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ATOMIC OPERA
ORIGIN
Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
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GENRE
Thrash Metal
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MEMBERS
Disintegration Fold line-up:
Scott Andreas - Vocals
James Root - Guitars
Bruce Swink - Guitars
Doran Lindsey - Bass
Danny Spain - Drums
The Judgement line-up:
Scott Andreas - Vocals
James Root - Guitars
Michael Curry - Guitars
Doran Lindsey - Bass
Danny Spain - Drums
Original line-up:
Matt Biegger - Vocals
James Root - Guitars
Michael Curry - Guitars
Doran Lindsey - Bass
Danny Spain - Drums
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DISCOGRAPHY
'The Judgement' (Demo) (1990)
- Side A -
01. Coupe De La King
02. Soldier
03. Across The Sea Of Doom
04. The Judgement
- Side B -
01. 11:11 (instrumental)
02. Forever Dark
'Disintegration Fold' (Demo) (1992)
- Side A -
01. Fear
02. 2000 And Die A Space Odyssey
03. Everything Is Nothing
04. Bloodsport
- Side B -
01. Social Intercourse
02. Into The Grave
03. Disintegration Fold
04. Change Of Seasons
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COMMENTS
Not to be confused with the hard rock band of the same name from Houston, Texas.
Atomic Opera started out mainly doing covers, performing songs by Metallica, etc.
In one interview with Matt Biegger of Treblehook, he said that he founded Atomic Opera with Michael Curry.
Matt Biegger was replaced by Scott Andreas on vocals, and Michael Curry was replaced by Bruce Swink on guitar around 1992.
It was once said that because Atomic Opera's music was so complex, that they never recorded. This is untrue, however, as they put out a CD called 'The Judgement' and some of the songs have been available on the internet.
There were only two Atomic Opera albums, one was never really released as they broke up during the recording process. The second one had Bruce (downthesun/Deadfront) and Jim (Slipknot/Deadfront). The vocalist is now in Defiance, a Queensryche/Helstar type band.
Steve Pundzak (Nest Of Snakes) drew the cover for the band's 'The Judgement' release back in 1989-90.
The demo 'Disintegration Fold' is sometimes also known as the self-titled release.
Scott Andreas and Dorian Lindsey (both ex-Atomic Opera) are now in a band called 'Sundogs'.
Author's note: The tracks '2000 And Die A Space Odyssey' and 'Change Of Seasons' on the 'Disintegration Fold' demo have also been seen called '2000 And Die A Space Oddity' and 'Change Of Season', respectively. I'm not entirely sure which of either is correct.
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LINKS
WEBSITES
Disintegration Fold | Atomic Opera | Iowa Basement Tape Archives
The Judgement | Atomic Opera | Iowa Basement Tape Archives
VIDEO
Atomic Opera WITH JIM ROOT of Slipknot VERY RARE 1993 IA
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