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Nekron 99 (musical group)

New York based Nekron 99 (1980-1985) was the first Asian-American led rock band to achieve international recognition. It was founded by guitarist John Seetoo and his brother James, on bass. Often linked to the burgeoning post punk hardcore scene that spawned New York bands like The Mad, False Prophets, Stimulators and the Cro-Mags, their Commercial Success E.P. was distributed by Bomp! Records and found its way to Japan, Italy, Denmark, Spain, UK, France, Netherlands and Germany, where their popularity lasted sufficiently to prompt a CD re-release and compilation inclusion, "Back to Front", from Stuttgart based Incognito Records. John Seetoo continued the band from 1982-85 with other musicians, and the Nekron 99 music video, “Reincarnations” was a quarter finalist on the then emerging MTV cable station “Basement Tapes” show.

John Seetoo has subsequently gone on to perform the title song for the film, The Source of Power, produce the album, The Art of Protest for acclaimed Japanese-Canadian artist Terry Watada, and has recently contributed slide guitar to the 2008 Stellar Award nominated gospel hip-hop CD, Testimony: 1 Lyrics 4 Life by Joe L. Da Vessel.

Giant Robot Magazine, issue #15, article on Nekron 99 by Eric Nakamura