Artist description The Space Cossacks are Washington, DC's premier all-instrumental surf combo!

Music Style Instrumental Rock and Surf

Musical Influences The Shadows, The Atlantics, Dick Dale, The Ventures

Similar Artists The Shadows, The Atlantics, Dick Dale, The Ventures

Artist History After forming in early '96, we had our first show in June of that year. Since then we have played from Boston down to Atlanta, Seattle to Huntington Beach, CA and everywhere in between. Our debut album "Interstellar Stomp" was released on MuSick Recordings, a foremost instrumental rock 'n' roll label, in April of 1998, and quickly garnered much acclaim as one of the top surf/instro albums of the year. Our second album "Tsar Wars" was released in May 2000, once again on MuSick, and this time it is an enhanced CD with a "Tsar Wars" novella by Jamie Miles (with illustrations by Steve Blickenstaff). We believe it picks up right where "Interstellar Stomp" left off, but gets much closer in achieving that Cossack perfection, and we are all really excited about it! If you liked the first one, you're gonna love this one!

Group Members Ivan Pongracic - lead guitar; Catherine Gray - bass; Mark English - rhythm guitar; Doug Hoekstra - drums

Instruments We got a whole lotta Fender goin' on!

Albums Tsar Wars, Interstellar Stomp, Orbital Planetary Strategic Command

Press Reviews "The best new guitar instrumental disc I've heard this year... consistently delivers the goods... an A+ instro disc! " -- COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC;"No sophomore jinx here... what's so amazing, and one of the things that sets the Space Cossacks apart from other bands, is that every song drips with class... they are the best there is, plain and simple... the difference between them and the other excellent bands in the surf scene is the difference between a classic and a good movie - the Space Cossacks are the Casablanca of surf"-- COSMIK DEBRIS;"Tsar Wars reaffirms the Space Cossacks position as one of the top surf-instro groups on the planet... they really stoke the instrumental fires on this master-stroke of reverb and twang... a sure to be classic of surf-instro... the group is rewriting the script for the surf music community to follow... could be the greatest instro album ever made... it just doesn't get better than this."-- MUZIKMAN @ MUSIC DISH; "Worth the wait... Packed with great tunes and playing of quite extraordinary virtuosity... buy yourself a copy now!"-- HANGNINE; "This is a stunning release... the writing and musicianship are excellent, and the unique blend of Russian and Spanish influences with surf and space make this a standalone disc... recommended... four stars."-- PHIL DIRT @ REVERB CENTRAL

Additional Info We also appear on the following compilation albums: Monster Party 2000; Swingin' Creepers! A Tribute to the Ventures; Surf Monsters; Tuberider; Surfin' Senorita; Rock, Don't Run Vol. 3; Hot Rods to Hell, Vol. II; An Evening in Nivram: The Music of The Shadows; Reef Madness!

Location New York, New York - USA

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