Artist description Quirky Electro-Punk Rock!!! Gonken is bringing Punk Rock to the DJ culture! One man, doing all he can, to bring you you phat beats, and bust out the jams.(He's funnier than Alec Empire, and more punk rock than Beck!)Forget everything you thought you knew about techno or punk...this is the future of procrastination, embrace it or hate it.

Music Style Quirky Electro-Punk Rock

Musical Influences Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Moby, Bloodhound Gang, Mindless Self Indulgence, Tenacious D, Mr. Bungle, Beastie Boys, Crystal Method, Big Dumb Face, Self, Aphex Twin, Atom & His Package, Weezer, Jimmy Fallon, Devo, and Atari teenage Riot

Similar Artists My music has been compared to the likes of Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Aphex Twin, Atom & His Package, Ween, Beastie Boys, Mogwai, The Residents, and Big Dumb Face

Artist History Starting out as the guitar player for teen pop sensation, Menudo, Jason Chamberlain was forced to quit after his addiction to Pez began to tear he and his bandmates apart. After leaving Menudo, Jason traveled the world in search of new bandmates, coming up empty handed. Frustrated by lack of bandmates, JaSoN moved to Seattle where he studied the ancient art of sound manipulation. It was here that he learned about his xenological origin by becoming one with a super computer, fusing mind and matter with technology, creating a man-machine hybrid. This hybrid creature known as Gonken has begun its reign on the music industry.

Group Members JaSoN Chamberlain aka DJ Pez aka Sid Lucious

Instruments Guitars, keyboards, Korg X5DR Synth, samples, FX, vocals, computer, noize, and Acid

Albums Music For The Hearing Impaired, Self Pleasurevation, Farewell to Sanity(EP)

Press Reviews "A 23rd century garage band playing ancient punk rock."-Disdain of Mind "This is the work of one, Jason Chamberlain, man-machine hybrid. The quirkey electro-punk music takes you on an experimental journey through beautiful electronic soundscapes combined with acoustic guitar and a unique vocal style. This was very enjoyable to wake up to. I suggest "The Unknown". Very good work."-J.K. "Hands down, your stuff rules! Gonken or Monkey Knife Fight are the band of the future! So, keep pumping out jams!"-The Happy Lawn Gnomes;"You are so fertile:-))." - Arthur Maximenko;"Just got done streaming all your songs.....wanted to say that I was left incomplete AWE!!.......all I could think about the whole time listening was "whyam I not working with this person right now?!"......" -Angelcrush;"Your songs are unreal. I cant get over Evil Awakening, I think with yourmaterial you should be aiming higher then mp3.com :)." -Lindi Heart

Additional Info Support Gonken and buy the new CD, Self Pleasurevation, today.

Location Seattle, Washington - USA

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