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Artist
Onions
12+ albums
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about
An unsung and mostly hidden collective who paved the way for so much of Texas’ sprawling free and experimental music lineages, Onions is the ‘nom de guerre’ of a network of musicians and artists centered around its primary exponent, Dan Clark AKA Lienad Kralc and his musical partner Greg Cain aka Gerg Niac. Initially conceived in 1969 as a collaborative vehicle for Clark and his childhood friend Robert Fuentes – whose early electronic recordings with homemade oscillators and electronic musical instruments served as a critical formative influence for the young man’s mind – this version of the project would sadly never come to pass, as Fuentes passed away in November 1970 under strange and tragic circumstances. The next month, however, Clark would begin recording his early explorations with one of Fuentes’ constructions. Soon,in the early seventies, a mutual friend named Greg Cain would join Clark in a shed behind his mother’s house, diving deeper into these sessions, exploiting homemade instruments, tape machines, and all manner of noise makers. The circle continued to expand in the decades following, with pianist Lindall Cain and Keith Montgomery joining the fold, as well as lead guitarist Blackie Leopold, Jody Detton, and James Hatfield. It was Keith that came up with the name Onions and everyone in the group reversed their names. In the ‘90s, their ranks would expand again with the addition of August Smith’s arsenal of computer-based electronics, and guest performers Mike
