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5uu's
12+ albums
RIOAvant-GardeAvant-ProgProgressive rockexperimental
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5uu's were an avant-garde rock group founded in Los Angeles, California in 1984 by drummer/multi-instrumentalist and composer David Kerman. Influenced by the European Rock In Opposition (RIO) movement, 70's progressive rock, and avant-garde composers of the 20th century such as Olivier Messiaen, they combined virtuous musicianship with a rock sensibility to create a dramatic, intense, and multi-layered sound in which darkly dissonant (and often atonal) atmospheres were lit by the bright vocals of Bob Drake and later Deborah Perry (both of Thinking Plague). The group released their first album, Bel Marduk & Tiamat, in 1986 and recorded a second, Elements, in 1988 with Motor Totemist Guild, a similar band from the area. The two groups merged in 1988 to form U Totem and made two albums. When U Totem split up in 1994, the 5uu's reformed and went on to make two more albums, Hunger's Teeth in 1994 and Crisis in Clay in 1997. In 2000 the band became known as Dave Kerman/5uu's and released Regarding Purgatories in 2000 and Abandonship under this name. While in high school, Dave Kerman formed a garage band with guitarist Greg Conway and bassist Jon Beck. They began as a King Crimson cover band but soon switched to experimenting with noise music. In 1976 the band played at a Greenpeace Festival in San Diego, California, calling themselves, "Farmer Fred Genuflects to A-440". While their performance did not go down very well, one concert goer recognized potential and suggested they l
