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Chris O'Connor is a vocalist, guitarist, and bassist. His first band, I-Rails, made four albums in the course of a few years from the late 1980s up to 1991, none of which received much attention.

Using material for a planned fifth I-Rail's album, he made the Rocket album entirely on his own on a broken-down 1969 Ampex 16-track tape deck and a budget of $1,000 in 1991, and called himself Primitive Radio Gods. The album wouldn't be released for four years, but after Columbia Records released it and the single "Standing Outside a Broken Telephone Booth With Money in My Hand" shot up the charts and was featured in Jim Carrey's movie The Cable Guy, he reunited his bandmates under the new name.

He released a second album, White Hot Peach, with the band in late 2000 under a small independant label What Are Records?, and then a third album called Still Electric in 2003.

He is currently working on a fourth untitled Primitive Radio Gods' album, which should be released in early 2006.

Some biographical information can be found on this page of Primitive Radio Gods' official site.

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-'''Chris O'Connor''' was the lead singer for [[Primitive Radio Gods]] during much of the 1990s.  He worked on his music while working as an [[air traffic controller]] at [[Los Angeles, California]].
+'''Chris O'Connor''' is a vocalist, guitarist, and bassist. His first band, [[I-Rails]], made four albums in the course of a few years from the late [[1980s]] up to [[1991]], none of which received much attention.
+Using material for a planned fifth I-Rail's album, he made the [[Rocket(album)|Rocket]] album entirely on his own on a broken-down 1969 Ampex 16-track tape deck and a budget of $1,000 in 1991, and called himself [[Primitive Radio Gods]]. The album wouldn't be released for four years, but after [[Columbia Records]] released it and the single "Standing Outside a Broken Telephone Booth With Money in My Hand" shot up the charts and was featured in [[Jim Carrey]]'s movie [[The Cable Guy]], he reunited his bandmates under the new name.
+He released a second album, [[White Hot Peach]], with the band in late [[2000]] under a small independant label [[What Are Records|What Are Records?]], and then a third album called [[Still Electric]] in [[2003]].
+He is currently working on a fourth untitled Primitive Radio Gods' album, which should be released in early [[2006]].
+Some biographical information can be found on [http://www.primitiveradiogods.info/bios.htm this page] of Primitive Radio Gods' official site.