Plastic Crimewave
| Plastic Crimewave | |
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Plastic Crimewave in his lair.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven H. Krakow |
| Also known as | Plastic Crimewave |
| Born |
September 30, 1973 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | Psychedelic, experimental music, acid punk, progressive rock, stoner rock, lo-fi, drone music, freak folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, illustrator, music historian, writer, impresario |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, banjo |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels |
Drag City Galactic Zoo Disk Eclipse Records/Prophase |
| Associated acts | Acid Mothers Temple, The Unshown, Plastic Crimewave Sound, DRMWPN, Moonrises, Spires That in the Sunset Rise |
| Website | Official website |
Plastic Crimewave (born Steven H. Kraków), otherwise known as Steve Kraków, is a Chicago-based illustrator and writer, avant-garde musician, music historian and impresario. He is the editor of Drag City-published magazine Galactic Zoo Dossier, eponymous front man for Plastic Crimewave Sound, founder of the Million Tongues Festival, and Vision Celestial Guitarkestra. He writes and illustrates the "Secret History of Chicago Music" comic in the Chicago Reader and co-hosts WGN-AM's Secret History of Chicago Music series. He runs the Drag City imprint label, Galactic Zoo Disk.
Crimewave was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Des Plaines and Hoffman Estates, Illinois. As a child, Kraków took an interest in comics such as Doctor Strange, Krazy Kat and Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo." Showing artistic promise, he began priming for a comics career in early adolescence. While enrolled at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Crimewave discovered Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive" and space rock group, Hawkwind, and began drawing and designing concert posters. His comics background and rapidly burgeoning preoccupation with psychedelic culture led to the first issue of Galactic Zoo Dossier magazine. His alias, Plastic Crimewave, pays homage to Canadian psychedelic band, The Plastic Cloud, Daredevil villain Crimewave, and post-Tea Set Pink Floyd incarnation, The Pink Floyd Sound.
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