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Punk science album drops; dropping science on the concertgoing crowd

2018; American Chemical Society; Volume: 96; Issue: 39 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/cen-09639-newscripts

2474-7408

CARMEN DRAHL,

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For those about to rock Ready your eardrums, Newscripts readers, because an unholy alliance of science and rock has come to a head. Pop-punk powerhouse Leucine Zipper & the Zinc Fingers, a fixture on the Atlanta science festival circuit, released its debut album, "Atomic Anarchy," on streaming services and on CD Sept. 1. The band's sound calls to mind the Ramones, Joan Jett, Kiss, or Iggy Pop. That is, if those icons wrote songs about enzymes that are suitable for performing in the presence of children. Each band member has a distinctive punk-rock science name. "Mine is X. O. Therm," explains bass player and chemist Michael Evans, who by day works as Georgia Institute of Technology's chemistry laboratory coordinator. Front woman and lyricist Leucine Zipper is the alter ego of molecular immunologist Jennifer Leavey, who develops interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate programs at Georgia Tech. She aims to