Music Style Electronic Instrumental Noise-Pop

Musical Influences Godflesh, Pulp, My Bloody Valentine, Saint Etienne, Primal Scream, The Velvet Underground, Merzbow, etc.

Artist History Former guitarist who eventually figured out I lack both the talent & interpersonal skills to function as part of a band, so Disco Down was begun in December 1998. Spent 1999 trying to figure out just what the hell I was trying to do. Early 2000: production of the first Disco Down CD, "Positive Annihilation." . Late-2000-2002: Various abortive attempts to put together new Disco Down material, the least worst bits of which will be made available sometime in the near future.

Group Members Eric D. Martens: laptop, occasional guitar, keyboards, percussion, &c.

Instruments Toshiba Satellite 2100 CDT laptop; AudioMulch; Acid Music 1.0; GoldWave; Casio CTK-573 keyboard; Soundesign bookshelf stereo; Realistic Concertmate-300 Electronic Musical Instrument; TalkBoy; Kick-ass wine-red mid-70's Gibson SG I got for like $250; Acoustic guitar; Coke cans; 5'-long cardboard tubes; Stuff like that

Press Reviews "Reminds me of an art student who takes a pretty piece of pottery and smashes the hell out of it with a sledge hammer and says the pieces of pottery flying through the air have an artistic edge so it's art."Sal @ Raw 42Full review: http://www.ward42.com/raw/reviews/disco_down.html "CLEAN UP YOUR language. i WAS about to download your music, then discovering [sic] you have no problem using the F word. Accept Christ, and I may come back. Enter your message to the artist here.[sic]" Anon. (via e-mail)

Additional Info Obviously, all sounds/words/crappy visuals © 1999-2001 Eric D. Martens/Disco Down.

Location Irmo, SC - USA

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