MAN or ASTROMAN Is It Man or Astroman RARE DEBUT VINYL Surf Rock Space Punk

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Very Rare Version of
Man or Astro-Man?
Debut Full Length Album
Is It...Man or Astro-Man?

Original Vinyl Pressing in Mint Condition
Not the 2010 Reprint
Super RARE

Only Man or Astro-man? could incorporate NASA samples into their music and make them sound exciting, with their hypnotic surf rock and infatuation with cheesy, low-grade sci-fi flicks.   Review by Glenn Swan: Escapist treats abound from this mysterious, tongue-in-cheek collective from the Southern United States. Man or Astro-man? have an ear for yesterday's sounds of tomorrow, as they decorate their mostly instrumental tracks with obscure sound bytes from out-of-date sci-fi movies and forgotten TV shows. Silly, dangerous, occasionally sloppy, but never boring, their album Is It Man...or Astro-Man? is the answer for everyone running low on laser gun/go-go/surf/spy/cowboy/drag racing/'60s/bullfighter/Mars-invasion/motorbike music. Songs like "Taxidermist Surf," "Invasion of the Dragonmen," and "Journey to the Stars" (originally by the Ventures) gallop along with the energy of a dozen wild stallions headed for Neptune. "Nitrous Burn Out" is a fantastic bit of racetrack romp, liberally mixed with roaring pistons and accident bulletins along the way. This being said, how can you turn your back on musicians that insist on the sheer fun of it all, when bandmates have memorable names like Star Crunch, Dr. Delecto & His Invisible Vaportron, Coco, the Electronic Monkey Wizard, Birdstuff, and Grand Master Useless? It's been said that listeners must see this band in concert in order to get a better sense of their uniqueness. After all, it's just your typical laser gun/go-go/surf/spy/cowboy/drag racing/'60s/bullfighter/Mars-invasion/motorbike music, but in person they are known to be one of the more memorable bands to see, as the floor show packs a Devo-esque punch for anyone interested in space exploration. This would be the soundtrack if Quentin Tarantino directed the old Flash Gordon serials. Isn't that worth a listen?   Label: Estrus Records ?– ES129 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: US Released: 1993 Genre: Rock Style: Surf, Garage Rock, Punk, Rockabilly

Tracklist A1 Taxidermist Surf A2 Invasion Of The Dragonmen A3 Nitrous Burn Out A4 Clean Up On Aisle #9 (Turn Up The Monitors) A5 Journey To The Stars Written-By – Ventures, The A6 Cowboy Playing Dead A7 Illidium Q-36 Bass – Grand Master Useless A8 Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb Bass – Grand Master Useless A9 The Human Calculator B1 Organ Smash Keyboards [Imitation Ivory Ticklin'] – Grand Master Useless B2 Cattle Drive B3 Escape Through The Air Vent B4 Rudy's Lounge B5 Mermaid Love B6 Eric Estrotica B7 Alien Visitors

Credits

• Bass [Alternate Universe], Percussion, Performer [Banana Consumption, Sound Bites Of Lower Primate Love, Hand Held Viewmaster, Vcr Ignition, Bunny Control, Foreign Language Count-offs, And Yelps Of Intense Pain Given To Him, Sometimes As Punishment!] – CoCo, The Electronic Monkey Wizard*
• Bass, Guitar [Sterilized Rhythm Guitar], Performer [Malpractice Suits And The Two-step] – Dr. Deleto & His Invisible Vaportron*
• Cover – Richard Powers, The*
• Cymbal [Hi-hat] – Birdstuff
• Design – Art Chantry
• Featuring [Because He Gets His Name In Everything Else] – John Agar
• Guitar, Performer [Laserguns, Q-tips], Vocals [Rare Obligatory Vocals] – Star Crunch
• Photography By – Scott Harrington (3)
• Producer – Birdstuff, Jim Marrer
• Written-By – Man Or Astro-Man? (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B6)

Notes

Black vinyl. 

Recorded live at Zero Return