Area 51

There are, at least, seven acts known as Area 51: 1) A rap trio consisting of an African American (MC Random), Hispanic (Apakalips) & Caucasian (Crow Magnum), emcees from the LA, CA area. They have released multiple projects, most notably "Independent's Day" released on Raptalk Records (2008). 2) An alias of Dan Nyman. 3) A continuation of Michiel van der Kuy's solo project, Rygar - well known to many synthdance fans.

1) A rap trio consisting of an African American (MC Random), Hispanic (Apakalips) & Caucasian (Crow Magnum), emcees from the LA, CA area. They have released multiple projects, most notably "Independent's Day" released on Raptalk Records (2008).

2) An alias of Dan Nyman.

3) A continuation of Michiel van der Kuy's solo project, Rygar - well known to many synthdance fans. He is the man behind many Laserdance, KOTO & Proxyon tracks, one of the greatest synthdance composers / producers ever. During the latter half of 80's, Michiel van der Kuy established his own record label, called "Made Up Records". His label was releasing mainly italo disco music, composed and produced entirely by Michiel. There were also some instrumental tracks released (under the name of "Rygar"): "Space Raiders", "Star Tracks", "Hexameron" and "Adagio". Although those synthdance tracks gathered large popularity, a full lenght album of Rygar hasn't been released at that time. http://discogs.com/artist/Area+51+%285%29

4) A defunct hardcore punk band hailing from Seattle WA had members of Murder City Devils, Death Wish Kids, Dead Low Tide, Modest Mouse, Big Business and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Area 51 had dueling male and female vocals, feedback galore, and a theme based on the movie, Over The Edge. They just released a limited pressing of their complete discography on Sound Virus.

5) A post-Nirvana shoe-gauze dub group from Richmond VA 1994-1997. They played a few live shows, most notably the Route 1 Music Fest. Todd Sentz on bass, Jeremy Markowitz guitar & drum programing, Tina Boling on vocals.

6) A band from Chipping Sodbury, UK. They perform mainly locally and consist of Matt Holloway on Rhythm Guitar and Vocals, Ellis Reed on Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals, Ed Allonby on Bass, and Luke Holloway on Drums.

7) A Japanese neo-classical power metal influenced band.