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Soul Junk
Background information
Origin	San Diego, California
Genre(s)	experimental, hip hop
Years active	1993 – present
Label(s)	Sounds Are Active, Shrimper Records, 5 Minute Walk, Jackson Rubio, Homestead, Holy Kiss Rex, Sub Pop Records, Karate, InTransit, Quiver Society!
Website	www.souljunk.com
Members
Glen Galaxy

Soul-Junk is an experimental hip hop group from San Diego, California.

1 History
- 1.1 Musical Evolution
2 Recurring members
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] History

The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring as with his rock band Trumans Water. In 1994, he left Trumans to produce Soul-Junk as an independent solo project, eventually taking the moniker Glen Galaxy.

[edit] Musical Evolution

Early Soul-Junk albums (such as 1950) almost exclusively feature low-fi, Indie rock style tracks of Glen singing bible verses interlaced with instrumental noise tracks. As Soul-Junk gained members its sound advanced toward rock and pop. 1953 and 1954 show signs of this continual change.

1955 shows a transition in Soul-Junk's sound. The double-disk set consists of pop / Indie rock / hip hop influenced sounds. It is also the last disk to make extensive use of biblical quotes – though Soul-Junk's lyrics still clearly reflect their Christian worldview.

Later albums are based in experimental, abstract hip-hop.

[edit] Recurring members

Glen Galaxy
Slo-Ro (2001 – 2005)

Brian Cantrell (1995 – 2000)
DJ Mizzicah (1997 – 2003)
Ron Easterbrooks (1995 – 1998)
Jon Galaxy(1995 – 2001)
Nathan Poage (1998 – 2000)

Many others are credited per album or track.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Album naming convention

The first Soul-Junk release was called 1950. Its' name was derived from the musical style of the era, a fusion of rock and free-jazz. Subsequent albums have been numbered up from 1950; Extended Play releases have been numbered down. Soul-Junk songs have also been released on innumerable compilations.