Opium Jukebox overview
Top tracks
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Anarchy in the U.K.(05:02)
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- Smells Like Teen Spirit(06:53)
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- Head Like a Hole(04:42)
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- Cars(05:28)
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- Ball of Confusion(03:35)
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- Been Caught Stealing(03:31)
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- Unbelievable(03:58)
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- Tainted Love(06:37)
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- Whip It(04:59)
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- You Spin Me Right Round(03:21)
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- Supanaut No. 1(05:38)
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- Iron Man(05:29)
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- Heaven & Hell(03:01)
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- N.I.B.(05:25)
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- Paranoid(04:28)
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Opium Jukebox bio
What began as a side-note to Pigface has quickly grown into its own entity. If you are not familiar with Opium Jukebox, now is the time to learn about them.
Originally comprised of Martin Atkins (label-owner/Pigface founder) and Bob Dog (former member of Evil Mothers), with a little help from Lee Fraser (Sheep on Drugs) and a few others. The basic premise was to take underground songs and c... ompose them as Bhangra tunes using sitars and drums as the basic instruments. According to the bands page on the Invisible website other parts included, "instruments (both real and imagined) such as stringed things, vibes, toy pianos, tempuras, dijeridus, shakuhachis, sarods, and violins."
Taking a page from the music journals of the Moog Cookbooks versions of "popular grunge" tunes of the early nineties or the symphonic versions of seventies' rock hits, their first release, "Music To Download Pornography By," included songs from bands/artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Soft Cell, Jane's Addiction and Gary Numan. Each track a mellow, middle-eastern influenced version of it's original. If you love "Been Caught Stealing," "Head like a Full bioRead more
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