Unextraordinary Gentlemen | |
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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]
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]
In short they could be the best band that you've yet to hear.