Man or Astro-man?

Man or Astro-man?
Paese d'origine	Stati Uniti
Genere	Surf music Space rock New wave
Periodo di attività musicale	1993 – in attività
Etichetta	Touch & Go Records Estrus Records
Album pubblicati	12
Studio	8
Live	1
Raccolte	3
Sito ufficiale

I Man or Astro-man? sono una surf rock band originaria di Auburn, Alabama. La peculiarità principale di questa band è quella di combinare la musica surf con elementi tipici della fantascienza.

È largamente diffusa la credenza che il gruppo si sia ispirato per il proprio nome alla tag-line IS HE MAN OR ASTRO-MAN? del film giapponese del 1960 The Human Vapor (il titolo del loro primo album, Is It ... Man or Astroman?, infatti richiama apparentemente questa tag-line).

Discografia

Album studio

• 1993 - Is It ... Man or Astroman?
• 1995 - Project Infinity
• 1996 - Experiment Zero
• 1997 - Made from Technetium
• 1999 - EEVIAC Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices
• 2000 - A Spectrum of Infinite Scale
• 2001 - A Spectrum of Finite Scale
• 2013 - Defcon 5...4...3...2...1

Live

• 1995 - Live Transmissions from Uranus

Ep e singoli

• 1992 - Possession by Remote Control 7" (Homo Habilis records)
• 1993 - Supersonic Toothbrush Helmet 7" (Lance Rock Records)
• 1993 - Amazing Thrills! in 3-Dimension 7" (Estrus Records)
• 1993 - Captain Holojoy's Space Diner 7" (Lucky Records)
• 1993 - Mission into Chaos! 7" (One Louder Records)
• 1993 - Man or Astro-man? vs. Europa 7" (Homo Habilis Records)
• 1994 - Astro Launch 7" (Estrus Records)
• 1994 - The Brains of the Cosmos 7" (Demolition Derby Records)
• 1994 - Inside the Head of... Mr. Atom 7" (Estrus Records)
• 1994 - Creature Feature flexi 7" with Monster Magazine No. 4/Highball Magazine No. 2 (Kronophonic Records)
• 1994 - Your Weight on the Moon 10"/CD EP (One Louder Records)
• 1995 - Return to Chaos 7" (Homo Habilis and One Louder)
• 1995 - Man or Astro-man? in Orbit 7" (Shake It Records)
• 1995 - Postphonic Star Exploration 5" (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• 1995 - Needles in the Cosmic Haystack 7" (East Side Records)
• 1995 - World Out of Mind! 7" (Estrus Records)
• 1995 - Espanto del Futuro 7" (Fear and Loathin Records)
• 1995 - Welcome to the Sonic Space Age 7" (Clawfist Records)
• 1996Deluxe Men in Space 7"/CDS (Touch & Go Records and One Louder)
• 1996 - The Sounds of Tomorrow 7" (Estrus Records)
• 1996 - UFO's and the Men Who Fly Them! 7" (Drug Racer Records)
• 1997 - 1000x 10"/CD EP (Touch & Go Records and One Louder)
• 1997 - Inside the Head of John Peel Bootleg 2x7" (Astro-Fonic Records)
• 1998 - Ex Machina 7" (Touch & Go Records)
• 1998 - Cuts and Volts/Draining Their Batteries
• 2010 - Earth Station Radio/Updated Theme From Supercar 7" with first 300 copies of the book "Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-inch Records from the USA" (Soundscreen Design)
• 2012 - Analog Series Vol. 1 7" Clear (limited edition first 200 copies), orange (limited edition Chunklet exclusive), red (first repress), gold (second repress) or black Vinyl (Chunklet Magazine web site)
• 2012 - Analog Series Vol. 2 7" Clear (limited edition first 200 copies), green (limited edition Chunklet exclusive), red (first repress) or black Vinyl (Chunklet Magazine web site)
• 2013 - Analog Series Vol. 3 7" Clear (limited edition first 200 copies), purple (limited edition Chunklet exclusive) or black Vinyl (Chunklet Magazine web site)

Compilation

• 1994 - Destroy All Astromen!
• 1996 - What Remains Inside a Black Hole
• 1996 - Intravenous Television Continuum
• 2001 - Beyond the Black Hole

Altri progetti

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Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su astroman.com.
• Man or Astro-man?, su Last.fm, CBS Interactive.
• (EN) Man or Astro-man?, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) Man or Astro-man?, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Man or Astro-man?, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• Pagina ufficiale su Myspace, su myspace.com.