Upsilon Acrux
| Upsilon Acrux | |
|---|---|
| Origin | San Diego, CA, United States |
| Genres | Progressive rock, rock in Opposition, zeuhl, noise rock |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Members | Paul Lai Dylan Fujioka Noah Guevara Mark Kimbrell Patrick Shiroishi |
| Past members | see below |
Upsilon Acrux is an American progressive rock band from Los Angeles, originally from San Diego, California.
Upsilon Acrux first appeared on record on a 1998 compilation entitled Trummerflora 2. Soon after they contributed a song to a compilation entitled Before the Pirates Came. They went from a 4 piece to a 3 piece before releasing 2002's Last Train Out. They expanded to a five-piece, including two drummers for Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum in 2004. By 2005 they had done away with the dual-drummer setup, and signed with Cuneiform Records later in the year. 2007 saw the release of their first album for Cuneiform, Galapagos Momentum. They released their sixth full-length album, entitled Radian Futura, on May 19, 2009. In 2015, on April 14, they released a new album called Sun Square Dialect.
The lineup of Applehans, Kiersnowski (the King), Lai and Miller (Ice) performed for two years, recording Galapagos Momentum in 2006. Before the recording was pressed, a new incarnation was assembled with Cobb (McEnroe, Bart Garfunkel), Lai, Meszler (Mezz, Meszloforte), Moeggenberg (Moeggen) and Sataman (Martron, Marty-Party) in March 2007. This new lineup promoted Galapagos throughout the U.S. in summer 2007. The album was critically acclaimed, earning a number 2 position on Organ Magazine's end of the year album list. The group would share stages with The Locust, Qui, Tatsuya Yoshida, Polar Goldie Cats, The Mae Shi, Ancestors, HEALTH, Abe Vigoda, Weasel Walter, and Cheer-Accident.
On November 17, 2007, Upsilon Acrux played the Barking Tuna Fest in Kalamazoo, MI. Mission of Burma followed, propelled by Upsilon's prior harrowing set. Bedlam arose during Upsilon's performance. The band has been widely known for their sinewy and stoic stage presence. Coupled with the band's ostensible focus and absent banter during their set, coquettisms and harassment escalated by the female spectators as the show progressed. Due to public outcry over the salacious and bacchanal images of the audience captured by the press and BTF event planning team, all pictures were removed from the WIDR website. The band has remained silent on the issue.
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