Sons of Alpha Centauri
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| Origin | Swale, Kent, England |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | www |
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Sons of Alpha Centauri (sometimes abbreviated to SOAC) is an English instrumental rock band based in Swale, Kent. Founded in 2001 by Nick Hannon and Marlon King, the band has developed and borrowed from a range of styles from the 1970s through to the 1990s including stoner rock, desert rock, post-metal and the New wave of British heavy metal, as well as British artists as Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd.
Sons of Alpha Centauri are mostly noted for their ongoing collaborations and aversion to public performances, having performed under 20 gigs since their formation in 2001, of which six have been at the Camden Underworld in London. Their eponymously titled debut studio album Sons of Alpha Centauri was released in 2007, with common themes for the band including outer space, World War III and environmental preservation.
The band name "Sons of Alpha Centauri" is aligned on identity with Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to the Solar System, and that "sons" can be interpreted as "suns" to give additional meaning.
Sons of Alpha Centauri was formed by Nick Hannon and Marlon King on 27 July 2001 in Faversham, Kent. The duo formed the band after becoming dissatisfied with a band called Pariah, which they were a part of at the time, and wrote a number of tracks together before inviting Stevie B. and Blake, who had previously worked together in a band called Negative Noise Orchestra, to join the group in 2004. Tracks were composed as numbers (to correspond with their chronological order) and were instrumental from the outset, with the band describing themselves as "not-for-profit equal opportunities". Critics have traced this back to the instrumental rock band Karma to Burn and their influence on the band's work.
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