Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!: Just for the awesomeness

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Just for the awesomeness

Behold the Spotnicks, a Swedish instrumental group who, during their early 60s heyday, performed dressed in awesome looking spacesuits. I've found that not only do I enjoy these clips for the visual joy they provide, but also that I really dig the group's music, which sounds like it emanates from some spectral meeting point between Les Paul and Joe Meek.

I also think that this hypnotic clip for their "Spotnicks Theme" is sheer brilliance:

And guess what? They're still together! No sign of the spacesuits though.

3 comments:

memsaab said...: They deserve mad props for still being together! Perhaps the spacesuits helped?; November 7, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Todd said...: Perhaps. But why aren't they still wearing them? Maybe they're made of hardier stuff, but I think for my part I'd want to wear a spacesuit when I reach that age. For one thing, I think it would be an efficient way of dealing with the incontinence issues.; November 7, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Michael Barnum said...: I think I have a new favorite band!; November 8, 2009 at 9:18 AM

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