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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 …

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John Simmons

John Simmons was a very important bassist on many classes within the 1940s and ’50s. He was raised in Tulsa and in California. Originally a trumpeter for just two years, injuries experienced in a soccer game finished his brass playing. Simmons quickly turned to bass, and four weeks later on …

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Galactic Cowboys

Bassist Monty Colvin and drummer Alan Doss initial played jointly in Houston within a music group known as the Awful Truth. When it split, Colvin and Doss recruited vocalist Ben Huggins and guitarist Dane Sonnier to create Galactic Cowboys. Agreed upon immediately after by DGC, the metallic rock and roll …

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