KEROSENE 454 - At Zero LP Alternative Frusciante appears in 1920s drag—a

Frusciante appears in 1920s drag—a nod to Marcel Duchamp’s alter-ego Rrose Sélavy—which comes from Toni Oswald’s film Desert in the Shape

anger and understanding

combining an intense mess of atonal guitar drones with brutal scrap metal percussion

anti-so much of life - was suddenly reconfigured as a space of teeming mystery

taken away

KEROSENE 454 - At Zero LP Alternative Frusciante appears in 1920s drag—aCITRINE VINYL. In the fall of 1997 after touring with Boys Life, the band went into Inner Ear Studios to record At Zero with J. Robbins (Jawbox, Magpie Cage Studio), Don Zientara, and Juan Carrera (Warmers, Slowdime Records). The album came together at a crossroads where a shifting D. C. scene, evolving musical interests, and broader cultural changes all collided; all of which shaped the writing and recording of the record. Whereas earlier records