Deth Specula

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Deth Specula is a Santa Cruz "neo-bronto" five-piece rock band. Deth Specula was one of the first ten bands on The Internet Underground Music Archive and used the Internet to broadcast a live music concert from the Cowell Courtyard at the SCO Forum held on the University of California in Santa Cruz on August 23, 1994. This was the first time a live music concert was broadcast over the Internet and the second netcast ever. The first song ever broadcast in a live concert over the Internet was "Internet Band", a Deth Specula parody of the Grand Funk Railroad song "We're An American Band".

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Genre

Deth Specula was a 1990s band with roots in early 1970s hard rock and style drawing on 1980s punk pop. They began as a punk parody band and later developed into "neo-bronto" rock. [1]

Band members

The bassist, Jon Luini is one of the three founders of the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA), a pioneering online music website formed in 1993. [2] [3]

History

Deth Specula formed in 1989 to create a rock video parody of the Sex Pistols song Anarchy in the U.K. called "Anarchy at SCO" for use in the SCO Follies, a company sponsored musical comedy revue produced each year by the employees. [4] Deth Specula continued to make video parodies for the SCO Follies in subsequent years and branched out into playing at local night clubs. [5] [6] On March 9, 1994 CNN used the Deth Specula original "Careening Continental" as the lead in and out for their "Showbiz News" segment on IUMA. [7] On August 23, 1994, the band broadcast a live concert over the Mbone. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] In 1995 they played in the UniForum Battle of the Bands in Dallas, Texas. [14]

Over time Deth Specula became more of an original rock and ballad band than a parody group although they retained their sense of humor as evidenced by originals like "Baboon Liver", "Crop Killer", "Reagan Mask", "Gutterslut", and "Get Even More". [15] [16]

Current status

Deth Specula performed at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz, California on February 2, 2008, for the Bruce Steinberg memorial. It's A Beautiful Day opened for them. [17]

Deth Specula is currently not performing.

Discography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Malcom McCameron (August 23, 1994). "Deth Specula Band Bio". Deth Specula. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
  2. ↑ David Pescovitz (August 30, 1995). "It's All Geek to Them; Digital Communes Find a Social Scene in Computers". Business section, The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION. Los Angeles Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2008. ...27-year-old Jon Luini, who co-founded the hip Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) in 1993 Alt URL
  3. ↑ Maurer, Wendy. "THE DYNAMICS OF MUSIC DISTRIBUTION". Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
  4. ↑ Marino, Steve. "SCO Follies videos on YouTube". YouTube . Retrieved April 21, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 10, 1994" . Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - April 27, 1994" . Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  7. ↑ Boucher, Robert. "IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994)". YouTube . Retrieved April 29, 2008.
  8. ↑ Strauss, Neil, "Rolling Stones Live on Internet: Both a Big Deal and a Little Deal", New York Times, Nov 22, 1994, p. C15.
  9. ↑ Hafner, Katie, "The MBone: Can't You Hear It Knocking", Newsweek, Dec 5, 1994.
  10. ↑ Malcom McCameron (August 23, 1994). "S.F. BAY AREA BAND DETH SPECULA ROCKS THE INTERNET WITH LIVE, COMPUTER NETWORK BROADCAST". Deth Specula. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
  11. ↑ Internet Underground Music Archive (August 23, 1994). "Deth Specula Live at the SCO Forum". Internet Underground Music Archive. Archived from the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
  12. ↑ Jon R. Luini (August 23, 1994). "MediaCast Company Information". MediaCast. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
  13. ↑ Cherie Hu (March 17, 2020). "How Livestreaming Is Bridging the Gap Between Bands and Fans During the Coronavirus Outbreak". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 8, 1995" . Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  15. ↑ Weasels and Cream, Deth Specula audio cassette tape
  16. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - January 25, 1994" . Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  17. ↑ Hunt, Evan (January 24, 2008). "Bruce Steinberg Memorial status reports" . Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  18. ↑ Deth Specula (August 23, 1994). "Deth Specula Compilation Video". Deth Specula. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
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