Arab on Radar

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noise rock, noise, experimental, no wave, post-punk… see all

Arab on Radar, from Providence (Rhode Island), comprises singer Eric “Post-Traumatic Stress” Paul, guitarists Steve “Type A” Mattos and Jeff “Clinical Depression” Schneider, and drummer Craig “Obsessive Compulsive” Kurek. On the early singles, Kangaroo (Heparin, 1997) and Swimming With A Hard-On (Load, 1998), they played an artsy brand of noise-rock that borrows evenly from new wave and beach-punk. Queen Hygiene II (Heparin, 1998 - 31G, 2003), their first album, continued on that war path with terrifying blasts of chaos.

Rough Day At The Orifice (On Pop Pop, 1999 - 31G, 2003) is a demented collage of feverish and feral sounds, vaguely approaching the state of music, somewhere along the twisted line that straddles Red Crayola, Pop Group, Mars, Pere Ubu, and Six Finger Satellite.

Soak The Saddle (On Skin Graft, 2000) is the music of very angry (and very spastic) youth: psychotic melodies, manic pace, abrasive guitars, punk-rock and Japanese-grade noise.

Yahweh Or The Highway (On Skin Graft, 2001) is another very short album, like the previous ones, with only eight songs to document the band’s progress. It leaves the feeling that the kids are growing up, and that they are shunning the most obviously childish excesses of their early albums. Despite the intent, this remains a concentrate of wildly dissonant punk-rock, not exactly recommended to fans of the Beatles.

The Stolen Singles (On Three One G, 2003) collects rarities.

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tinnitustimulus wrote:
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my favorite is still that oxes split, yes it's fake but it's still my fav

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itsatoe wrote:
last month

Bring back the noise! I miss this band so much!

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fluoxetine20mg wrote:
last month

very annoying

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Topilotip wrote:
last month

Probably my favorite band at the moment. I also need to order the Sunshine For Shady People dvd yeah...

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Shinobi_Sniper wrote:
last month

Two people with pokemon avatars posted shouts with the same lyric

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

is arab on radar getting back together? i need to order the sunshine for shady people dvd.
OneDrunkWalking wrote:
last month

Arab on radar eats great heaping bowls of Locust Flakes for brunch

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insideabox wrote:
August 2008

i swear this gets better every time I listen to it

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DeadbeatMax wrote:
August 2008

if anyone has Yahweh uploaded,pop in my shoutbox :)

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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
August 2008

haha yaweh

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bretsilvers wrote:
August 2008

can anyone hook me up with with some AOR??????

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Hey_Mr_Chaos wrote:
August 2008

i forgot about these guys, now i feel fuzzy and warm

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grape-fm wrote:
August 2008

I've just this second heard "O. Henry" through the iPhone app... instant fan of these guys.

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3mas3mas0igual8 wrote:
August 2008

I love this band.. I like your noises!

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Mannequentin wrote:
July 2008

Ejaculation is a waste of valuable resources.

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austinonfire wrote:
July 2008

yahweh or the highway is pretty solid. the music actually sounds like acid. birth control blues has a certain beefheart-esque nature about it.

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retardedcore wrote:
July 2008

Anti-Music

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phd43 wrote:
July 2008

guys, you HAVE to listen to Shearing Pinx... hella awesome

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deadlybones wrote:
July 2008

i love this group, my god

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