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The Marked Men is an American punk band originating from Denton, Texas composed of Jeff Burke, Mark Ryan,
Joe Ayoub, and Mike Throneberry.
The members have all been involved in other bands including Radioactivity, Mind Spiders, O-D-EX,
High Tension Wires, The Reds, Low Culture,Vomit Punx,and The Potential Johns.
The Texas foursome is known for catchy pop melodies laid on top of lo-fi Ramones style buzz saw guitars. Old school punk rock with a sweaty, energetic ferocity and an unerring knack for pop hooks.
They have released four albums through different labels like Rip Off, Dirtnap and Swami. Their last album, Ghosts, was released in 2009 through Dirtnap. They have not released any new material since 2009 but a singles compilation “On The Other Side” (Dirtnap Records, 2019) which is as close to a new album as it’s going to get. The band stretches its legs throughout this solid closing credits collection and shows why it’s one of the leaders of a sound that has never gone (or will go) out of style.
Don´t miss them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man or Astro-man? were born in 1992 in Auburn, Alabama, with members who claimed to be extraterrestrial beings whose ship crashed into Earth and decided to form a band to infiltrate with humans. They began their career performing in small clubs but their fame grew like wildfire and in 1993 they signed with Estrus Records, sharing the stage with other luminaries of the time such as The Mummies or The Phantom Surfers. The three LPs with this company achieved international fame not only for the music but for their striking covers with robots, aliens and space scenes. In 1996 they moved to Touch & Go Records, realasing “Experiment Zero”, an album produced by Steve Albini (Shellac, Big Black, etc.), who consolidated their unique sound. Between each album they dedicate themselves full time to touring throughout the United States and Europe, fully launching into experimenting with new sounds without abandoning their instro-surf essence. Their fame becomes unstoppable and they continue recording albums and playing in concerts all over the world.
Between 2001 and 2013 they had a kind of a break (we were lucky to have them at Funtastic in 2010), but they surprised the world with a new LP that sent them back into orbit.
Their shows are a truly spectacular: dressed as astronauts surrounded by extravagant sets with projections of science fiction images, they use devices such as Tesla coils and theremins for greater theatricality. Mainly instrumental, their compositions are a mix of classic surf and futuristic punk in which they mix audio and video fragments taken from B movies and old television series.
Put on your outer space suit and get ready for one of the best shows in the galaxy! !

Summarizing the greatness of Cosmic Psychos in a few lines is a very difficult task, but one thing is certain: since they formed on the outskirts of their native Melbourne 40 years ago to this day, the band remains faithful to their old philosophy : punk-rock and beer.
With a lot of albums on the most important punk-rock labels (Sub-Pop, Shock, Amphetamine Reptile, Man’s Ruin among others), tours around the world and despite being friends with contemporaries like Mudhoney, Pearl Jam or Butch Vig, (Nirvana’s “Nevermind” producer among others), who was the man behind the sound of their album “Blokes You Can Trust”, being able to focus their career towards higher levels, they have never wanted to and never quit their other jobs. They play when they can and we still don’t believe that they are going to cross the world to come to Funtastic.
Ross Knight on bass and vocals, John McKeering on guitar and vocals and Dean Muller on drums, come to show us that the old formula of pub-rock, beer and fuck off is hotter than ever and if anyone is guilty of the Australian punk explosion of today with The Chats or Amyl and The Sniffers at the top among dozens of other bands, they are Cosmic Psychos. In fact, thanks or because of these bands, who keep saying that they are their greatest influence, our Australian idols are bigger then ever.
In Ross’s words:
“The band is a hobby band because I could not be inspired or think about writing about anything if I was a full-time muso, because that would be as boring as shit. You’ve got to stub your toe. You’ve got to worry about being broke. You’ve got to get hangovers. You’ve got to get separated from your partner. You’ve got to have kids to worry about and all that kind of stuff. If you’re just travelling around in a fancy bus and flying around the world, what the hell are you supposed to write about?”

Brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald formed Redd Kross (originally Red Cross) in Hawthorne, California, in the late ’70s. Their first show was opening for Black Flag. In 1980, when they were only 17 and 13 years old respectively, their debut album was published, the legendary EP “Posh Boy” featuring members of Black Flag and Circle Jerks. From this moment on, the biography and discography is so dense and complete that it is better to leave you a link to their website so as not to take up pages and pages.
The McDonald brothers have kept Redd Kross together over the decades, releasing multiple studio albums and a host of LPs and singles.
They have also been busy with various side projects as producers for other bands and even odd jobs as actors.
Redd Kross, totally unclassifiable, are one of those groups that everyone loves. The wonderful documentary “Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story” is hitting theaters and we totally recommend watching it to get an idea of ​​its history and greatness.
Their new album will be released this week (June 28th) through In The Red Records and if this were not enough, in autumn we will also have their biography in the best book stores. 2024 is the year of Redd Kross!  Band’s current lineup features brothers Jeff and Steven, plus Jason Shapiro on guitar, along with Dale Crover (Melvins) on drums.
We are on cloud nine since we know that they are going to play at the Funtastic stage. Sometimes dreams become true!!