Sons of Alpha Centauri are an instrumental stoner rock band residing in the Thames Gateway Swale area. Formed on the hottest day of July 2001 by Nick Hannon and Marlon King the project initiated to pioneer alternative riff rock and encapsulate genres from classic rock though to avant-garde experimentation.

The duo wrote 25 tracks before contacting drummer Stevie B. and Andrew Blake to deliver textures, tape manipulations, samples and atmospheric ambience. This completed their line up in spring 2004. Tracks were composed as numbers (to correspond to their chronological order) and instrumental from onset.

‘Sons of Alpha Centauri’ are an equal opportunities rock band and are not associated with any ideologies other than their own. The project is self-reinforced and sustained working in liaison with multiple artists to contribute ideas, projections and theories. Conceptual art and landscape photography have been by composed by individuals within the band for both live-set visualisation and artistic impressions.

The debut ‘Sons of Alpha Centauri’ twelve-track concept release consisting of a selection of the live studio recordings from the first 35 movements is due out winter 2007.

‘…to the north of the practice bay are the WWII forts…. the Shivering Sands and the Red Sands. The north Kent coast and the remains of WWII surround the Island. The SS Montgomery an abandoned American merchant ship with 5000 tons of TNT onboard which engulfs our home with the threat of looming tsunami through possible explosion…’

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