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OPM, an alternative solution pop/rock and roll trio from California, mixes Latin hip-hop beats and conventional rock and roll & move riffs for a satisfying pop sound on the debut Menace to Culture, released in Sept 2000 on Atlantic. OPM emerged jointly in 1999, made up of Matthew (aka Shakey …

As their name suggests, Regurgitator’s stock in trade is reinventing music, sketching on a massive selection of influences and wittily placing the parts back together within an avalanche of noises and songs, more pop compared to the Beastie Boys, less obscure than Primus. The music combines commercial noises, funk, hip-hop, …

Primer 55 isn’t your average band of rock and roll stars. The music group was created in 1997 after many years of coping with the stale music picture in Memphis, TN, dominated by loss of life metallic and cover rings. Rather than relax and complain, the group made a decision …

Primus is focused on Les Claypool; there isn’t any moment on some of their information where his bass isn’t the primary focal point from the music, along with his vocals performing like a bizarre side-show. Which isn’t to deny guitarist Larry LaLonde or drummer Tim “Natural herb” Alexander any credit; …

In early 1985, the Red Hot Chili Peppers took a swing through Ohio, and inside a matter of mere weeks, the town of Columbus produced the Royal Crescent Mob. “The R.C. Mob,” because they had been affectionately recognized to enthusiasts, was a proper moniker for the reason that they were …

Perry Farrell’s post-Jane’s Craving music group, Porno for Pyros, followed exactly the same route seeing that his previous music group, combining art rock and roll, punk, rock, and funk into a single shrieking whole. On the self-titled 1993 debut, Farrell’s pretensions got beyond control at times, leading to some ridiculously …

Royal Jelly were a short-lived group fronted by Johnny Edwards, who briefly replaced Lou Gramm in Foreigner (singing over the group’s 1991 release, Uncommon High temperature) and, before that, was an associate of famous drummer Carmine Appice’s best-forgotten ’80s glam-metal outfit, Ruler Kobra. After his short tenure in Foreigner, Edwards …

The alterna-funk outfit Phunk Junkeez is really a five-piece (singer Soulman, guitarist Jeff O’Rourke, bassist Jumbo Jim, drummer Disko Danny D, and vocalist/turntable spinner DJ Roachclip), and sounds remarkably much like such current chart toppers 311, Glucose Ray, among others. The music group came jointly in 1991 throughout the Az …

Scatterbrain was created from the remains to be of Ludichrist, when vocalist Tommy Christ and guitarists Glenn Cummings and Paul Nieder got sick and tired of taking part in conventional metallic. They added drummer Mike Boyko and bassist Man Brogna. Scatterbrain’s music is a lot even more wide-ranging than Ludichrist’s; …

San Francisco’s Psychefunkapus was a cross of funk, ska, metallic, rockabilly, and progressive elements led by Jonnie Axtell and Atom Ellis. They released two albums for Atlantic, 1990’s self-titled debut and 1991’s Pores and skin, before disbanding. Axtell continued to try out with Gene Genie and Ellis used Dieselhed through …