Six Finger Satellite

Six Finger Satellite (a.k.a. 6FS) are an American synthesizer-based post-punk band, based in Providence, Rhode Island. The band formed in 1990 around a line up of J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar), Peter Phillips (guitar), Chris Dixon (bass), and Rick Pelletier (drums). They submitted a demo of rock to Sub Pop Records, who, signed them and released the demo as the four-song Weapon EP in 1992. Six Finger Satellite's first full-leng... more

Six Finger Satellite (a.k.a. 6FS) are an American synthesizer-based post-punk band, based in Providence, Rhode Island. The band formed in 1990 around a line up of J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar), Peter Phillips (guitar), Chris Dixon (bass), and Rick Pelletier (drums). They submitted a demo of rock to Sub Pop Records, who, signed them and released the demo as the four-song Weapon EP in 1992. Six Finger Satellite's first full-length album, The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird, was released in 1993, with Kurt Niemand replacing Dixon on bass. The record more accurately represented the band's vision of cyborg-esque post-punk, and was recorded by Bob Weston, whose band Shellac named their 1994 single, The Bird is the Most Popular Finger in tribute. In 1994, 6FS released the Machine Cuisine EP, which was recorded entirely with synthesizers, suggesting the band's future direction. Their 7" single supposedly recorded "live at the A.C.I." was not actually recorded live at that... less