Arab on Radar

Arab on Radar is a Providence, Rhode Island-based noise rock band founded in 1994. They went on hiatus in 2002. Members of the band went on to form or join the bands The Chinese Stars, Athletic Automaton, Made in Mexico, and most recently Doomsday Student. The band reformed in 2010 but promptly disbanded.

History

Arab on Radar's first show was in the cafeteria on the Rhode Island College campus.

While the band was opening for Marilyn Manson at a Providence club called Babyhead, they were chased out of the club by angry audience members.

Arab on Radar's early sound was typified by thickly distorted, repeated bass grooves, 4/4 drum beats, and two deafening guitars that employed contrasting melodies and near-unison chords that drew comparisons to The Contortions. Their live shows often featured spitting, trisomic parody, and full nudity.

After Andrea Fiset's departure, the band developed a more abstract sound and they began to draw (often disparaging) comparisons to Sonic Youth. Arab on Radar may be considered catalysts for the revival of no wave (also called neo-no wave), a scene that began to gain popularity with bands like Lightning Bolt and The Locust in the early part of the 21st century.

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Podcasts:

Arab on Radar

ALBUMS

The Stolen Singles

Released 2003

Yahweh or the Highway

Released 2001

The Locust / Arab on Radar

Released 2000

Soak the Saddle

Released 2000

Rough Day at the Orifice

Released 1998

Queen Hygiene II

Released 1997

Queen Hygiene II/Rough Day at the Orifice

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99 Cent Lipstick

by: Arab On Radar

Put on your 99 cent lipstick, baby
Man with the world's longest pubic hair
Met the woman with the world's longest fingernails
They made the world's worst fairy tale
Put on your 99 cent lipstick, baby
Man was exposed to woman's radioactive heart
And his pelvis went bald
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long pubic hair




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