Unextraordinary Gentlemen | |
|---|---|
 From top to bottom: Richard "Professor Mangrove" Pilawski, Jennifer "J. Frances" Pomerantz, Eric "Malcom" Schreeck | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2007-current |
| Members | Eric "Malcom" Schreeck Richard "Professor Mangrove" Pilawski Jennifer "J. Frances" Pomerantz |
| Website | Official website |
Unextraordinary Gentlemen (UXG) is a musical project formed in Los Angeles in 2005 by bassist/keyboardist Richard Pilawski (previously with the surf punk band Sex with Lurch) & vocalist/lyricist Eric Schreeck to "...explore our love for post-punk, synth-pop, industrial & experimental music combined with the literary genre of Victorian fantasy." The project went public in early 2007, joined by Jennifer Pomerantz (of Demonika & The Darklings) on violin. The band's name is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
UXG has been called one of the "foremost of the musical assets of... steampunk"[1] and has been interviewed by or featured in several genre and local scene publications.[2][3] Their first CD, 5 Tales from God-Only-Knows received positive reviews from several sources,[4][5] most notably ReGen magazine,[6] Mick Mercer[7] and Sepiachord.[8] Mick Mercer called their second release, No Hands To Guide Us, "most impressive".[9] In December 2011, the 2010 version of their song, "Open Arms, Empty Air" was a Track of the Week on the UK review site, "Keep Pop Loud".[10]
- ^ theladyofshalott (Jan 3, 2009). "Myspace Steampunk resource connections". Steampunk Underground. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
For the foremost of the musical assets of our steampunk realm, there are... The Unextraordinary Gentlemen with their cool, yet minimalistic postpunk-like tones.
[dead link] - ^ "An Interview with The Unextraordinary Gentlemen". Sepiachord. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ Other interviews with UXG:
- Mick Mercer (2008). "Interview from The Mick #42 (interview starts on page 69)". MickMercer.com.
- Lynda Dale MacLean (14 April 2008). "Interview- Unextraordinary Gentleman". Grave Concerns E-Zine. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
- Kim Lakin-Smith (2008-06-20). "Pump Up The Volume: The Sound of Steampunk". Matrix Online : the news and media magazine of the British Science Fiction Association. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20.
- theladyofshalott (2009-01-25). "Beating the heart of steampunk through music: an Unextraordinary Gentlemen interview". Steampunk Underground Magazine.
- Victoria Lane (March 4, 2009). "Unextraordinary Gentlemen". Los Angeles Metblogs. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- Liz Ohanesian (Sep 18, 2009). "Interview: Unextraordinary Gentlemen Play an Evening of Steampunkery Sunday Night". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- Chris Garcia (November 2009). "Interview - The Unextraordinary Gentlemen" (PDF). Exhibition Hall Steampunk Fanzine, Issue 3. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ^ DJ Delicti (Jul 25, 2008). "Unextraordinary Gentlemen: 5 Tales from God-Only-Knows". Midnight Calling EZine.
- ^ Joshua Pfeiffer. "Unextraordinary Gentlemen: 5 Tales from God-Only-Knows EP (2007)". post-punk.com.
- ^ Amy Mauk (February 1, 2008). "Unextraordinary Gentlemen: 5 Tales from God-Only-Knows". ReGen magazine.
- ^ Mick Mercer (January 8, 2008). "Unextraordinary Gentlemen: 5 Tales from God-Only-Knows". LiveJournal. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Unextraordinary Gentlemen: 5 Tales from God-Only-Knows CD". Sepiachord. January 16, 2008.
- ^ Mick Mercer (March 26, 2009). "Unextraordinary Gentlemen: No Hands To Guide Us". LiveJournal. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012.
- ^ "Track of the Week: Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Open Arms, Empty Air (2011 Version)". 26 December 2011.
In short they could be the best band that you've yet to hear.