Fukushima Death Fish formed about 12 months ago.

"It used to be another band called Sugargob,"  said Erik Flett, who plays bass and clarinet in the band. 

"It used to be an electronic duo … but over the last year we have evolved into the Death Fish that we now know and love."

The band chose a name which delivered a bit of warning on the environment. 

"Fukushima is, as you probably know, the area of Japan which had the nuclear reactor, and where the catastrophe happened," Flett said. 

"The Death Fish is a manifestation, if you will, of the environmental effect, where you get birth defects and terrible cancers."

The band even has a mascot, borrowed from an episode of The Simpsons.

"There is a bit of a running gag with Blinky the three-eyed fish," Flett said. 

Sound wise, the band draws on influences such as Dream Theatre, Devo, Midnight Oil, Radio Head, Black Flag and others. 

"There is a bit of a melting pot going on," Flett said. "There is jazz and progressive rock, there is a bit of psychedelic, there is a bit of hard core.

"A psychedelic glaze over a jazz rock roast dinner. 

"It's wacky and wonky and weird and unexpected and raucous and raw and untamed."

Some of the songs touch on political and environmental themes.

"There is one song, Concrete Ghosts," Flett said. "That is a description of the post-apocalyptic future we would have if there weren't any humans in the world anymore. 

"We would just have all these concrete buildings and such. Half way through there is a really drastic blast-off section, it's really noisy and chaotic and almost offensive to the ears. 

"It's a concept song, so that's where we figure the humans would be blasting off from the planet to search for another planet."

Front-man Lucky Harvey enjoys a bit of banter with the audience between songs.

"Lucky, there is no difference between when he is talking to five people and five hundred people," Flett said.

"It's really great to have him on the stage."

The rest of the line-up includes Ed O'Donnell on sax, Jakobi Stegh on synthesizer, and Lochie Huntington on drums.

The band has begun to record its first EP, which they hope to release, on CD and digitally, by the end of the year. 

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