Music Style Electrostatic Shock Rock

Musical Influences Man...or Astro-Man? The Causey Way, Devo, Servotron, The Ventures, Kraftwerk, Dick Dale, The Surfaris, The Bomboras, The Lampreys

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Artist History Bio Junk: The year was 1963. Three young test pilots volunteered as guinea pigs for a top secret government project code named: H.O.N.K.E.Y The project consisted of two stages. 1: To biologically engineer test subjects to withstand the harsh and otherwise life threatening atmospheres of other planets. 2: Successfully send subjects to the distant, and "terribly mysterious" Planet X. All was going according to plan. The crew was launched in to the dark depths aboard a then technologically superior spacecraft dubbed Andy Asteroid. After months of conducting routine experiments on way to the mysterious planet, something happened that no one could have possibly expected. The small craft was forced into a HIDEOUS VORTEX known as a black hole. "Just when I thought I was gonna implode, it would appear someone opened a screen door on the vortex" Mused resident ranking officer, and guitarist guy, Commander Plectrum. "It turns out there is indeed a light at the end of a black hole" That light turned out to be a time warp, or "worm hole" if you will, that propelled them over thirty years into the future. The crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on June 28th 1999. "It was kind of a horrible situation to be in" Crew member Dr Tim "Calculon" was overheard telling Rolling Stone recently: "No one would even believe a word we said... I mean come on! Just look at our slacks!" So what could this small group of time castaways possibly do? Start a pseudo-surf, electrostatic shock rock band called Andy Asteroid to spread the news of their need to get back into space and regain their lost time? You betcha! "We were really into the surf music scene back in the day. We even had a three piece surf instro band called The Lampreys" Local bum guy g0_bot told us in an interview at a near by In N Out. "So we thought we would be real hep cats and play the music the kids wanted to hear" Unfortunately for them, surf music isn’t exactly the hepist thing going on in the music scene among the youth of America. Commander Plectrum was overheard saying "We tried all kinds of genres that we thought the kiddies would pay us large sums of cash to hear" One venture that was a complete flop was an R&B deal called "Honkeys 'n Harmony" It lasted about five minutes at a bus stop somewhere in Cal City. Thanks to MUZAK, they then realized that the real power was indeed in their instrumental surf music. The music of outer SPACE, the music of Planet X! "We started listening to current bands that we thought may actually be from outer space" Bands such as Man…or Astro-Man?, The Ventures, Devo, Servotron, The Causey Way, Kraftwerk, and the list goes on. They were now ready to take on the various clubs and bars of their new hometown, The Antelope Valley. "Too bad none of them would have anything to do with us" Says Dr Calculon, resident bass/sample/vox/synth operator. The crew then started finding gigs wherever, and whenever they could. One of the more classic/infamous ones being at a Baja Fresh restaurant. Commander Plectrum commented on that fateful night: "Yeah, we got kicked out of that place after four tunes. Apparently the guy who let us play thought we were some-sort of Cha-Cha band. It was kind of a horrible situation to be in" Demoralizing gigs like this did not stop the crew of Andy Asteroid though. Drummer guy g0_bot was heard rambling in a disturbing fashion: "It’s been over three years, and we’re just now gaining a small but loyal group of space cadets. We’ve played plenty of deals where there’s two earth dwellers as the audience, but that hasn’t stopped us. Know you can’t stop us. We won’t be stopped, and we also can’t be stopped. We play at anything, anytime. You can never be too sure where we’ll show up. Heck, we even had a spot as the closing theme to the Herb Nero show!" Dr. Calculon muttered these rather alarming words in an interview last week "We seem to be one of those 'bands' that people like to make up crap about. Recently the rumor has been going around that not only are we unfortunate astronauts lost in time and space, but that we are indeed space aliens in disguise as human life forms, bent on conquering the planet. What? Now we can't even be semi-normal people? All I can say is, DON'T READ THE TABLOIDS! It's foolishness! Don’t believe it! Its just sensationalism! Well, you heard it here first folks! Lock your doors! Hide your poets! Water your pets! The crew of Andy Asteroid is going to be here for a while, and they're not taking any prisoners! Well, ok, actually they are.

Group Members The Crew of Andy Asteroid: Dr. Tim "Calculon" Skyhawk operating: Mainframe computer of sampling, various classical synthesizer units, smoky Farfisa like organ solos (of doom) optional vocal frequency noises, Yamaha cs-01 keytar bass synthesizer unit, theremins, boss sp-202 (aka Senor Sample!) circuit bent children's toys, and hernia inducing Peavey amp. Captain Splack - Bass ???? Commander Plectrum "The Satellite Killer" operating: Fender Strat unit alpha, midnight blue. "Space Cadet" sticker. Inner ear shattering whammy bar madness. Reverb. Turkey quill. Various wacky sounding guitar pedal things. More reverb. One broken Monster Cable. E minor chord. Master of that thing at the end of songs where the guitarist hits one more fast chord in sync with the drummer...you know what I'm talking about! Chris "g0_bot" Skyhawk : half human, half man-machine. All drum crap. Operating: "Rosebud" three ply cardboard drum kit found behind a Food 4 Less. Ride bell. Moonlights as a singer in The Starland Vocal group. One and a half wooden drum sticks. Pilot of AxA transport unit alpha.

Albums Night Wanderer (2000) She Was A Visitor (2001) Honkeys From Space (2003)

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Location quartz hill, ca - USA

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