5uu's
Sign in to saveThe '''5uu's''' were an American avant-rock group founded in Los Angeles, California in 1984 by drummer-composer Dave Kerman. The group released their first album in 1986 and recorded a second in 1988 with Motor Totemist Guild, a similar band from the area. The two groups merged in 1988 to form U Totem and made two albums. When U Totem split up in 1994, the 5uu's reformed and went on to make two more albums. In 2000 the band became known as Dave Kerman/5uu's and released a further two albums under this name. After a long pause, an album, The Quiet In Their Bones was released in 2022.
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Within Vinony's link graph, 5uu's is referenced by 24 other articles, and connects out to Los Angeles, United States and Europe.
Vinony files it under 1984 establishments in California, American experimental musical groups and Cuneiform Records artists.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Dave Kerman
- Genre
- experimental rock
- Country of origin
- United States
- Record label
- Cuneiform Records
- Official website
- www.generalrubric.com/dkerman
- Image
- DaveKerman 2005.jpg
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- inception
- 1984-00-00
- location of formation
- United States
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Members
- Discography
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- EPs
- Singles
- Other album appearances
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The '''5uu's''' were an American avant-rock group founded in Los Angeles, California in 1984 by drummer-composer Dave Kerman. The group released their first album in 1986 and recorded a second in 1988 with Motor Totemist Guild, a similar band from the area. The two groups merged in 1988 to form U Totem and made two albums. When U Totem split up in 1994, the 5uu's reformed and went on to make two more albums. In 2000 the band became known as Dave Kerman/5uu's and released a further two albums under this name. After a long pause, an album, The Quiet In Their Bones was released in 2022.
The 5uu's were influenced by the European Rock in Opposition (RIO) movement of the late 1970s and created, along with other groups like Thinking Plague and Hail, an "American version of RIO".
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