Experiment Zero

Experiment Zero
Experiment Zero
Studio album by Man or Astro-man?
Released	1996
Genre	Surf rock, punk rock, electronic rock
Label	Touch and Go Records; One Louder Records
Producer	Steve Albini
Man or Astro-man? chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Experiment Zero is an album by the American band Man or Astro-man?^[3]^[4] It was released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records.^[5]

Production

Produced by Steve Albini, the album was recorded in three days.^[6]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that the band "deploys a manic punk velocity, and sprinkles its music with sine-wave oscillator noises and space-documentary sound bites; otherwise its material is fairly faceless."^[7] The Austin American-Statesman concluded that, as "a celebration of robotic white-guy stiffness, this music has the soul of a Jetsons episode."^[8]

Track listing

"Stereo Phase Test"
"Television Fission"
"DNI"
"Planet Collision"
"Big Trak Attack"
"9 Volt"
"Evil Plans of Planet Spectra"
"Anoxia"
"Maximum Radiation Level"
"King of the Monsters"
"Cyborg Control"
"Test Driver" (Takeshi Terauchi)
"Television Man" (Talking Heads)
"Z-X3"
"Principles Unknown"
"The Space Alphabet" - (Vinyl-only bonus track)

References

^ "Man Or Astroman? Bio". Epitaph Records. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
^ DaRonco, Mike. Experiment Zero at AllMusic
^ "TrouserPress.com :: Man or Astro-Man?". www.trouserpress.com.
^ Wiechman, Lori (15 Nov 1996). "MAN OR ASTROMAN? WHAT (NOT WHO) IS IT?". The Augusta Chronicle. Applause. p. 3.
^ DiBlasi, Alex; Willis, Victoria (August 14, 2014). Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442229761 – via Google Books.
^ Sperounes, Sandra (3 Nov 1999). "Aliens land in Edmonton!: Man or Astro-Man? actually manipulated by computer program". Edmonton Journal. p. C4.
^ Ratliff, Ben (16 Sep 1996). "Scrappy Surfers Cavort In Space Age Outfits". The New York Times. p. C12.
^ Wolfinsohn, Deborah J. (7 May 1996). "MAN OR ASTROMAN? 'EXPERIMENT ZERO'". Austin American-Statesman. p. E8.

[1] "Man Or Astroman? Bio". Epitaph Records. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

[2] DaRonco, Mike. Experiment Zero at AllMusic

[3] "TrouserPress.com :: Man or Astro-Man?". www.trouserpress.com.

[4] Wiechman, Lori (15 Nov 1996). "MAN OR ASTROMAN? WHAT (NOT WHO) IS IT?". The Augusta Chronicle. Applause. p. 3.

[5] DiBlasi, Alex; Willis, Victoria (August 14, 2014). Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442229761 – via Google Books.

[6] Sperounes, Sandra (3 Nov 1999). "Aliens land in Edmonton!: Man or Astro-Man? actually manipulated by computer program". Edmonton Journal. p. C4.

[7] Ratliff, Ben (16 Sep 1996). "Scrappy Surfers Cavort In Space Age Outfits". The New York Times. p. C12.

[8] Wolfinsohn, Deborah J. (7 May 1996). "MAN OR ASTROMAN? 'EXPERIMENT ZERO'". Austin American-Statesman. p. E8.

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v t e Man or Astro-man?
Brian Teasley Brian Causey Robert del Bueno
Studio albums	Is It ... Man or Astroman? (1993) Project Infinity (1995) Experiment Zero (1996) Made from Technetium (1997) EEVIAC Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices (1999) A Spectrum of Infinite Scale (2000) A Spectrum of Finite Scale (2001)
Compilation albums	Destroy All Astromen! (1994) What Remains Inside a Black Hole (1996) Intravenous Television Continuum (1996) Beyond the Black Hole (2001)
Live albums	Live Transmissions from Uranus (1995)
Split albums	Cheap Sweaty Fun & TJ's Xmas (1994)
EPs	Amazing Thrills! in 3-Dimension (1993) Supersonic Toothbrush Helmet (1993) Captain Holojoy's Space Diner (1993) Mission into Chaos! (1993) Man or Astro-man? vs. Europa (1993) Astro Launch (1994) The Brains of the Cosmos (1994) Your Weight on the Moon (1994) Inside the Head of... Mr. Atom (1994) Return to Chaos (1995) Man or Astro-man? in Orbit (1995) Postphonic Star Exploration (1995) Needles in the Cosmic Haystack (1995) World Out of Mind! (1995) Welcome to the Sonic Space Age (1995) Deluxe Men in Space (1996) The Sounds of Tomorrow (1996) UFO's and the Men Who Fly Them! (1996) 1000x (1997) Inside the Head of John Peel (1997)