# Crash Course in Science

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**Crash Course in Science** are an American [post-punk](/source/Post-punk) band. The band was formed in 1979 in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) by Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny.[1][2] They avoided the sounds of conventional instrumentation by using toy instruments and kitchen appliances to augment distorted guitar, drums and synthesised beats.[3] The band reformed in 2009.

## History

Crash Course in Science were championed by local radio station [WXPN](/source/WXPN) DJ Lee Paris. Paris released their first single *Cakes in the Home* for his Go Go label.[4] This was followed by *Signals from Pier Thirteen* EP in 1981, produced by John Wicks at Third Story Recordings.[5]

In the years following the band's initial break-up,[when?] Crash Course in Science's music developed a cult following among [techno](/source/Techno) and [electro](/source/Electro_(music)) musicians, and the band have been cited as an influence on the 2000s [electroclash](/source/Electroclash) scene.[1] In 2009, they reunited for tours, and in 2011, [Schematic Records](/source/Schematic_Records) released a *Signals from Pier Thirteen* re-issue, as well as *Near Marineland*, an album originally recorded by the band in 1981 before being shelved.[1] In 2017, the band released a new album titled *Situational Awareness*.

## Discography

### Albums

- *Near Marineland* (2011)
- *Situational Awareness* (2017)

### EPs

- *Signals from Pier Thirteen* (1981)

### Singles

- *Cakes in the Home* (1979)

## References

1. Simpson, Paul. ["Crash Course in Science (Biography)"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/crash-course-in-science-mn0000463237/biography). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved July 30, 2018.

1. [Crash Course in Science](https://www.nme.com/awards/video/id/RpnJJZdd4aM/search/electrocrash) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160129054229/http://www.nme.com/awards/video/id/RpnJJZdd4aM/search/electrocrash) 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine [New Musical Express](/source/New_Musical_Express)

1. [Crash Course in Science - Signals from Pier Thirteen (Press) 1981](http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=crash_course_in_science) [Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)

1. [When Punk Came to Philly](https://web.archive.org/web/20101117110704/http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/when_punk_came_to_philly-38342524.html?page=2&comments=1&showAll=) [Philadelphia Weekly](/source/Philadelphia_Weekly)

1. Songwriter's market (1983 edition), Barbara Norton Kuroff, p. 254, ISBN 978-0-89879-123-5

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20090414233516/http://crashcourseinscience.com/)

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