{"id":40592,"date":"2024-05-30T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40592"},"modified":"2024-05-12T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T11:37:16","slug":"legendary-ohio-art-punks-brainiac-get-biography-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40592","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Ohio art punks Brainiac get biography treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

J-Card Press has released\u00a0\u2018Brainiac,\u2019 a short biography about the legendary art punks written by\u00a0PopMatters<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Spectrum Culture<\/em>\u00a0staff writer Justin Vellucci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days before flying to New York City to ink a major-label deal that might have propelled his band Brainiac to stardom, front man Tim Taylor was killed in a car crash. But that\u2019s only the beginning of the story. Rooted in the musical community and history of their native Rust Belt home, Dayton, Ohio, Brainiac left its punk and New Wave brand of indie rock on musicians ranging from Beck to the Mars Volta. Now, more than twenty-five years after the release of its swan song EP, Brainiac\u2014called \u201cthe great lost band of the 90s\u201d by Variety<\/em>\u2014has reunited, finding newfound fame, a celebrity-laced documentary, live shows, and a sense of closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe thing that really sold me on Justin\u2019s pitch is that the group is back and performing again,<\/em>” J-Card’s Jeff Gomez says. “That makes this more than just an exercise in nostalgia, or even overcoming the tragic death of Tim Taylor. Instead, the story of Brainiac is about celebrating a great and important catalog of music and paying tribute to the city it came from.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Brainiac<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Brainiac\u2019 will be available online whenever books are sold now. It was also be sold directly from the J-Card website.\u00a0www.jcardpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the author<\/strong>
Justin Vellucci started writing about independent music in 2001. A staff writer at\u00a0PopMatters<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Spectrum Culture<\/em>, he\u2019s also written for\u00a0Punk Planet<\/em>,\u00a0Delusions of Adequacy<\/em>\u00a0and Gannett\u2019s\u00a0Jetty<\/em>. He lives with his wife and two children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Justing<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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