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Behold… The Arctopus
Behold… The Arctopus is an American avant-garde metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 2001. History Behold The Arctopus was formed by Colin Marston and Mike Lerner, who had been playing guitar together for over a year-and-a-half by the time they found a drummer. Their demo ''We Need a Drummer'' (on which a drum machine was used) was picked up by drummer Charlie Zeleny. Zeleny met Lerner and Marston and impressed the duo. He was immediately asked to join the band. After releasing two EPs and a split, Behold The Arctopus released their first full-length, entitled '' Skullgrid'', on October 16, 2007. The band went on tour with Genghis Tron and The Dillinger Escape Plan to support the album, but it was cut short by an injury of one of the members of The Dillinger Escape Plan. To help them recoup financial losses from that tour, Between the Buried and Me took the band on tour, supported by August Burns Red. On December 30, 2008, drummer Charlie Zeleny posted a stateme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death By Audio
Death By Audio was a warehouse space on the first floor of an industrial building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The warehouse took its name from the boutique effects pedal company, Death By Audio, based in the space. The warehouse operated primarily as a work space for artists and musicians, but also functioned as a recording studio, effects pedal factory, as well as an art and music venue, which received generally positive reviews from critics. Starting in the spring of 2007 part of the space had been used as a venue for underground music and art events. Artists such as Ty Segall, Dirty Projectors, Growing, Tony Conrad, Thurston Moore, R. Stevie Moore, Thee Oh Sees, Zach Hill, Paint It Black, Future Islands, Black Pus, Pissed Jeans, JEFF the Brotherhood, Hammerhead, Frank Sidebottom, Guerilla Toss, Future Islands, and Dan Deacon have performed at Death By Audio. The venue was run by Jason Amos and Matt Conboy. In 2007, the collective started Death B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
