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Isotope 217° were a Chicago based band composed mainly of members from Tortoise and the Chicago Underground Orchestra that was formed in 1997. The New York Times described the band as "..adept to varying degrees at rock and funk and jazz and electronics, turn those introspective moments into jams that are messier and warmer than Tortoise's." The music of Isotope 217 is as complex and varied as the influences of its members: John Herndon (drums, percussion) and Dan Bitney (drums, percussion) from Tortoise, Jeff Parker (guitar) from, among others, Tortoise, New Horizons Ensemble and Chicago Underground Orchestra, Rob Mazurek (Cornet)...

1. Nuclear Hardcore Punk from Oakland, California. The band features current and past members of Crimson Scarlet, Hazzards Cure, Sanctum and other Bay Area acts. They play a blistering burning spirits style in the vein as such Japanese greats such as Deathside and Bastard. 2. Isotope was a British jazz-rock band fronted by guitarist Gary Boyle. Boyle founded the band in June 1972 and a first album, Isotope, was largely composed by keyboardist Brian Miller. Jeff Clyne played bass and Nigel Morris played drums. Clyne and Miller left in 1974, however, and were replaced by Hugh Hopper and Laurence Scott...