>Sweet! And only one lump (Kohei? Kohai? You've used both
>now, and I'm prone to fall afoul of Emerson's observation on
>consistency.)

Kōhai, the "e" was a typo.

>I suspect Sandstar's sound comes from whatever recordings were left
>behind when Meta Eridani III was abandoned in 2335.

Pretty much, yeah. I kind of half-jokingly speculated in the Forum that some of it might date all the way back to a data solid Gryphon accidentally dropped in the woods during the Beast Wars. It's the kind of Ancient Artifact that Tsuchinoko would have collected. :)

>Most likely they
>combed through everything they could find before settling on one style
>they could agree on.

They can do more than one style, but PM5K has a unique balance of heavy sound and campy scifi lyrics that really appeals to their sensibilities for some reason.

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