A deep dive into the history and music of Brainiac, the nineties group who perfected a combination of punk's buzzsaw attack and New Wave's angularities. Includes interviews with family members and all current and former band members.
Days before flying to New York City to ink a major-label deal that might have propelled his band Brainiac to stardom, front man Tim Taylor was killed in a car crash. But that's only the beginning of the story. Rooted in the musical community and history of their native Rust Belt home, Dayton, Ohio, Brainiac left its punk and New Wave brand of indie rock on musicians ranging from Beck to the Mars Volta. Now, more than twenty-five years after the release of its swan song EP, Brainiac-called "the great lost band of the 90s" by Variety-has reunited, finding newfound fame, a celebrity-laced documentary, live shows, and a sense of closure.
Justin Vellucci started writing about independent music in 2001. A staff writer at PopMatters and Spectrum Culture, he's also written for Punk Planet, Delusions of Adequacy and Gannettโs Jetty. He lives with his wife and two children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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