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Artist
Tulpa
12+ albums
black metalCrustambientelectronicblackened crust
about
There are four artists named Tulpa. 1) An indie rock band from Leeds, UK. 2) A Canadian prog-rock band. 3) An Italian black metal/d-beat band. 4) A Hungarian hard rock/grunge band. 1) Hailing from the U.K. and known for combining lo-fi, detuned guitar textures with hyper-melodic vocals. The band's name refers to the mystical concept of a being manifested through thought. The band released their debut album, Monster of the Week, in November of 2025. Founded in Leeds by singer/bassist Josie Kirk, former Mush lead guitarist and songwriter Daniel Hyndman, onetime Mush touring guitarist Myles Kirk, and Drahla drummer Mike Ainsley. 2) Tulpa is Chris Bottomley (bass, vocals, keyboards), John Bottomley (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Sev Micron (percussion, vocals, keyboards). Formed in 1981, Tulpa was equal parts Chris Bottomley, John Bottomley and Sev Micron (Mike Severin). They were a progressive rock trio from Toronto, Canada that sounded like a meeting between King Crimson and the Sex Pistols. They were loud, aggressive, opinionated, funny and angry, with a crazy, psychedelic stage show called The Tulpa Circus. It was very multi-media and involved slide projection, dance and strange futuristic cyber clowns. Tulpa had a lot of energy and opened for Michelle Shocked, Living Colour and others in their heyday. When they released their first full length record "Mosaic Fish" on U.K.'s Midnight Records in 1984, the Globe and Mail took notice and started writing about them. Tulpa had
