Is It ... Man or Astroman?

Is It ... Man Or Astroman?
Studio album by Man or Astro-man?
Released	1993
Genre	Surf rock
Length	41:44 (CD), 45:16 (LP)
Label	Estrus Records
Man or Astro-man? chronology
Possession by Remote Control (1992) Is It ... Man Or Astroman? (1993) Amazing Thrills! in 3-Dimension (1993)

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Allmusic	[1]

Is It ... Man Or Astroman? was the first album released by the surf rock group Man or Astro-man?. First pressing was on clear blue vinyl; all subsequent pressings were on black vinyl. In deference to "vinyl junkies", the vinyl release sports two additional tracks.^[2] "Illudium Q-36" references the Chuck Jones character, Marvin the Martian. The title refers to the weapon of choice of the hostile Looney Tunes alien.

Track listing

CD release

1. "Taxidermist Surf" - 2:53
2. "Invasion of the Dragonmen" - 2:15
3. "Nitrous Burn Out" - 3:17
4. "Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)" - 2:35
5. "Journey to the Stars" (The Ventures) - 2:28
6. "Cowboy Playing Dead" - 1:55
7. "Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb" - 2:46
8. "The Human Calculator" - 2:56
9. "Organ Smash" - 1:46
10. "Cattle Drive" - 2:51
11. "Escape Through the Air Vent" - 2:23
12. "Mermaid Love" - 3:21
13. "Eric Estrotica" - 3:23
14. "Alien Visitors" - 6:54

Vinyl release

1. "Taxidermist Surf" - 2:53
2. "Invasion of the Dragonmen" - 2:15
3. "Nitrous Burn Out" - 3:17
4. "Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)" - 2:35
5. "Journey to the Stars" (The Ventures) - 2:28
6. "Cowboy Playing Dead" - 1:55
7. "Illidium Q-36" [bonus track] - 1:08
8. "Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb" - 2:46
9. "The Human Calculator" - 2:56
10. "Organ Smash" - 1:46
11. "Cattle Drive" - 2:51
12. "Escape Through the Air Vent" - 2:23
13. "Rudy's Lounge" [bonus track] - 2:24
14. "Mermaid Love" - 3:21
15. "Eric Estrotica" - 3:23
16. "Alien Visitors" - 6:54

Man or Astro-Man? could be

• Star Crunch: guitar, laserguns, Q-Tips and rare obligatory vocals
• Dr. Deleto & His Invisible Vaportron: bass, sterilized rhythm guitar, malpractice suits, and the two-step
• Coco, The Electronic Monkey Wizard: alternate universe bass, percussion, banana consumption, sound bites of lower primate love, hand held view master, VCR ignition, bunny control, foreign language count-offs, and yelps of intense pain given to him, sometimes in punishment
• Birdstuff: hi-hat
• Grand Master Useless: imitation ivory ticklin' on Organ Smash, bass on Sadie Hawkins Atomic Bomb and Illidium Q-36

Also credited

B-movie actor John Agar is credited "because his name is in everything else".

Audio samples

Alien Visitors contains dialogue audio samples from the b-movies Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and the television series The Outer Limits.^[3] Nitrous Burn Out contains dialogue from the movie Death Race 2000.

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. "grunnenrocks". Evert Nijkamp. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
3. "Sources of Voice Samples in Music". s107.net. Retrieved 2008-01-25.