Deth Specula Explained

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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deth Specula Band Bio. 2008-03-30 . Malcom McCameron. 1994-08-23. Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com).
  2. News: David Pescovitz. David Pescovitz. 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. 1. 1995-08-30. 2008-04-21. ...27-year-old Jon Luini, who co-founded the hip Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) in 1993. https://web.archive.org/web/20120725091900/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21431045.html?dids=21431045:21431045&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+30%2C+1995&author=DAVID+PESCOVITZ&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=The+Cutting+Edge%3A+COMPUTING+%2F+TECHNOLOGY+%2F+INNOVATION%3B+It%27s+All+Geek+to+Them%3B+Digital+Communes+Find+a+Social+Scene+in+Computers. 2012-07-25. Alt URL
  3. Web site: Maurer . Wendy . THE DYNAMICS OF MUSIC DISTRIBUTION . 2008-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080429000447/http://www.chime.com/about/press/iris_online-9501.shtml . 2008-04-29 . dead .
  4. Web site: Marino . Steve . SCO Follies videos on YouTube . . 2008-04-21 .
  5. Web site: Deth Specula Fanline - March 10, 1994 . 2008-04-22 .
  6. Web site: Deth Specula Fanline - April 27, 1994 . 2008-04-22 .
  7. Web site: Boucher . Robert . IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994) . . 2008-04-29 .
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/22/arts/rolling-stones-live-on-internet-both-a-big-deal-and-a-little-deal.html&scp=1&sq=deth+specula&st=nyt Strauss, Neil, "Rolling Stones Live on Internet: Both a Big Deal and a Little Deal", New York Times, Nov 22, 1994, p. C15.
  9. http://www.newsweek.com/id/112498?tid=relatedcl Hafner, Katie, "The MBone: Can't You Hear It Knocking", Newsweek, Dec 5, 1994.
  10. Web site: S.F. BAY AREA BAND DETH SPECULA ROCKS THE INTERNET WITH LIVE, COMPUTER NETWORK BROADCAST. 2008-03-30 . Malcom McCameron. 1994-08-23. Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com).
  11. Web site: Deth Specula Live at the SCO Forum. 2008-04-19 . Internet Underground Music Archive . Internet Underground Music Archive . 1994-08-23. Internet Underground Music Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/19990202093957/http://www.iuma.com/deth-mbone/. 1999-02-02.
  12. Web site: MediaCast Company Information. 2008-03-30 . Jon R. Luini. 1994-08-23. MediaCast (http://www.mediacast.com).
  13. Web site: How Livestreaming Is Bridging the Gap Between Bands and Fans During the Coronavirus Outbreak. 2020-07-24. Cherie Hu. 2020-03-17. Pitchfork.
  14. Web site: Deth Specula Fanline - March 8, 1995 . 2008-04-22 .
  15. Weasels and Cream, Deth Specula audio cassette tape
  16. Web site: Deth Specula Fanline - January 25, 1994 . 2008-04-22 .
  17. Web site: Bruce Steinberg Memorial status reports. Hunt. Evan. 2008-01-24. 2008-04-23.
  18. Web site: Deth Specula Compilation Video. 2009-08-29. Deth Specula. 1994-08-23. Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com).

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