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		The Boss Martians are a rock and roll band with some history, for sure, but we're always looking for growth and improvement.
		When the Martians were born in the early '90s, we idolized bands like The Untamed Youth, The Mummies, The Phantom Surfers, Girl Trouble, etc. – bands considered "garage rock," bands we considered ROCK AND ROLL, by all accounts.
		Boss Martians need to cover a song from each rock decade genre that represents what you deem to be valuable to the growth of your particularly identifiable "slice" of rock and roll reality.
	www.lollipop.com /article.php3?content=issue65/bossmartians.html (2294 words)

	Boss Martians - Move!: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		For their third and final album for the Dionysus label, the Boss Martians [+] haven't moved too far away from their reverent yet formulaic rendering of mid-'60s West Coast teen rock, rockabilly, surf, garage rock, and power pop.
		With this game of musical chairs going on during the recordings, you'd half expect the new lineup to have invigorated the group, but all it does is point out that Foster and his group don't seem to want to be taken too seriously anyway.
		For the most part, the Boss Martians [+] are still replicating the same stuff they've been doing since they formed eight years earlier.
	www.music.com /release/move!/3 (617 words)

	MuSick Recordings \| Boss Martians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Martian History Lesson: Evan Foster and NickC (keyboards) met as teens in Tacoma, WA and discovered a mutual obsession with Garage, Punk, Surf, and Power Pop and they both wanted to start a band and take over the world -- enter The Boss Martians!!
		The Martians uniquely combine the primal energy of Punk with the raw, unmistakable sound and swagger of Northwest Garage Rock (think The Sonics!!), English blue-eyed soul, and the pure pop sensibility of a young, sneering Elvis Costello.
		Big news on the Martian wire right now is that the boys are preparing to work on songs for their next record with hit-songwriter, Sire Records co-founder, and all-around Pop genius Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, Go-Go's, Raveonettes) so keep your eyes and ears on the boys from Seattle in 2006!!
	www.musickrecords.com /artists/bossMartians.html (278 words)

	mystery action \| press section : interviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cosmik: Nick, it always seemed like your Boss Martian role was to provide a bit of texture, but in Mystery Action your keyboards are a huge part of the sound.
		It's all supposed to be rock and roll, although with the lighter sound of the Boss Martians it took me awhile to figure that out.
		In December 99 Nick, Joel, and I laid down 14 new originals - Scott was in Europe with his new wife on their honeymoon at the time we cut the basics so I laid all the bass for this album and we'll be finishing up vocals and moving on to mixing soon.
	www.oz.net /~fan/h/press/interviews.html (2527 words)

	Boss Martians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		With their pumping Hammond organ and their mod shake appeal, the Boss Martians are retro garage rockers infused with enough maximum super soul to swivel the most uptight of hips.
		From Seattle, not Mars, the Boss Martians are like a less melancholy version of their hometown soul brothers the Makers, or in East Coast terms, Mod roof burners The Damn Personals.
		But if you ask me, they sound more like whoever the fuck it is that performs the victory song at the end of ever summer camp movie from the 70's, when the kids finally quit their squabbling and band together to pull some nasty, homicidal prank on the skunks across the lake-youthful, jubilant, and triumphant.
	www.sleazegrinder.com /review_bossmartians.htm (222 words)

	www.skratchmagazine.com - BOSS MARTIANS interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I mean, Boss Martians are power-pop/garage rock/rock 'n' roll/whatever you wanna call it, but Mystery Action is usually gonna be pretty purely pop.
		But as everything played out, I decided to roll it all into Boss Martians, keep on rocking the garage stuff…but start incorporating a lot of the other influences, like the power-pop and the rock 'n' roll and stuff like that.
		Boss Martians will be doing some major touring this year.
	www.skratchmagazine.com /interviews/INTbossmartians.php?vo=10 (1336 words)

	Review - Boss Martians: The Set Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The guitarist best known for his 1990s instrumental surf/hotrod band, The Boss Martians, is such a natural musician and student of sound that everything he does ends up sounding authentic.
		Boss martians rock with the amps overdriven, the bass and kick drum locked and voices singing out in harmony.
		This stuff is energizing and exciting and fun, and I'm hoping Evan stays addicted, too, even if he gets one of those urges of his and decides to start a side project and put out some very authentic Avant-Reggae Operapella.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-november03/reviews/review_boss_martians.html (265 words)

	Arches Feature Article, A Few Alumni Who Rock: Evan Foster ’93 and Nick Contento ’94 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		he Boss Martians formed in 1992 as a garage-rock/surf band when UPS student Evan Foster answered an ad seeking a guitar player-singer to form a surf revival combo.
		In this year alone, the Boss Martians released their fourth album, Making the Rounds; performed more than 50 concerts by August, including 23 dates in Europe; shot their first video; and are currently back on the road, touring across America.
		The dynamic Boss Martians have evolved from a mainly instrumental surf band to a straight-up rock and roll group, hitting garage-punk and alternative/pop styles along the way.
	www.ups.edu /arches/2002Fall/feature_rock_boss.htm (259 words)

	Press > Reviews & Articles > Oregon Daily Emerald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A comparison that strikingly illustrates the hazy, inexact diversity of pop music is that of the Seattle-based band Boss Martians and the Bay Area trio The Monolith.
		The Boss Martians' album "The Set-Up," released in 2003, draws heavily from influences of 1970s and 1980s punk bands and blends those influences with alternative rock riffs.
		In this regard, the Boss Martians' newest evolution is a pleasurable success.
	www.themonolith.org /press/emerald.htm (778 words)

	The Boss Martians
		The Boss Martians are living proof that grunge isn't Seattle's only musical gift to the '90s.
		Recalling everyone from Eddie Cochran to The Pyramids and Ventures, The Boss Martians effortlessly combine rockabilly, garage rock and surf music.
		Though The Boss Martians steal from a lot of places, they do so very tastefully.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/070397/article009.shtml (144 words)

	BOSS MARTIANS
		The Boss Martians style of 60's influenced guitar-pop was debuted in 1995 upon the release of their first self-titled fill-length on Dionysus Records.
		Accompanied by an influence of Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Beach Boys, The Trashmen and the Astronauts, the Seattle natives also had the chance to scatter several singles throughout the years on various different labels before their second album 13 Evil Tales came out in 1996.
		But it wasn't until 1998 that The Boss Martians had the chance to branch outside of America with a tour of Europe that summer; Move followed in 2000.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/latin/111/id49.htm (98 words)

	Boss Martians - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		The Boss Martians' style of '60s-influenced guitar pop was debuted in 1995 upon the release of their first self-titled full-length on Dionysus Records.
		Accompanied by an influence of Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Beach Boys, the Trashmen and the Astronauts, the Seattle natives also had the chance to scatter several singles throughout the years on various different labels before their second album, 13 Evil Tales, came out in 1996.
		But it wasn't until 1998 that the Boss Martians had the chance to branch outside of America with a tour of Europe that summer.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,563101,00.html (288 words)

	JournalStar.com :: Printable Version
		Saturday night started off with the Boss Martians, who brought "I Am Your Radio" - the coolest song of 2004, according to Little Steven's Underground Garage - to the July Jamm stage.
		Immediately after the Boss Martians wrapped things up, I headed down O Street to catch Papa Roach at Knickerbockers.Promoting the August release of "Getting Away With Murder," Papa Roach is playing a couple of dozen club shows.
		They were followed by the Boss Martians, who blew through a 45-minute set.
	www.journalstar.com /articles/2004/08/08/gz/10053029.prt (663 words)

	JournalStar.com :: Printable Version
		The Boss Martians are frequent visitors to Lincoln.
		Having moved from a surf beginning, the Boss Martians are recognized as one of today's top young rock 'n' roll bands.
		Their song "I Am Your Radio" was named the coolest song in the world for 2003 by Little Steven on his "Underground Garage" radio show, and Van Zandt's on-stage boss, Bruce Springsteen, screamed their introduction Saturday.
	www.journalstar.com /articles/2004/08/29/gz/10053890.prt (1445 words)

	sfbg.com
		Way back when the Boss Martians mattered half as much as they do today, they were a revivalist surf band cut from the same vintage cloth as San Francisco's own Phantom Surfers and Boston's Fathoms, but lacking the non-reverential attitude of the former and the studied chops of the later.
		With guitarist Evan Foster and organist Nick Contento the only holdovers, the suit coats exchanged for jean jackets, Fenders traded for Les Pauls, and their reverb-drenched past forgotten, the Boss Martians are now full-fledged rock and roll cretins.
		While there are the occasional downer moments, such as "Feel It like Everyone," which borrows from the Fall's frightening "Here's to You," in general the Martians' new dance party is a lot more impressive than their beach-blanketed past.
	www.sfbg.com /36/50/x_grooves.html (1009 words)

	Vagrant Records Artist Page: The Boss Martians
		Martians in Brief: The Northwest's premier Surf & Drag combo, the Boss Martians have been getting around since their official come-uppance in 93/94.
		With 4 official full length LP/CD's under their belt, the Martians show no sign of slowing down for the time being.
		For more information on the Boss Martians hit their official web site at http://www.bossmartians.com
	www.vagrantrecords.com /other/html/catalog/bands/boss_martians.htm (295 words)

	Rebel Noise - Online CommUNITY & Webzine - Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This latest style from Boss Martians certainly differs from their two initial albums on which surf/garage was the norm.
		After deciding to fuse all his Mystery Action work “under the banner of the Boss Martians,” he says, “then we started to experiment with some different sounds.” As a result, he concludes, “My songwriting took on some additional angles.
		Evan and the Boss Martians will be doing much touring in 2004, heading out in February for a short stint on the West Coast and in March, they’ll be at South by Southwest, and April/May they’ll be going across the U.S. and heading to Europe.
	www.rebelnoise.com /viewinterview.php?id=56 (692 words)

	Seasonal Favorites, in Randys Bamboo Room
		This spinner includes sendups of old holiday classics alongside a handful of original tunes like the Boss Martians' It's Christmas Time.
		Like the great Trashmen number Real Live Doll, the Boss Martians tap into a Christmas theme that's more relevant for the modern lonely hotrodder.
		Boss Martian Evan Foster shows up again with The Tacoma Four on Christmas Is A Drag, which tells a tale of holiday woes for some cat who loses his girl and his wheels - but he gets even, so at least there's a happy ending.
	www.goofspot.com /bamboo/features/ftr0012.htm (216 words)

	Boss Martians : Move! - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		For their third and final album for the Dionysus label, the Boss Martians haven't moved too far away from their reverent yet formulaic rendering of mid-'60s West Coast teen rock, rockabilly, surf, garage rock, and power pop.
		In 1998, the Seattle-based band's longtime drummer, Dan Israel, departed from the group, forcing group leader/guitarist/vocalist Evan Foster to recruit former Untamed Youth drummer Joel Trueblood for their next recording sessions.
		For the most part, the Boss Martians are still replicating the same stuff they've been doing since they formed eight years earlier.
	www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,966513,00.html (563 words)

	Double Crown Records - The Boss Martians
		They have four full length CD's out to date: The Boss Martians (Dionysus), The Jetaway Sounds Of The Boss Martians (Hillsdale), 13 Evil Tales (Dionysus) and Invasion Of The Live Boss Martians (Vagrant).
		They also have eight 7" releases out, including 'The Intoxicating Sounds Of The Boss Martians' that we released in the fall of 1997.
		Guitarist Evan Foster, one of the smoothest surf pickers in the biz, wrote all four tracks, the best of which is 'Highball At Hatties', a boss instro that melds the 60's instro approach with Phil Spector-like 1-2-3-4 tamborine.
	www.dblcrown.com /bossmart.html (399 words)

	Amazon.com: The Set-Up: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is-- depending on your POV-- either the 8th (or 9th) Boss Martians album, OR the 3rd Mystery Action album (certainly the near-complete shift in style from hot-rod-and-surf to power pop started on HERE'S TO ANOTHER YEAR).
		People say the Strokes and White Stripes are 'saving rock and roll', and while that may be true (I'm a fan of them as well), the Boss Martians just have such a pure sound that's impossible to dislike.
		What stands out to me is the Martians' increasing lyric accomplishment; songs like "Angela" and "Vows" are packed with enough clever turns and internal rhymes that they could pass as Sondheim songs.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CG8DX?v=glance (1017 words)

	Review: THE BOSS MARTIANS ID 123381 Move! **** (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is easily the best produced and most interesting Boss Martians release ever.
		Songs like "She's In, You're Gone" and "I Want More" are perfect pop capsules, and the period hot rod sensibilities of "Bad Ass '71 Dodge Charger Super Bee" and "Never Trust A Chick (In A 3 Window Coupe)" are spot-on.
		The surf instros are among the best the Boss Martians have done.
	www.reverbcentral.com /reviews/b/boss3292.html (275 words)

	Review: THE BOSS MARTIANS ID123344 13 Evil Tales ** (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Boss Martians continue to produce competent low energy performances on disc.
		About half instro as before, Boss Martians fans will dig it.
		A dumb title, but a nice moody number with a surf / RandB feel to it.
	www.reverbcentral.com /reviews/b/boss1170.html (178 words)

	Eugene Weekly : Music : 02.19.04
		, that is. The Martians are a Seattle-based band with an unapologetic punk/pop sound that's rooted in garage rock.
		Earlier albums showed more of a pronounced surf-rock influence (Their name is a combination of the titles of two surf/garage gems: The Rumblers' "Boss" and Bobby Fuller Four's "Our Favorite Martian"), but that's given way to super cool, charged pop that would be welcome on any CD shelf.
		Fans of the Martians will know that in 1998, the band took a hiatus and pushed '60s-influenced project, Mystery Action.
	www.eugeneweekly.com /archive/02_19_04/music.html (932 words)

	Terence McKenna Bibliography: Author Index
		Ebert, J., 1999: Terence McKenna and the garden of psychedelic delights.
		Gyrus and Eden J., 1997: Mushrooms, Martians and Millennia: Terence McKenna interviewed at the ICA.
		The Shamen and McKenna T., 1993: a different drum: pop/club/ambient of boss drum lp.
	www.cmays.net /xrefa.shtml (10878 words)

	Amazon.com: Making the Rounds: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Very, very "garage" with noticeable hard rock influence, Boss Martians are currently one of my great rock hopes after seeing them tear it up twice in Austin, TX at this year's SXSW conference!
		I'm not surprised since I've never been let down by these guys, but I gotta say that this time, the Boss Martians have outdone themselves.
		Now instead of having Boss Martians records next to my Sonics and Trashmen LP's, I can put them alongside my Dead Boys, Stooges and early Elvis Costello albums.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000065AOQ?v=glance (950 words)

	The River Reporter Online - The Music Scene by Bob Cianci
		And while you’re in a Zydeco mindset, don’t forget about the father of Zydeco, the late Clifton Chenier, whose work is available on Arhoolie Records.
		The Boss Martians combine California surf music, 60s garage rock and early Stones-like RandB quite successfully and have produced one of the year’s best all-out, nonstop rock ‘n roll releases.
		The Boss Martians’ music is so exciting and irrepressible, you might find yourself dancing around the room.
	www.riverreporter.com /issues/03-01-02/cianci.htm (505 words)

	Review - Boss Martians: The Set Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Some ten years ago the Martians, led by guitarist Evan Foster, started out as a very purist instro surf band.
		Over the course of various singles and LPs they began adding vocal numbers, fuzzed-out garage rock, and some powerpop influences.
		A year 2000 side project of Evan Foster and organist Nick Contendo's called the Mystery Action resulted in a great CD of catchy and fuzzed-out pop-garage, and with the last Martians album, Making The Rounds, it was obvious they were moving even closer to their current sound.
	www.cosmik.com /aaa-archives/reviews/040326_review_boss_martians.html (346 words)

	Boss Martians - Making The Rounds
		Its been a long time since they started as Seattles premiere surf, pop and stomp band, 12 new, vital blasts of rock & roll music.
		Time and personal changes have seen The Boss Martians metamorphose into Seattles premiere rockin combo one of the most vital rock `n` roll bands to emerge from Seattle in some time.
		Combining an admiration for British blue-eyed soul/mod bands such as Small Faces and the American power pop sound of bands like Cheap Trick, the Boss Martians` driven brand of rock `n` roll comes to life on "Making the Rounds.
	www.notlame.com /tellafriend/CDBOSS1.html (269 words)

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