Beggars Opera | pt

O Operator começou como um projeto solo do vocalista, compositor, e multi-instrumentista Johnny Strong, que além das perseguições como dublê, lutador de competição, também é ator ocasional (teve um papel pequeno no drama de guerra "Falcao Negro Em Perigo" de Ridley Scott). O primeiro álbum do Operator, "Can You Hear Me Now" de 2004, foi lançado como uma demo independente que atraiu a atenção da Atlantic Records, que assinou com o Operator em 2005. Strong começou a gravação do debut do Operator na Atlantic como um álbum solo, mas eventualmente o guitarrista solo Paul James Phillips (ex Puddle Of Mudd),...

It was winter of 2008 and the winds swept across the midwestern fields. Stripped of their possessions and scrounging to survive, five young men (mere boys in some eyes) howled in the night as they formed a rebellious band of wild outcasts. This tight-knit gang called themselves The Beggars and are still roaming the countryside looking for a morsel of food or perhaps some change...anything will do... .

There are a few bands name "The Operators" "Giddy, raucous spaz-punk out of the suburbs of Boston that recalls the best parts--the crankiness, the furious single-string guitar, the excitement--of all those records K put out in the early '90s, with a dollop of The Raincoats' crash-boom-pop shamble for good measure. Let them be your favorite band, just so that grin that sprouts on your face after the first song doesn't come as too much of a shock." --PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER In 1998 classically-trained-violinist-turned-DIY-guitarist Emily Arkin and bassist-from-birth Jen Godfrey merged vocals with 4-track avatar Paul Coleman's sparse drumming. A year...

Homepage: http://8bitoperators.com The new album is available as the full 16 track download (plus 1 bonus track) at http://8bitops.com 8-Bit Operators full catalog on Amazon: http://amzn.to/8bitopsmp3 and on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/8-bit-operators-the-music/id212547461 / http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/8-bit-operators-wanna-hld/id341305586 8-bit Operators is the joint name for a group of several notable international chiptune artists. They released "The Music of Kraftwerk" together, an album containing lo-bit covers of the famous German electronic band, on the Astralwerkd/EMI label. They have just completed "WANNA HLD YR HANDHELD", a micro-chipmusic Beatles Tribute available on iTunes and at 8bitops.com. LastFM 8BitOps' Kraftwerk album page: http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/8-Bit+Operators Almost 2 full years in the making,...