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| Local Indie band, The Necronauts, will
be performing in downtown Phoenix Saturday, Feb. 18., in front
of record executives. Above, from left to right, Andy Pangus,
bassist; Dale Goodman, Drummer; Billy Goodman; frontman; and
Carlito Demasio. |
Thom Ottens Mesa Legend |
Band kicks into high gear
Quartet featured at several Valley venues
Derk Harron
Mesa Legend
Interested in getting out and seeing some fresh local music? Introducing
the, “The Necronauts!!!” soaring in from Mesa.
“I guess you could say we are ‘indie rock’ and
you could compare us to Pixies, Pavement, Minute Men, or Modest
Mouse,” said singer and guitarist Billy Goodman.
The Necronauts have played alongside class acts such as the Pixies
frontman Frank Black, Hank Williams III, Polysics, Mike Watt, and
Built to Spill. Locally, they are regularly played on, “Local
Frequency,” in the 11 p.m. time slot, weekdays on The Edge
103.9.
The band has played at a variety of venues around the valley from
the Marquee Theater, the Clubhouse, the Sets, to Last Exit. In addition,
the Necronauts will be finishing up a mini California tour with
successful local band, The Format, in early February.
Even though career-wise things are starting to take off, they’ve
been privileged to have helpful friends along the way. Andy Kirk
Pangus, bass guitarist, said, “We’ve gotten a lot of
help from friends like the Format.”
The group’s latest self-titled CD sold 500 units in its first
week of release. The CD can be found at Eastside Records, Hoodlums
on the ASU campus, Stinkweeds, and Borders. Zia Records has also
been playing and promoting their new album at the store’s
listening stations.
The Necronauts also have their own record label, “High School
Football Records,” as a means to financially support themselves
over the years.
“We needed to get our music out to the people and it’s
a lot harder than you think to get signed to a good record label,
so we started our own,” said Goodman.
Saturday, Feb. 18, the Necronauts will be performing at the Modified
Arts, a half live music, half art gallery scene, located west of
7th Street and Roosevelt, in downtown Phoenix, which is the band’s
venue of choice.
“A&R executives from California are flying in to attend
the show, and we already have record contract deals on the table,”
said Goodman. “Some independent record labels have already
wanted to sign with us, but we’d like to keep our options
open if a bigger label comes along.”
The Necronauts are asking that fans show up at this show to support
them as they try and make an impression with the record executives.
“We want to start hanging out at the Playboy Mansion,”
said newest member and guitarist, Carlito Demasio.
The foursome has a band website where individuals can access more
information about them, upcoming shows, listen to mp3s, and view
merchandise at thenecronauts.com.
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