Acumen Nation

Acumen Nation
From Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia Acumen Nation Is An Industrial Rock / US-Coldwave Band Based In Chicago Illinois. Formed In The Late 1980s As Acumen By Jason Novak And Ethan Novak The Band Released Several Cassette Demos Before Self-Releasing The CD Demo "Transmissions From Eville" In 1994. The Two Along With Greg Lopez Put The Record Out Themselves On The Infamous Robot Records Moniker. During Shows For This Period The Band Added Guitarist/engineer Jamie Duffy. Although The Glory Days Of The Industrial Rock Scene In Chicago Had Faded By This Point Through Constant Touring And Sheer Hard Work On A Number Of Different Projects The Duo Have Since Established Themselves As Favorites In The US Underground Scene. The Iron Lung Corp. Was A Band Comprised Of Acumen And The Clay People From Albany NY. Their First Record '96s "Big Shiny Spears" Featured Covers Of Nitzer Ebb's Seminal Dance Hits 'Join In The Chant' And 'Murderous.' In 1997 The Band Were Forced To Change Their Name Due To A Legal Dispute With A Bluegrass Band Also Called Acumen. The Band Split Their Project Into Two Halves - The Drum And Bass Influenced DJ? Acucrack And The More Traditional Rock Format Of Acumen Nation. Tours For Both Projects Followed. In 1998 Greg Lopez Left The Band To Pursue Other Interests. He Was Replaced By Eric Alvarez Also Known As The Bar. The Four Recorded 2000's Strike 4. Eric Exited The Band Before The Record Was Released And Was Replaced By Eliot Engelman. The Close Of 2001 Saw The Release Of "Live Farewell 2001 " Which Was To Signify A Hiatus For The Band As The Recording Marked The Final Performance Of Ethan Novak With The Band Who Left To Form The Band Cordy. He Was Replaced By Dan Brill Who Currently Plays With The Band. Eliot Engelman Left The Band Following The Release Of Anticore In 2006 And The Following Tour With Front Line Assembly In Mid-2007. Ethan Novak Returned To Play Live Bass During The "PsychoTransHumanoid" Tour Of The West Coast With Cyanotic Promoting The Simultaneous Release Of Acumen Nation's Psycho The Rapist And DJ? Acucrack's Humanoids From The Deep And Cyanotic's Transhuman 2.0. Edit Discography * Transmissions From Eville Demo As Acumen 1994 Robot Records * Transmissions From Eville As Acumen 1994 Fifth Colvmn Records * Territory Universe As Acumen 1996 Fifth Colvmn * Unkind EP 1997 Conscience Records * More Human Heart 1997 Conscience * If You Were EP 1998 Conscience * Transmissions From Eville Remastered 1998 Conscience * Territory Universe Remastered 1998 Conscience * Strike 4 EP 2000 Cracknation * Live Farewell 2001 2001 Cracknation * The 5ifth Column 2002 Invisible Records * Coming Down The Bastard Remix Album 2002 Invisible * Lord Of The Cynics 2003 Cracknation * Artifacts 1990-1993 Volume 1 2004 * What The F**k? 10 Years Of Armed Audio Warfare 2005 Cracknation/WTII Records * Anticore 2006 Cracknation/Crash Music Inc. * Psycho The Rapist 2007 Cracknation * Artifacts II 1989-1994 2008 Cracknation Edit Side Projects * DJ? Acucrack * Iron Lung Corp. * Fawn * Glytsch read less