A fusion of punk, garage, and noise rock, the 1996 album Blastronaut by The Lee Harvey Oswald Band is a bombastic, high energy record drawing upon 70s David Bowie, classic rock, and the Stooges. Confrontational and darkly humorous, the band leans into a satirical, sometimes absurdist tone, reflecting a punk ethos while incorporating elements of Southern culture and psychedelic weirdness. The alias-driven mystique and off-kilter presentation of the band begets an aggressive, theatrical style that may have been out of touch with the mid-1990s, but is worth revisiting.

Songs In This Episode

Intro - Rocket 69

12:27 -The Greatest Man Who Ever Walked the Face of the Earth

16:50 -Green Like the Color of Blood

18:59 - Panic in Hanoi

32:37 - Brontosaurus

35:14 - The Scorpio Letter

Outro - Morphodite

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