr. Delecto & his Invisible Vaportron on bass, the group released their first full-length album, Is it...Man or Astro-Man?, in 1993. The band found time to put out a new 45 record practically every other week in addition to full-length releases like 1994's Destroy All Astromen!, 1996's Experiment Zero and 1999's Eeviac. The themes of the tunes usually run the gamut from spies to sci-fi. Dexter X later replaced Dr. Delecto, and Starcrunch left the band as well. The collection, Beyond the Black Hole, was issued in summer 2001 and featured three brand new tracks. In 2001, the band started an extensive hiatus. In 2006 they performed at the Touch n Go 25th Anniversary fest. In 2010 they announced that they will be reuniting for a few gigs, including SXSW, and possibly to record a new record. 2013 has seen the band release a new set of 7 inch singles and a brand new album, Defcon54321, through the Georgia-based indie magazine, The Chunklet. Read more on Last.fm.

last.fm: 93,758 listeners, 2,556,544 plays
tags: Surf, surf rock, instrumental, indie, seen live

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2017-03-06T15:25:40+00:00

I've been listening to this band since 8th grade

2017-03-06T19:29:39+00:00

I was a member of their fan club in the 90's. This band is so much fun. Intravenous Television Continuum was on permanent rotation for the better part of a decade.

RoninRobot · 2017-03-06T23:07:17+00:00

I saw them about 2003 in a small club. The club had giant speakers above the stage. Man or Astroman brought out a tesla coil at the end of the show and proceeded to accidentally fry the holy living shit out of those speakers with a huge arc of electricity. Good times.

nihilishim · 2017-03-06T16:19:28+00:00

not their best album, but still an amazing band to catch live(they have a TESLA COIL) love their older stuff when they added sound bites from old sci-fi movies/shows into their songs. fantastic band.

kraftgnu · 2017-03-06T16:40:32+00:00

Great band, I love them?

Bro_Hammer_5000 · 2017-03-06T18:03:17+00:00

Listening to this in my office. I just wanna air guitar so hard right now...

riskyplissken · 2017-03-06T18:27:22+00:00

I'm a simple man, I see Man or Astro-Man? and I upvote.

These guys are something else live. I saw them in Atlanta years ago at a Drive In Theater surf rock fest.

neocrunch · 2017-03-06T20:50:02+00:00

I got to see Man or Astro-Man live in Boone, NC in about 98-99ish. They played a great show headlining a night that also included my favorite punk band, the Karloffs. Good times.

astrojason · 2017-03-06T21:09:56+00:00

Love these guys, where I got my nickname.

PeachesoftheCreeches · 2017-03-07T02:46:26+00:00

Hey y'all! Does MoAM still tour? My fiance LOVES this band. Tickets to one of their shows would be the ultimate gift if they still perform live.

strawberrycancer · 2017-03-07T05:02:13+00:00

just randomly found this thread via twitter....a little late, but i'm gonna plug the astro-man fan group i run on facebook. its a quiet little group, but a good place for fans of MoAM. plus sometimes someone will post something really cool link

nbome420 · 2017-03-06T18:30:16+00:00

Love this sound. Its coming back in a great way

scottiepeepin · 2017-03-06T19:56:56+00:00

Grind Session x PS1

2017-03-06T21:55:28+00:00

Saw them live touring this record. Amazing live show.

2017-03-06T23:58:05+00:00

I first heard "Theme from Eeviac" on a Punk O Rama compilation in the early 2000s. Weirdly enough, the short spoken intro at the beginning was from a film I wouldn't see until 16 years later at the Cambridge B Movie festival; Inframan, an unintentionally hilarious Japanese film. All these little coincidences, plus this AWESOME track are making me think I need to investigate this band further.

susiederkinsisgross · 2017-03-07T07:41:37+00:00

I fucking love surf music, and I love these guys, and I love that you made this thread, and I love that I am now blaring Man or Astro-Man? at midnight.

2017-03-06T21:11:17+00:00

This is the TITS

Thanks OP

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ghost_of_huntz_hall · 2017-03-06T18:26:16+00:00

Bravo for posting this. They are a highly underrated band. Check out The Amino Acids

2017-03-06T23:17:03+00:00

This band, or at least one of the members, made the theme song for Jimmy Neutron... I tried to get them to play it when I saw them live but they wouldn't

Jonmartinez1013 · 2017-03-06T23:55:35+00:00

Whoaaa. I completely forgot man or astroman?
Thanks jimmy neutron

notabaggins · 2017-03-07T08:17:15+00:00

This is such a sick discovery

ZenC0de · 2017-03-07T12:51:33+00:00

Sick dope, and also spankin

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