Athletic Automaton

Hailing from Providence, RI (house of fellow high-decibel sound rockers Lightning Bolt), Athletic Automaton took their music cue from the neighborhood Fort Thunder collective of rings and quickly gained notoriety executing equally explosive pieces while putting on tight ’70s basketball outfits and sweatbands. Ex-Arab on Radar guitarist Stephen Mattos became a member of pushes with ex-Pellum 123 drummer Patrick Crump as well as the duo released a divide with Manufactured in Mexico in 2006. After putting your signature on to your skin Graft roster, in Sept 2007 they released the minimal and pseudo-conceptual A Trip Through Roman’s Empire, an instrumental record with song game titles like “The Gladiator’s Sandal Combat” and “Ceasar’s Haircut.”