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U Totem was shaped by users of two rings: drummer/composer David Kerman’s 5UU’s and bassist/composer Wayne Grigsby’s Engine Totemist Guild. Both of these groups were mixed up in Los Angeles region beginning in the first 1980s. The organizations recorded their personal albums before collaborating around the LPs Components and Shapuno …

The Orange State collective referred to as Electric motor Totemist Guild began in 1984 beneath the leadership of Adam Grigsby. The ramshackle experimental group toured and self-released albums through 1989, when Grigsby and vocalist Emily Hay shaped U Totem. The duo reunited the group in 1997 using a generally extended …