The Atomic Numbers

Detroit-area rockers the Atomic Quantities shaped in 1997 around vocalist and songwriter Tim McHugh, whose singing and careful songwriting was described by Billboard Newspaper seeing that “almost unbearably smart.” Another three associates of the energy pop act surfaced from several well-known Michigan rock serves (the Hannibals, the Lollipop Guild, India Green) you need to include drummer Matt Aljian, guitarist Zach Shipps, and bassist Jeff Hupp. Their early background found them executing the Midwest membership circuit and starting for works like Juliana Hatfield, Super Furry Pets, the B-52s, and Stereophonics. The band’s 1998 EP Traveling Machine bent the hearing of Verve Tube frontman Brian Vander Ark; he contacted them about performing a release by himself Sid Flips label. The Vander Ark-produced full-length Electromotive implemented in 2000.