neptune
brok 'n' roll (usa)
Neptune's origins trace to 1994 as a student art project by sculptor/musician Jason Sanford, who, in order to create a new music medium while simultaneously destroying the posture of five young men, forged heavy, menacing-looking guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings and miscellaneous scrap metal found in the trash.
Neptune was assembled to showcase these Harry-Parch-goes-to-Thunderdome contraptions in the winter of the same year and has evolved into a full time band that has traversed the US and Europe, reaching as far as Croatia and Flagstaff, Arizona.
The early guitars were haphazard and untunable, resulting in the atonal garage clamor of the early recordings. With several different members and collaborators over the years, the music has evolved with the instruments blending the traditional sounds of Rock & Roll with what sounds like mistake day at the ball bearing factory.
The current three-piece lineup relies as heavily on home-made electronics as it does it's signature scrap metal instruments. With less guys and more gear, Neptune rocks like The Fall, clangs like Neubauten and drones like Faust with improvised and not-so-improvised songs that you can almost dance to.
Jason Sanford: baritone guitar, oscillator organ, electric thumb piano, bass, small electric spring, vocals
Mark Pearson: baritone guitar, 4 string slide, bass, oscillators, large electric spring, percussion, vocals
Daniel Boucher: drums, electric floor tom, telegraph noise box, bass dulcimer, contact mics, vocals
