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Conceived in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA in 1998, Iran started as the four-track bedroom-recording task of singer and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Aites. Playing a lot of the tools himself and recruiting close friends as required, Aites released Iran’s self-titled debut through Andee Connors’ (A Forest, J Chapel, Ticwar) Tumult label in …

Bill Whitten shaped the brand new York City music group Grand Mal following the dissolution of his previous group, the Connecticut combo St. Johnny, in 1995. While his previous device gloried in Sonic Youth-style fuzz and reviews (with a definite slacker surroundings), Grand Mal was decidedly much less lethargic, glorying …