Justin Maranga - Guitar, Vocals Nick Long - Bass Guitar, Vocals Brandon Pierce - Drums, Gong Chico Foley - Electronics, Keys, Vocals J. Christopher Watkins - Organ, Vocals
Influences
King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Flower Travellin' Band, Nektar, Black Sabbath, Amon Düül II, Agitation Free, Blues Creation, Ache, Melvins, Neurosis, Ave Rock, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bathory, Arzachel, Soft Machine, Pierre Schaeffer, Sleep, Lars-Gunnar Bodin, Can
"First there's the straightforward thickness of Kyuss disciples Corrosion of Conformity. The resin-sopped riffs of Pepper Keenan's oft-overlooked stoner rock troupe seem to offer the blueprint for much of the opening track on Ancestors' Neptune With Fire. Second, there's the suffocatingly slow inertia of Sleep. The doom progeny's stillness informs the rest of this L.A. five-piece's debut, and Arik Roper, the psych-artist who designed Sleep's Dopesmoker's album art, designed the visuals for Neptune. And then, when you get away from the backbone, there's Pink Floyd and maybe even Hawkwind here as well. But it's those two immediately perceptible reference points that make for an interesting 1990s-informed take on 70s hard psyche, early doom, and art rock...makes it easy to come to Neptune With Fire for the mammoth riffs, but stay for the stretches when Ancestors take 'far out' even further." - Robbie Mackey (7.7 out of 10)
MOJO Magazine:
"LA Quintet Ancestors are suitably lysergic, their debut consisting of two conceptual, organ-striated heavy rock odysseys" (3 out of 5)
Decibel:
"...a surprisingly compact freakout that rumbles and spirals its way through a colorful kaleidoscope of textures before building itself back up to a Pink Floyd-inspired denouement of considerable beauty." - Greg Moffitt (8 out of 10)
High Times:
"Ancestors' Neptune With Fire should satiate both the traditional stoner-metal fan and those seeking a more expansive approach to this often self-limiting subgenre." - Mark Miller (3 1/2 out of 4 bud leaves)
Metal Hammer:
"Neptune With Fire defies analysis by simply being everything one could possibly demand from a paean to the riff, the reefer and the misty-eyed squint into the cosmos... a lengthy, celebratory trip" - Dom Lawson (8 out of 10)
"...something along the lines of a well-paced epic soundtrack." - Adam Fisher
Alarm Magazine:
"Ancestors could be filed under 'doom metal' in the sense that its sound is built on drones, rumbles, and creeping portent. There is, however, an austere classicism at play on Neptune With Fire; this is more Pink Floyd than Sunn O)))."
Rock Sound:
"...simultaneously the sound of a desert road trip, surfing the perfect wave, copulation to the point of exhaustion, being crowned local pinball champion, the perfect pair of flares and a killer acid trip." - Kevin Stewart-Panko (7 out of 10)
"Ancestors take the listener on a trip to a place where space is heavy and sound is all that matters." - Walter Roadburn
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles:
"With two lengthy tracks you know that there will be extended instrumental passages, which there are. The best surprise here is that these passages are anything but repetitive or dull, with a number of tempo changes, a great variety of riffs, and as a result they fly by without essence of time."
Greetings,
Thanks for your friendship. Our only mission on MySpace is for people to enjoy
what we've created. We have no expectations of ever being rock stars. We just
want to brighten up the corner where we live .Please let us know if our mission
has been accomplished.
Regards,
Griff
Kinsey
Friday, July 31st. 9:00 PM at VERSAI (18 and over!!!) 351 N. FAIRFAX AVE., Los Angeles, California 90036 (please click on our profile for details)
Special 1 hour and 30 minute set with guest musicians and our new violin player, Paula. Doors open at 7pm. We play at 9pm. This is our last show for a long while because our guitar player Nacho will be leaving the country. Come join us in celebrating his friendship and musicianship!!! Thank you very much! -TGD
holy cock n balls!!! nick showed me the new" of sound mind" saweet moves gentelmen...shits such a good follow up to neptune with fire... very innovative... u guys def nailed it! keep up the killer jams! i cant wait to see the new stuff in action! chuck norris!
The slingers and I are currently in the planning stages of a fall euro tour for GR, fall euro tour for the slingers, and an early spring US slingers tour. Currently looking for other acts to join the tours; shoot me a message via the contacts below if interested. Mammoth Wave is also always looking for new artists to work with so get in touch if we can be of assistance.
best,
Shawn Glover Mammoth Wave Media 237 E. 11th Ave. Columbus, OH 43201 (419)-205-7377 shawnglover@gmail.com mammothwave@gmail.com twitter.com/MOTCA
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