The collaboration I had with Robert Strange and Huge K that led to the creation of SUNZ of Alien Teknowledgy stands as unique among our kind, in our many and varied crafts with the interests and skills we pursued to express the messages we found compelling as we witnessed the very beginnings of the tech revolution now plaguing us all. We were a compassionate and passionate group including the other musicians and content producers we enlisted via our Abductee Outreach Program.
It started with the music but once the lyrics started to line up with tunes it was apparent that themes were emerging. To some extent we were conscious of that and so the songs became quite eclectic.
To the extent we were conscious of it we collectively decided to remain anonymous as long as possible to focus the attention onto the larger themes of the lyrics. To that end we constructed a “band” persona as just another “tech startup venture” in San Francisco in 1995, one (albeit facetiously) in a sea among thousands with vulture capitalists circling overhead looking for snacks.
Our music was “product” and we pioneered the delivery of our “product”online as independent of recorded medium back when IUMA was the only game in town – before mp3s and WinAmp destroyed the world.
Our multimedia concert events were “corporate product demonstrations” complete with marketing hacks and spokespeople explaining/demystifying the madness that was bringing everyone to San Francisco, the very migration that has finally made the city unlivable to any of the people who made it interesting to be a resident, the ones not living for the sake of money alone.
On August 11 1995, the SUNZ had their first gig as a complete band with all members present. Here is the proof, perhaps the best document of us at our tightest. The contributors include John Gordon, Robert Bole, Geoff Pond, Geoff Linder, Valentino, Carla.