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Although obscure and overlooked throughout their tenure jointly, the later-’70s/early-’80s rock-band Spooner became best-known years afterwards because the launching pad for guitarist Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig of Garbage fame. The group (which also included associates Dave Benton on electric guitar and vocals, Joel Tappero on bass, and Jeff …

NY quartet LVL UP channeled the very best items of ’90s lo-fi and indie rock to produce an authentically grungy, melodic racket. The music group was created in 2011 at SUNY (Condition University of NY) in Buy, NY, where its users were college students. Guitarist/vocalists Mike Caridi and Dave Benton …