Is It ... Man or Astro-man?

by Man or Astro-man?

Type: Album
Released: 1993
Label: Estrus
Country: United States
Length: 35:31
Community rating: 3.62/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album 'Is It ... Man or Astro-man?' establishes the group's foundational sound, a high-velocity blend of 1960s surf and garage rock with a thematic focus on B-movie science fiction. Propelled by frenetic guitar work and a tight rhythm section, the largely instrumental tracks are densely layered with dialogue samples and sound effects from vintage sci-fi films, cementing the band's distinct, campy, and extraterrestrial-themed identity from their very first transmission.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, instrumental, sci-fi, retro-futuristic, short-form, reverb-heavy, fast

Tracklist

Credits

Brian Causey - lead guitar, items, vocals (mermaid love), guitar, laserguns, q-tips and rare obligatory vocals, backing vocals
Jeff Goodwin - bass guitar, rhythm guitar, items, bass, sterilized rhythm guitar, malpractice suits, and the two-step
Robert Del Bueno - bass guitar, percussion, items, sound effects, alternate universe bass, banana consumption, sound bites of lower primate love, hand held view master, vcr ignition, bunny control, foreign language count-offs, and yelps of intense pain given to him, sometimes in punishment
Brian Teasley - drums, hi-hat, producer
Dave Strength - keyboards (organ smash), bass (sadie hawkins atomic bomb, illidium q-36), imitation ivory ticklin' on organ smash
Richard Powers - cover art
John Agar - credited "because his name is in everything else"
Jim Marrer - producer
Art Chantry - design