Atomic Opera

Inspired from the Beatles/Queen-influenced progressive steel and spiritual concentrate of King’s X (with whom he went to church while surviving in Springfield, MO), guitarist/vocalist/cellist Frank Hart founded Atomic Opera in Houston in the first ’90s. Having a lineup also offering tempo guitarist Jonathan Marshal, bassist Jonas Velasco, and drummer Tag Poindexter, Atomic Opera authorized to the Large subsidiary Collision Arts and documented their 1994 debut recording For Madmen Just with maker Sam Taylor. Though Large had support from Warner Bros., Collision Arts quickly proceeded to go bankrupt, and Atomic Opera got to releasing information through their lover club and site; Alphas & Oranges (a assortment of studio room outtakes from 1990-1993) andPenguin Dirt were distributed in this manner. By enough time the second option had been released in 1997, Hart was dealing with a totally different music group: Kemper Crabb, who performed mandolin and different other stringed equipment and was previously within the Christian-oriented folk group Caedmon’s Contact, bassist and stay participant Ryan Birsinger, and drummer John Simmons. With Crabb adding a unique folk impact to Atomic Opera’s melodic prog-metal, the group captured the eye of Metal Edge, which agreed upon them in 1999. Atomic Opera instantly began focus on a new record, that was released in 2000 beneath the name Gospel Cola.