"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Man Or Astro-Man is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Man Or Astro-Man concert reviews describe live shows and performances as psychedelic.
ON TOUR
O2 Academy Islington, London, United Kingdom (October 29); Penelope, Benidorm, Spain (October 31)
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, United States (1992 - present)
Bio
Man or Astro-Man?-ostensibly four stranded space aliens who took the guise of college students. With their unique blending of punk, electronica and surf music performed with a large amount of energy in visually exciting live shows they quickly gained an audience.
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Critic Concert Reviews
Spectrum Culture (USA)
May 18, 2023
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“It’s been a minute,” Man or Astro-Man? bassist Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard told an excited Midwest crowd, right before ripping into another crazily loud, unhinged garage-surf number. Coco (government name: Robert del Bueno) could have been speaking figuratively – cursory research leads this reporter to believe t
Imagine the outcome that would occur if you locked Dick Dale in room with copious amounts of LSD, a couple of guitars and a VCR that continually played early space film from the 60’s and 70’s, then asked him to write a score.
I know we’re all a little jaded when it comes to reformed bands of yesteryear, and I realize it’s old hat to marvel at the necromantic power of the internet and its globalized fan bases to resuscitate underappreciated groups of past decades , but still, I’m a little nonplussed that the new
‘Twas of no matter, because they blew our brains out anyway with the set opener “Anti-Matter Man” (one of only a few vocal numbers sung this night by guitarist Starcrunch) and began the countdown to fun from which we mindless masses almost didn’t recover. We did manage midway through the set to disperse a gag