Deth Specula
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".
Genre
[edit]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
[edit]- Tim Ruckle / Timmy Rotarian - Lead vocals
- Kameran Kashani / Malcom McCameron - Lead guitar
- Marty Stevens / Kozmo - Rhythm guitar and vocals
- Jon Luini / yam - Bass and vocals
- Robert Boucher / rAsTRo! - Drums and percussion
- Eric Davis / Sharky - Engineer
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Weasels and Cream - an 8-song cassette
- A 3-song demo tape
- The Deth Specula Compilation Video[18] - music videos including "Anarchy at SCO", a parody of the Sex Pistols song "Anarchy in the U.K."
See also
[edit]- Santa Cruz Operation
- Multicast backbone (Mbone)
- Internet Underground Music Archive
- Severe Tire Damage (band)
References
[edit]- ^ Malcom McCameron (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Band Bio". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ 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 - ^ Maurer, Wendy. "THE DYNAMICS OF MUSIC DISTRIBUTION". Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ Marino, Steve. "SCO Follies videos on YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 10, 1994". Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - April 27, 1994". Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Boucher, Robert. "IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994)". YouTube. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ Strauss, Neil, "Rolling Stones Live on Internet: Both a Big Deal and a Little Deal", New York Times, Nov 22, 1994, p. C15.
- ^ Hafner, Katie, "The MBone: Can't You Hear It Knocking", Newsweek, Dec 5, 1994.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jon R. Luini (1994-08-23). "MediaCast Company Information". MediaCast (http://www.mediacast.com). Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ Cherie Hu (2020-03-17). "How Livestreaming Is Bridging the Gap Between Bands and Fans During the Coronavirus Outbreak". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 8, 1995". Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Weasels and Cream, Deth Specula audio cassette tape
- ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - January 25, 1994". Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Hunt, Evan (2008-01-24). "Bruce Steinberg Memorial status reports". Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ Deth Specula (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Compilation Video". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). Retrieved 2009-08-29.