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

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References

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  2. ↑ David Pescovitz (1995-08-30). "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 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2008-04-21. ...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 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. ↑ Marino, Steve. "SCO Follies videos on YouTube". YouTube . Retrieved 2008-04-21.
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  6. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - April 27, 1994" . Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  7. ↑ Boucher, Robert. "IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994)". YouTube . Retrieved 2008-04-29.
  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 (1994-08-23). "S.F. BAY AREA BAND DETH SPECULA ROCKS THE INTERNET WITH LIVE, COMPUTER NETWORK BROADCAST". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  11. ↑ Internet Underground Music Archive (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Live at the SCO Forum". Internet Underground Music Archive. Archived from the original on 1999-02-02. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  12. ↑ Jon R. Luini (1994-08-23). "MediaCast Company Information". MediaCast (http://www.mediacast.com). Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  13. ↑ Cherie Hu (2020-03-17). "How Livestreaming Is Bridging the Gap Between Bands and Fans During the Coronavirus Outbreak". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  14. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 8, 1995" . Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  15. ↑ Weasels and Cream, Deth Specula audio cassette tape
  16. ↑ "Deth Specula Fanline - January 25, 1994" . Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  17. ↑ Hunt, Evan (2008-01-24). "Bruce Steinberg Memorial status reports" . Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  18. ↑ Deth Specula (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Compilation Video". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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