Captain Ahab

Captain Ahab were a Los Angeles-based duo known for their intense, confrontational live shows and full-on embrace of countless styles of dance, pop, and rock music. Their concerts consisted of Speedo-clad hype man Jim Merson viciously engaging with the crowd while electronics wizard Jonathan Snipes provided high-energy dance tracks with sexually explicit lyrics. Their music drew equally from underground D.I.Y. culture as well as mainstream pop music, and they rejected any notions of musical elitism or guilty pleasures. They explored many styles usually scoffed at by hipsters, ...