Gregor Samsa

Named following the main figure in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the Aroura, IL-based Gregor Samsa originally began in 1995 as “something to accomplish” between a collective of friends. Without the goal of having a particular audio, the lineup would switch constantly, at 1 stage having up to ten users playing from Moog keyboards, to triangle, to pots and hammers. Between 1995 and 1998, Gregor Samsa’s audio tagged them as “congested sound” as a few of their tunes only contains tape loop sound and guitar opinions. But by 1999, the rest of the users Thomas Chavon (synth/acoustic guitar/bass/vocals) and Rick Berry (drums/percussion) collaborated on the quirk of fresh wave and sound that was ultimately released on the self-titled debut recording that same 12 months independently Ruben Sandwich Information.