Pop. 1280 (band)

Updated on Jan 16, 2024

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Years active 2008 (2008)–present Website www.pop1280.tumblr.com		Labels Sacred Bones Record label Sacred Bones Records

Members Chris BugIvan LipAllegra SauvageAndy Chugg Past members John SkultraneAndrew SmithZach ZiemannPascal Ludet Origin New York City, New York, United States (2009) Albums Imps of Perversion, Pulse, Paradise, The Horror, The Grid Genres noise rock, industrial rock, punk rock Similar The Men, Wymond Miles, Destruction Unit, Lust for Youth, Slug Guts Profiles Twitter

Pop. 1280 is a self-styled cyberpunk/industrial rock band from Brooklyn, New York City. Their name is derived from Jim Thompson’s novel of the same name.

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History

Pop. 1280 (band) Sipping White Russians with Pop1280 Features Impose Magazine

The band started in 2008 when Chris Bug moved to New York after a two-year post-high-school graduation sojourn in China, convinced by his long-time friend Ivan Lip. Settled in Greenpoint the duo, with Bug at vocals and Lip at guitar, decided to recruit members who didn’t already play an instrument. So John Skultrane and Andrew Smith eventually joined as bass player and drummer. Lip started writing music along with Bug and the resulting sound was initially pegged as downer punk but soon Pop.1280 has been compared to various bands from different musical decades. In effect they seem to mix together sonic deviations from no wave and new wave, punk and industrial, noise and tribal, electronic and post hardcore, borrowing sounds from The Velvet Underground, Suicide, Joy Division, The Birthday Party, Sonic Youth, Liars and many more.