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Take the force of garage rock icons the Sonics, add some 60s street racing and the sweet yet tough looks of the Shangri-Las and what do you get? The Neptunas - three chicks playing three chords who get the jukejointers a-jiggling. The Neptunas, heroines of the L.A. underground, rip-off the savage best of 60s garage and 70s punk pop to create an auditory hallucination of Hot Rod Garage-ageddon. Their frenetic set includes covers by anti-stars the Mummies and Paul Revere and the Raiders, as well as original songs describing everything from tortured teen dragster worship to a sorority where the...

Marcos Llunas (born 19 September 1971, Madrid) is a Spanish singer-songwriter who has been successful in southern Europe and Latin America and is known for his participation in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Llunas, son of Spanish musician Dyango, released his self-titled first album in 1993. He recorded several moderately successful singles, and in 1995, in Paraguay, won the OTI Song Festival for Spain with the song "Eres mi debilidad". In 1997, Llunas was chosen internally by broadcaster TVE as the Spanish representative for the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest with his self-penned song "Sin rencor" ("No Hard Feelings"). At the...

Surf-revival guitarist Mark Brodie -- previously of Mark Brodie & the Beaver Patrol -- formed the Metalunas upon his return to Vancouver from Japan, where he had lived from 1996-97 fronting another surf combo called the Saboteurs. Featuring a rhythm section of Mike Cinnamon (bass) and Rod Moore (drums), the Metalunas made their recording debut in 1999 with X-Minus-One. (via Steve Huey, All Music Guide) .