Surplus 1980 Oakland, California
Masterminded by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's Moe Staiano, Surplus 1980 is a whip-smart musical collective from Oakland, CA. Taking cues from the angular punk bands of the 1980s, Surplus 1980 fuses a fierce, muscular attack with experimental out-jazz and couples that with Staiano's playful lyrics, updating the angular rhythms of post-punk's old guard to a modern-day soundtrack of uneasy listening. ... more
Surplus 1980 recommends:
Pigeon Obstacle Course
by Surplus 1980
It's our third album, and it's groovy!
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This is Surplus 1980 guitarist Bill Wolter's amazing band, check it out!
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Everything You Said Was Wrong
by Grex
Oakland's GREX is an amazing duo of Karl Evangelista & Rei Scampavia. Highly recommended!
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