I used to be a HUGE fan of Tempe's electronic pop act The Medic Droid, which sadly broke up last year after singer Chris Donathon walked off-stage in Tucson mere days after 'Phoenix New Times' ran a cover story on them.Darn you!So, when he MySpace messaged me this, it piqued my curiosity:"hey my nam ... More >>
This monkey doesn't dance anymore.Happenstance totally rules. I was lucky enough to run into Chris Donathon last night when I was out covering The Edge 103.9's Third Thursday concert in Scottsdale. The 23-year-old vocalist for the now-defunct electro power-pop band The Medic Droid was attending the ... More >>
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Hector Bagnod (left) and Chris Donathon, no longer The Medic Droid. It'll break the hearts of countless teenaged emo and scene kids to hear this, but The Medic Droid is no more. The local electro power-pop band announced the break up Tuesday afternoon through a pair of blog postings on their MySp ... More >>
The Medic Droid's Hector Bagnod and one of his fans. You can't spell "fanatic" without "fan." As I detailed wrote in this week's cover story in the Phoenix New Times, local electro power-pop group The Medic Droid has built a considerable teenaged and twentysomething (not to mention overly-enthusia ... More >>
