Deth Specula

Deth Specula is a Santa Cruz "neo-bronto" five-piece rock band. Deth Specula was one of the first ten bands on The Internet Underground Music Archive and used the Internet to broadcast a live music concert from the Cowell Courtyard at the SCO Forum held on the University of California in Santa Cruz on August 23, 1994. This was the first time a live music concert was broadcast over the Internet and the second netcast ever. The first song ever broadcast in a live concert over the Internet was "Internet Band", a Deth Specula parody of the Grand Funk Railroad song "We're An American Band".

Genre

Deth Specula was a Nineties band with roots in early 70's hard rock and style drawing on 80's punk pop. They began as a punk parody band and later developed into "neo-bronto" rock.^[1]

Bandmembers

• Tim Ruckle / Timmy Rotarian - Lead vocals
• Kameran Kashani / Malcom McCameron - Lead guitar
• Marty Stevens / Kozmo - Rhythm guitar and vocals
• Jon Luini / yam - Bass and vocals
• Robert Boucher / rAsTRo! - Drums and percussion
• Eric Davis / Sharky - Engineer

The bassist, Jon Luini is one of the three founders of the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA), a pioneering online music website formed in 1993.^[2][3]

History

Deth Specula formed in 1989 to create a rock video parody of the Sex Pistols song Anarchy in the U.K. called "Anarchy at SCO" for use in the SCO Follies, a company sponsored musical comedy revue produced each year by the employees.^[4] Deth Specula continued to make video parodies for the SCO Follies in subsequent years and branched out into playing at local night clubs.^[5][6] On March 9, 1994 CNN used the Deth Specula original "Careening Continental" as the lead in and out for their "Showbiz News" segment on IUMA.^[7] On August 23, 1994 the band broadcast a live concert over the Mbone.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} In 1995 they played in the UniForum Battle of the Bands in Dallas, Texas.^[13]

Over time Deth Specula became more of an original rock and ballad band than a parody group although they retained their sense of humor as evidenced by originals like "Baboon Liver", "Crop Killer", "Reagan Mask", "Gutterslut", and "Get Even More".^[14][15]

Current status

Deth Specula performed at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz, California on February 2, 2008 for the Bruce Steinberg memorial. It's A Beautiful Day opened for them.^[16]

Discography

• Weasels and Cream - an 8-song cassette
• A 3-song demo tape
• The Deth Specula Compilation Video^[17] - music videos including "Anarchy at SCO", a parody of the Sex Pistols song "Anarchy in the U.K."

References

1. ^ Malcom McCameron (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Band Bio". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). http://www.deth.com/bio/index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
2. ^ David Pescovitz (1995-08-30). "It's All Geek to Them; Digital Communes Find a Social Scene in Computers". Business section, The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION (Los Angeles Times): p. 1. Archived from the original on 1995-08-30. http://www.geek.org/press/95-08-30/. Retrieved 2008-04-21. "...27-year-old Jon Luini, who co-founded the hip Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) in 1993" 
3. ^ Maurer, Wendy. "THE DYNAMICS OF MUSIC DISTRIBUTION". http://www.chime.com/about/press/iris_online-9501.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
4. ^ Marino, Steve. "SCO Follies videos on YouTube". http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=motibloc. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
5. ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 10, 1994". http://deth.com/fanline/94-03-10.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
6. ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - April 27, 1994". http://deth.com/fanline/94-04-27.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
7. ^ Boucher, Robert. "IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994)". http://youtube.com/watch?v=GT5LIEUJefM. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
8. ^ Strauss, Neil, "Rolling Stones Live on Internet: Both a Big Deal and a Little Deal", New York Times, Nov 22, 1994, p. C15.
9. ^ Hafner, Katie, "The MBone: Can't You Hear It Knocking", Newsweek, Dec 5, 1994.
10. ^ Malcom McCameron (1994-08-23). "S.F. BAY AREA BAND DETH SPECULA ROCKS THE INTERNET WITH LIVE, COMPUTER NETWORK BROADCAST". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). http://www.deth.com/forum-gig.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
11. ^ Internet Underground Music Archive (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Live at the SCO Forum". Internet Underground Music Archive. Archived from the original on 1999-02-02. http://web.archive.org/web/19990202093957/http://www.iuma.com/deth-mbone/. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
12. ^ Jon R. Luini (1994-08-23). "MediaCast Company Information". MediaCast (http://www.mediacast.com). http://www.mediacast.com/Company/. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
13. ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 8, 1995". http://www.deth.com/fanline/95-03-08.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
14. ^ Weasels and Cream, Deth Specula audio cassette tape
15. ^ "Deth Specula Fanline - January 25, 1994". http://deth.com/fanline/94-01-25.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
16. ^ Hunt, Evan (2008-01-24). "Bruce Steinberg Memorial status reports". http://www.armory.com/pipermail/brucemem/2008-January/000051.html. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
17. ^ Deth Specula (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Compilation Video". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com). http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=09A625E4B6CE168D. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 

See also

• Santa Cruz Operation
• Multicast backbone (Mbone)
• Internet Underground Music Archive
• Severe Tire Damage (band)

External links

• Deth Specula Band Website
• Deth Specula entry on WikiSCUM
• Interesting-People Message about Deth Specula
• Promotional compilation video