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Following the demise of Savage Republic, guitarist Bruce Licher formed Scenic, which creates similar moody (and occasionally doomy) guitar-dominated instrumentals with strong Middle-Eastern influences. Unlike Savage Republic, nevertheless, Scenic — a trio which also contains Brock Wirtz on drums and Wayne Brenner, previously of Shiva Burlesque, on bass — takes …

A robust and graceful music group that was as well post-punk to become folk-rock and as well folk-rock to become post-punk, Shiva Burlesque began like a partnership between vocalist Jeff Clark and guitarist Give Lee Phillips. Both had previously performed collectively in Clark’s music group, the Tom Males, in north …