Hazmat Modine

Hazmat Modine is a blues and roots musical group from New York.

History

Hazmat Modine was featured on the National Public Radio program "All Things Considered" on October 25, 2006,Eyre, Banning. " [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6383386 Alien and Familiar: The Music of Hazmat Modine] ", National Public Radio, published October 25, 2006, accessed February 15, 2008.] and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program "The Daily Planet" on May 29, 2006." [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2006/1650245.htm Hazmat Modine] ", ABC.net.au, published May 29, 2006, accessed February 15, 2008.]

Critical reception

The band's first album, titled "Bahamut" and released on the Geckophonic label, peaked at #12 on Billboard's "Top Blues Albums" chart." [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gpfqxqqdldhe~T5 Hazmat Modine - Charts & Awards] ", Allmusic, accessed February 15, 2008.]

Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Jeff Tamarkin gave it four stars out of a possible five, and termed it a "stunning debut".Tamarkin, Jeff. " [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acfexq9dldke Bahamut - Overview] ", Allmusic, accessed February 15, 2008.] Tamarkin praised the band for successfully fusing styles as disparate as blues, jazz, klezmer, calypso, and ska into "music that sounds at once ageless and primeval, authentically indigenous and inexplicably otherworldly, familiar and unlike anything else". He also praised the group for making "listener-friendly music" that doesn't "require a degree in ethnomusicology to enjoy".

Pitchfork Media reviewer Joe Tangari gave the album's track "Everybody Loves You", a collaboration with Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu, a four-star review.Tangari, Joe. " [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/40253-everybody-loves-you 'Everybody Loves You' Track Review] ", Pitchfork Media, published January 3, 2007, accessed February 15, 2008.] Characterizing it as "generalized roots music that takes from pretty much any roots it sees fit", he praised it as "true world music, weird and wonderful to the last note".

Members

* Wade Schuman - lead vocals and harmonica
* Randy Weinstein - vocals and harmonica
* Joseph Daly - tuba
* Pamela Fleming - trumpet
* Steve Elson - saxophone
* Pete Smith - guitar
* Michael Gomez - guitar
* Richard Huntley - drums

Discography

External links

* [http://www.hazmatmodine.com Hazmat Modine's official homepage] .
* [http://www.bluesinlondon.com/interviews/int_hazmat.html 2008 Interview with Wade Schuman] .

References