The Mr. T Experience

The Mr. T Encounter arrived of the same Berkeley/East Bay Gilman Road punk rock and roll scene that ultimately spawned Green Day time, but they in many cases are overlooked of the annals of this picture, or at least they hardly ever fit prominently in to the punk rock and roll genealogy. The Mr. T Encounter (or MTX for brief) played exactly the same Ramones/Buzzcocks/Descendents-inspired punk-pop for a long time without gaining the industrial achievement of Gilman Road peers Green Time and Rancid. Probably this is due to the understanding that MTX is really a common purveyor of a method that is played multiple instances by multiple rings that preceded them, but that is an unfair view. MTX breathe refreshing existence into punk-pop making use of their goofy pop tradition referrals and catchy melodies. Sure, they’re not really that original, however, many of the greatest bands on the planet have already been totally derivative. Vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Dr. Frank (aka Frank Portman) may be the just original person in the group, produced in the middle-’80s, leading him to jokingly make reference to his group as MTX “Starship.” After launching two albums on obscure brands, MTX agreed upon to Lookout! (the initial house of Green Time), where they continued to be for a long time. After documenting 1992’s Milk Dairy Lemonade, the group split up, and then regroup the next calendar year to record the Weapon Crazy EP and OUR ANATOMIES Our Selves LP. Following this brief amount of activity, they split up again and re-formed being a trio, documenting the …And the ladies Who Love Them EP and two excellent bubblegum-punk albums, Love Is Dead and Revenge Is Special, and are also You. Alcatraz implemented in 1999 as well as the Magic of Pity EP was released a year afterwards. Early 2004 after that brought the discharge of Yesterday Guidelines. Beyond MTX, Dr. Frank released a solo record in 1999 through Lookout! entitled Present Business Is MY ENTIRE LIFE and also released his first book, Ruler Dork, in springtime 2006 to rave evaluations.