(1973-09-30) September 30, 1973 (age 50) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
Psychedelic, experimental music, acid punk, progressive rock, stoner rock, lo-fi, drone music, freak folk
Occupation(s)
Musician, illustrator, music historian, writer, impresario
Instrument(s)
Guitar, vocals, banjo
Years active
1995–present
Labels
Drag City Galactic Zoo Disk Eclipse Records/Prophase
Website
plasticcrimewave.com
Musical artist
Plastic Crimewave (born Steven H. Krakow), otherwise known as Steve Krakow, is a Chicago-based illustrator and writer, avant-garde musician, music historian[1] and impresario. He is the editor of Drag City-published magazine Galactic Zoo Dossier, eponymous front man for Plastic Crimewave Syndicate and co-member of Spiral Galaxy, founder of the Million Tongues Festival, and Vision Celestial Guitarkestra. He writes and illustrates the "Secret History of Chicago Music" comic in the Chicago Reader and co-hosts WGN-AM's Secret History of Chicago Music series. He runs the Drag City imprint label, Galactic Zoo Disk and Guerssen records imprint Galactic Zoo Archive.
PlasticCrimewave (born Steven H. Krakow), otherwise known as Steve Krakow, is a Chicago-based illustrator and writer, avant-garde musician, music historian...
of musicians as diverse as Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), Colleen and PlasticCrimewave. Fry was to discover this by chance in the early 2000s. Dreaming with...
Not much is known about Lofton's personal life, although musician PlasticCrimewave, writing in his column The Secret History of Chicago Music, stated...
playing with experimental psychedelic bands The Acid Mothers Temple and PlasticCrimewave Sound.[citation needed] Father Yod Tom Stone "Father Yod" artist entry...
Chicago-based music festival organized by artist, writer, and musician, PlasticCrimewave often hosted by Empty Bottle. The festival showcases national and...
Ignatz, Antietam, Black Forest/Black Sea, Sleeping Pill, Tanakh, PlasticCrimewave Sound, The Linus Pauling Quartet, Major Stars, Damon and Naomi, Helena...
possess and torment him. After the critical and commercial failure of Crimewave (1985), Raimi, producer Robert Tapert, and Campbell began work on a sequel...
Home Office Communications Directorate, June 2000. Love, honour and obey - or die Jason Burke 2000 The crimewave that shames the world Robert Fisk 2010...
dysfunctional home life, and his only friend, a human boy made of inflatable plastic who has loving and supportive flesh-and-blood parents. Christopher Golden...
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Network, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade 2013 Payday 2 Crimewave Edition First-person shooter Overkill Software PlayStation 4, Xbox One...
has been kidnapped by Grey Fox and the Owl Men after discovering their crimewave. His name is a play on red herring. John Stephenson Indian Witch Doctor...
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