Other Side

Description

Ecksplorer was born in the sewage of intergalactic skate parks; not the sanctioned ones (later destroyed) but the abandoned factories, the defunct parking lots, and the pot-holed deserts of lunar surfaces. Hard-nosed, loud, and equally abrasive as melodic, the trio made anthems for the fringes. First distributed on cassette, Other Side, their debut album, soon made its way to trick tapes everywhere, the perfect addition to the frenetic editing that made them popular. The album was so ubiquitous that is was inevitable that it, and the band, would find their way into the limelight of success. Other Side was reissued several times in different formats (vinyl, intracompact disk drive, etc.) and, while its popularity did not appear to dwindle at first, it was on a dangerous road: the intersection of legendary and overrated approaching fast. Ecksplorer went out of their way to sponsor events for underprivileged youth, opened skate parks…