Crash Course in Science are an American
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...
band. The band was formed in 1979 in
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
by Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny.
They avoided the sounds of conventional instrumentation by using toy instruments and kitchen appliances to augment distorted guitar, drums and synthesised beats. Championed by local radio station
WXPN
WXPN (88.5 FM) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that broadcasts an adult album alternative (AAA) radio format, along with many other format shows ...
DJ Lee Paris they recorded the single "Cakes in the Home" (with the B-side containing "Kitchen Motors" and "Mechanical Breakdown") for his Go Go label (GO GO R001). This was followed by ''Signals from Pier Thirteen'' (Press Records P 2001) in 1981, produced by John Wicks at Third Story Recordings.
[Songwriter's market (1983 edition), Barbara Norton Kuroff, p. 254, ]
In the years following the band's initial break-up, Crash Course in Science's music developed a cult following among
techno
Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...
and
electro musicians, and the band have been cited as an influence on the 2000s
electroclash
Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) ...
scene.
In 2009, they reunited for tours, and in 2011,
Schematic Records
Intelligent dance music (commonly abbreviated as IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s, defined by idiosyncratic experimentation rather than specific genre constraints.''"…the label 'IDM' (for avant-garde, 'intel ...
released a ''Signals from Pier Thirteen'' re-issue, as well as ''Near Marineland'', an album originally recorded by the band in 1981 before being shelved.
In 2017, the band released a new album titled ''Situational Awareness''.
Discography
Albums
* ''Near Marineland'' (2011)
* ''Situational Awareness'' (2017)
EPs
* ''Signals from Pier Thirteen'' (1981)
References
External links
Official website
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Experimental musical groups
Musical groups established in 1979
Musical groups disestablished in 1981
Musical groups reestablished in 2009
Electronic music groups from Pennsylvania
Minimal wave groups