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Opium Jukebox
12+ albums
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What began as a side-note to Pigface has quickly grown into its own entity. If you are not familiar with Opium Jukebox, now is the time to learn about them. Originally comprised of Martin Atkins (label-owner/Pigface founder) and Bob Dog (former member of Evil Mothers), with a little help from Lee Fraser (Sheep on Drugs) and a few others. The basic premise was to take underground songs and compose them as Bhangra tunes using sitars and drums as the basic instruments. According to the bands page on the Invisible website other parts included, "instruments (both real and imagined) such as stringed things, vibes, toy pianos, tempuras, dijeridus, shakuhachis, sarods, and violins." Taking a page from the music journals of the Moog Cookbooks versions of "popular grunge" tunes of the early nineties or the symphonic versions of seventies' rock hits, their first release, "Music To Download Pornography By," included songs from bands/artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Soft Cell, Jane's Addiction and Gary Numan. Each track a mellow, middle-eastern influenced version of it's original. If you love "Been Caught Stealing," "Head like a hole" or "Smells like teen spirit," but just aren't in the mood to 'rawk out' then this album is perfect for your home opium den enjoyment. Sit back, smoke-up and enjoy. But that's not all. Atkins decided for their follow-up, they would ask their fans for feedback and suggestions for tunes to be re-worked next. Without being the proverbial fly on the wall, i'm n
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Music To Download Pornography By
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Never Mind The Bangra: A Tribute To The Sex Pistols
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Sticky Bhangra - A Tribute To The Rolling Stones
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Sticky Bhangra: A Tribute to the Rolling Stones
The Art Of Chill 4 - Mixed by The Orb (cd2)
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Bhangra Bloody Bhangra
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Bhangra Bloody Bhangra: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
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Bhangra Bloody Bhangra - A Tribute To Black Sabbath
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VA
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Never Mind the Bhangra
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United - The Sound Of The Underground
Never Mind the Bhangra: A Tribute to the Sex Pistols