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Alex DeGroot.

guitar/keyboards/programming/vocals

spends his days in bed listening to Kraftwerk and reading Naked Lunch. occasionally taking breaks to eat chicken tenders with whatever condiment is available. ty ling sauce, ketchup, anything. spends his nights communicating with the outside world by electronic means...the only means that he is capable of. a slave to the guitar since age 9, and self taught on synthesizer, bass, and drums. inspirations include Kraftwerk (as written above), Air, New Order, The Cure, Miles Davis, Goblin, Radiohead, King Tubby, Telefon Tel Aviv, Tortoise, Ornette Coleman, Depeche Mode, Joan of Arc, The Velvet Underground, Sigur Ros and The Beatles. How's that for eclectic?

Equipment used:

Guitars:
Fender/Squire Stratocaster
Harmony Precision Bass Rip Off

Synthesizers/Electronics:
Korg Poly-800
Yamaha PSR-12
Hammond Sounder Organ
Boss SP-202 sampler
Korg Electribe ES-1 Rhythm Production Sampler
130 in One Electronic Project Lab
ReBirth RB-338 software
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer

Effects:
Zoom 505 multi-effects pedal
Digitech programmable distortion pedal
Late 1960's/Early 1970's Sony Reel-to-Reel for tape echo and SOS(sound over sound)

Amplification:
Crate GX-212 120 watt guitar amp
Heathkit 14 watt amp
modified 240 watt car amp
2 vintage 12" speakers...