Positron: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:55, 16 November 2006

Positron initially started as a band under the name The Naked Conspiracies with the personnel of:

Andrew Turner- guitar, keyboards, vocals, bass, percussion Pete Isgrigg- bass, guitar, vocals, percussion Eric Stuart- guitar, vocals John Hill- drums

The sound was a blend of Juno, Modest Mouse, Karp, and Slayer. Obviously, it didn't catch on with the neighbors and Positron mostly disbanded except for Andrew and Pete, who were roommates at the time.

They played one real show at the BRYCC House with the Rapture, and the lineup at that time was:

Andrew Turner- vocals, guitar, keyboards, samples Pete Isgrigg- bass, guitar, vocals, samples

The set was well-received, especially considering it was originally supposed to be played by the Blue Goat War, the main band of both Positron members at the time... and especially considering they wrote all four songs in about eight hours before the show.

Another impromptu show was played at Twice Told Coffeehouse before it relocated to Buckner. It involved about half an hour of theremin and guitar noise, a few random samples (I believe "Rock You Like A Hurricane" was played as an intro), and one busted Samick amplifier.

Attempts have been made over the past few years to resurrect the short-lived noise rock beast, with little success.

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-Positron initially started as a band under the name The Naked Conspiracies (if you know the Simpsons episode number that references, email me and you may win something) with the personnel of:
+Positron initially started as a band under the name The Naked Conspiracies with the personnel of:
 Andrew Turner- guitar, keyboards, vocals, bass, percussion
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 The set was well-received, especially considering it was originally supposed to be played by the Blue Goat War, the main band of both Positron members at the time... and especially considering they wrote all four songs in about eight hours before the show.
-Through the years, the only constant member of Positron has been Andrew Turner. Various other members have included Will Byerly, Adam Rains, Cory Popp, Brian Leuken, Pete Isgrigg, Dennis Sheridan, Jeff Shelton, and Britt Walford. The sound has always remained basically the same- spacey, droned out, drunken indie rock <i>ala</i> Guided By Voices and Neutral Milk Hotel.
+Another impromptu show was played at Twice Told Coffeehouse before it relocated to Buckner. It involved about half an hour of theremin and guitar noise, a few random samples (I believe "Rock You Like A Hurricane" was played as an intro), and one busted Samick amplifier.
-A few random shows materialized out of different lineups of the Blue Goat War, Starman Jones, Point To The Doll, the Kodan Armada, and a few other bands, but none of them are worth mentioning....
+Attempts have been made over the past few years to resurrect the short-lived noise rock beast, with little success.