Inc. All rights reserved. He can start by listening to Red Planet. The local quartet's crafty musical blends and theatrical stage attack set it apart from the rest of the pack.
Some bands come out and sing with their heads down and just entertain themselves.
We like to rock people at our shows. The seeds for Red Planet were sown in 1994 at Santa Clara University, when Powers, lead guitarist Chris Dunn, and bassist Gordon Evans began playing together informally. It wasn't until 1997, however, when the group's first drummer left to pursue a professional squash career, that the threesome got serious. A mutual friend recommended Brilliantines drummer John Messier, and after one practice, the lineup was complete. Red Planet's recently released first full-length record, Revolution 33, displays the result, a proud amalgamation of rock's distant history.