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Crash Courses

October 26th, 2008 by spiros

Crash Course in Science (CCIS) is an electronic musical group that was formed in 1979. The band members, Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny, met while attending art school in Philadelphia. Choosing toy instruments and live drums out of necessity, CCIS began to experiment with a series of recording devices. Their first single, “Cakes in the Home”, `was a 7″ record that introduced listeners’ to the noisy, humorous, unpredictable world that is Crash Course in Science. It also included the “classic” ‘Kitchen Motors’ as well as ‘Mechanical Breakdown’.‘Following the release of the first record and tour dates, Dale Feliciello, the mastermind of Crash Courses in Sciences’ homemade gear, was hard at work on a new series of, one of a kind instruments that would lead CCIS in a new direction. A darker, more sinister sound evolved with the humor still intact. At this point CCIS was ready to record ‘Signals From Pier Thirteen’ ‘Signals From Pier Thirteen’ was released in the USA and England in 1981. The songs ‘Cardboard Lamb’ and ‘Flying Turns’ quickly became club favorites during the early 80’s. This record has been regarded as influential to the techno industrial genres and was an early inception of what is now known as the ‘electro’ sound.



 
The members of the group are also involved in film and video projects including ’Cardboard Lamb’ and ‘Glamour Pills’, which have been shown on television and nightclubs. Currently at work on a new album, which consists of unreleased material recorded in the early 80’s combined with a few newtracks to formulate an LP being produced again by John Wicks. In 2003 and beyond, the experiment continues with exciting sounds and visions from the world of crash course in science

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