Attention Deficit(USA) - Jazz Rock/Fusion

Attention Deficit biography
Another instrumental "super" group (rock, metal and new age/jazz) - but this one is different. ATTENTION DEFICIT is Michael MANRING (from Michael Hedges) on bass, Tim ALEXANDER (ex-PRIMUS) on drums, and Alex SKOLNICK (from Testament) on guitar. Each has brought with him the experience of working from different musical backgrounds. The group has really found a good mix, with Michael's busy session bassist specially for new age, the thunderous drums of Tim injecting a jazzy purism into the mix, and the tandem with the fusion/heavy metal guitar of Alex. They all jell together famously.

They have issued a pair of albums thus far - 1998's self-titled debut and 2001's "The Idiot King". Their first album is HEAVY, FUNKY grooves and guitar melodies in the vein of Frank ZAPPA and BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS, with some fusion and late KING CRIMSON overtones. The second album is a tasty hybrid of metal and jazz, united in a prog rock realm. If instrumental fusion/jazz/metal is your thing, then you'll find ATTENTION DEFICIT rather pleasing.

RECOMMENDED for fans of late KING CRIMSON, instrumental ZAPPA, LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, and BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS...!

Year: 1998
Origin: USA
Genre: Progressive rock,Jazz Rock/Fusion
Quality: (FLAC,cue,Log, cover,3% Recovery record)
Size:349 mb

Track List:

1. ATM (2:55)
2. An Exchange Of Niceties (2:33)
3. Scapula (5:13)
4. Snip (0:22)
5. It's Over, Johnny (3:31)
6. TMA (2:02)
7. Fly, Pelican, Fly (11:55)
8. Febrile (2:52)
9. MAT (3:18)
10. Wrong (0:47)
11. The Girl From Enchilada (2:35)
12. Merton Hanks (3:21)
13. Ill Fated Conspiracy (3:07)
14. The Blood Room (3:20)
15. Festivus (0:10)
16. Khamsin (1:39)
17. Lydia (3:43)
18. Say Hello To My Little Friend (3:01)

Total Time: 56:24

Line-up Musicians:

- Alex Skolnick / guitars
- Tim Alexander / drums
- Michael Manring / bass, loops

Releases information
Magna Carta # MA-9022-2

Studio Album, released in 2001

Origin: USA
Genre: Progressive rock,Jazz Rock/Fusion
Quality: (FLAC,cue,Log, cover,3% Recovery record)
Size: 380 mb

Track List:

1. American Jingo (4:04)
2. Any Unforseen Event (3:10)
3. The Risk of Failure (7:41)
4. Low Voter Turnout (4:47)
5. Unclear, Inarticulate Things (4:05)
6. RSVP (7:53)
7. My Fellow Astronauts (4:04)
8. Dubya (7:12)
9. The Killers Are To Blame (4:24)
10. Nightmare on 48th St. (3:41)
11. Public Speaking is Very Easy (2:03)

Total Time: 53:11

Line-up Musicians:

- Michael Manring / bass
- Tim Alexander / drums
- Alex Skolnick / guitars

Releases information
Magna Carta Records MA -9054-2