More Riffin' on the Riffin'--Name That Band

Here’s a tall tale to riff on. Steven Ace has a time traveling friend who has been to the future. While a few years ahead of the presdent, he took a cultural snapshot of the entertainment world. One interesting thing that it revealed was that one of the top rock ’n’ roll acts then will be known as the Riffin’ Spiders.

When Steve heard that, so the story goes, he wondered why he hadn’t ever heard of this band. He than googled it and found there was no such act--yet. So Steve, thinking forwardly and outside the box, decided to found a band and name it Riffin Spiders.

That’s one of Steve’s ways for explaining how he got his act together. He sort of imagined that he and his band-mates really were riffin’ spiders. You know--how they behaved, what they thought about, and whatnot...

DISCOGRAPHY and GENRE-BUSTING with "KUNTRAPUNK"

Tune the Moon, the debut album for Riffin Spiders, is the 5th record in 8 years for founding member Steve.  #1 was Ace Shardtrix--The Drawbridge in 2007.  Then came Steven Starjet--Love Wheel in 2009, followed by Steve & Ace's Blue Night in 2012 and Steve  & Ace's Smashups! in 2013.

The first 3 of these were mostly alternative rock a la the 3Rs''Ramones, REM, and Replacements.  Then on  Smashups! an intense electric guitar Wall of Sound took hold a la Pink Floyd.  Now Tune the Moon combines both of these tendencies...

Riffin Spiders has developed and dubbed a new genre--"Kuntrapunk"--a melding of country, rap and punk music styles.  It's evident throughout the record. and developed naturally--over time.  Nobody said to do it, it just happened...

Ditto regarding another style--Heavy Choral (or Choral Metal).  It's for music a bit reminiscent of Queen's We Are the Champions, onlylike the Chorus is being heard underwater, or perhaps from a shipwreck in the distance.

P.S.--An abbreviated version of "Kuntrapunk" is "Kunrapun"..