Neptune | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Neptune_Band.jpg) Current band lineup. Photo by Lindsay Metivier, 2008. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Noise rock, Avant-garde, Industrial, No wave, Experimental, Electronic, Improvisation |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Table of the Elements, Northern Spy Records, Wrong Way Archival Bureau, Magnetism Crafts, Golden Lab, 100% Breakfast, Mister Records, Hiddenbirdhouse, Distile, Archenemy Record Company |
| Members | Jason Sidney Sanford Mark William Pearson Daniel Paul Boucher |
| Past members | Gregory Kenney Douglas Last Darryl Blood Carl Wieting Jessica Rylan Malcolm Felder Adrianne Jorge Adam Scotto Christopher Huggins Joel Hamburger Justin Kaiden John Douglas Manson Mary Staubitz Kenneth Wagner Linnehan Farhad Ebrihimi Kevin Emil Micka Martina Rossi Jesse Gallagher Justin Earl Kipp David Gerhard Utzinger Regina Greene |
| Website | neptune-band |
Neptune is an experimental / industrial noise rock band originally hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout its 30 year history, the band has largely operated as a collective, not only by employing a rotating membership, but also often collaborating with other musicians and artists both live and on record. They are noted for having built their custom-made instruments out of scrap steel and other found-object and recycled materials. The instruments themselves can be heavy and foreboding "self-made from antiquated machines and scrap metal, forged at extreme angles like props from a German expressionist film."[1] A reviewer once said of the band: "Neptune really do accurately approximate in their music the tragic and violent desolation of the auto graveyards from which they draw their raw materials."[2] While another wrote: "Neptune’s closest comparison could only be themselves."[3]
- ^ Crock, Jason. "Neptune - Gone Lake review". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ^ Tangari, Joe. "Intimate Lightning Review". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 20, 2004.
- ^ Stas, Ben (7 July 2023). "Neptune Played The Midway - 6/24". Noise Floor. Yardhawk. Retrieved July 7, 2023.