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Upon their formation in 1994, Jessica Nelson (vocals/keyboards), Cole Wheeler (bass), Wanz Dover (guitar/programming), Eric Hermeyer (guitar), and Mike Throneberry (drums) would be otherwise known as Mazinga Phaser in their native of Denton, TX. Playing out a thick but melodic hybrid of psychedelia and space rock, the band would capture this sound on their first full-length, Cruising the Neon Glories of the New American Night, through Aether Records in 1996. Not too long after relocating to Fort Worth, TX, Idol Records eventually put out their second album, Abandinallhope, in 1997 and the follow-up EP, Counting Breaths, two years later. But after their third album, Dissatisfied Customers of Hallucination, in 2000, Mazinga Phaser called it a day with Dover moving on with Falcon Project.
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Mazinga Phaser was a psychedelic Space Rock group from Denton, Texas active during the latter half of the 1990s. The band's founder, Mwanza "Wanz" Dover also formed The Falcon Project before forming a new line-up of the band as Mazinga Phaser II.
History
Formed in 1993, the initial line-up was Jessica Nelson (vocals/keyboards), Cole Wheeler (bass), Mwanza "Wanz" Dover (guitar/programming), Eric Hermeyer (guitar), and Travis Williams (drums).Mike Throneberry later replaced Travis Williams on drums. The group's debut album, Cruising in the Neon Glories of the New American Night was released in 1996 on Aether Records. The band relocated to Fort Worth, and signed to Idol Records who issued the group's second album, Abandinallhope, in late 1997, followed by the Counting Breaths EP two years later. Dover left to form The Falcon Project, with the rest of the band carrying on for a third album, Dissatisfied Customers of Hallucination, in 2000, after which they split up. The band's "Dream of Lost Rivers" was used in David Gordon Green's 2001 film George Washington.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the band's first gig in 1994, Dover formed a new line-up of the group in 2004, dubbed 'Mazinga Phaser II'.
