Experiment Zero

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Total Tracks: 15   Total Length: 35:32

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Surfer sci-fi samplers. Their music is what Dick Dale would have done if he wrote the scores for movies like "It Came from Outer Space" or "Martian Beach Madness". You may have heard them before-- they did the theme song to Mystery Theater 3000 (and if you know that somewhat obscure program, you are ready for this band). Always fun (I can't think of them ever doing a ballad), funny, and spazmodically upbeat. Try starting with Test Driver to get the movie sampling, Evil Plans of Planet Spectra for a wild good time.

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