Search - Man Or Astroman :: IV TV Continuum

Combining the sun-loving sounds of surfing with an unhealthy addiction to the detritus of American pop culture--sleazy horror movies, junk food, and muscle cars--Alabama's Man or Astroman? come up winners with this collection. If you close your mind's eye to their onstage NASA costumes, Ed Wood sound bites, and comical names (Birdstuff, Star Crunch, Captain Zeno, and CoCo the Electronic Monkey Wizard), there lurks a first-rate '90s surf band. Not as hooked on the reverb pedal as their '60s idols, Man or Astroman? freely insert broad-stroked power riffs that owe more to the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones and '90s bad boys the Melvins than to Dick Dale. Then they ride 'em out like a 30-footer full of floaters. --Jud Cost