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Mars Accelerator

Shows on record: 3
Rooms played: 3
Cities: 2
Releases: 13
Last show: Apr 3, 1999Velvet Elvis

About

Mars Accelerator is a band from Seattle, WA, tagged alternative, art rock, indie rock by its sources. Shows on record run from 1997 to 1999, across 3 rooms in 2 cities.

Bobby Nath: member — MusicBrainz
Mars Accelerator has 5 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1996–2007 — MusicBrainz
Mars Accelerator is based in Seattle, Washington — Mars Accelerator on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: I Am the South Pole "Antarctic Sink Edition" (High-Fidelity + Original Mixes + Bandcamp-only Tracks) (2026-08-20) — Bandcamp
Mars Accelerator has 3117 listeners on Last.fm — Mars Accelerator on Last.fm
Mars Accelerator has released 10 recordings between 1994 and 2007 — Mars Accelerator on Discogs
Mars Accelerator has 1 followers on Genius — Mars Accelerator on Genius

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

3 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

19971 show
19992 shows

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Apr 3, 1999	Velvet Elvis · SeattleHeadlinerwith The Welcome, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Sharks Keep Moving	Headliner	The Welcome, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Sharks Keep Moving
Apr 2, 1999	Old Fire House Teen Center · RedmondHeadlinerwith Sharks Keep Moving, The Reports (WA), Sweep the Leg Johnny	Headliner	Sharks Keep Moving, The Reports (WA), Sweep the Leg Johnny
Oct 11, 1997	The Crocodile - Old Location · SeattleSupportwith Unwound	Support	Unwound

Where they play

3 rooms in 2 cities

Rooms played most

Old Fire House Teen Center · Redmond1 show
The Crocodile - Old Location · Seattle1 show
Velvet Elvis · Seattle1 show

Cities played

Seattle2 shows
Redmond1 show

Releases

13 releases, 1994–2026

I Am the South Pole "Antarctic Sink Edition" (High-Fidelity + Original Mixes + Bandcamp-only Tracks)
Aug 20, 2026 · Album · 85 tracks
I Am the South Pole (30th Anniversary)
Aug 20, 2026 · Album · 35 tracks
Clouds for Your Y-Axis
2007 · Album
Quasi / Mars Accelerator / Space Pants
2000 · Single
Split
1999
Quasi / Mars Accelerator / Space Pants
1999
Frankfurt: Telephonics (Color Coding and Directional Signals)
1998 · Album
Semaphore Loveletter
1998
Monthly Catalog Sampler Feb. '98
1998
I Am the South Pole
1996 · Album
Torpor Fix
1996
Elvez / Scummy Little Midwesterner Frank (A Love Dream)
1995
Mars Accelerator
1994

Lineup

Bobby Nath

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 50+ plays, 2001-04-30–2016-10-12 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Stevie Zoom) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Mars Accelerator — I Am the South Pole "Antarctic Sink Edition" (High-Fidelity + Original Mixes + Bandcamp-only Tracks) — Release art · I Am the South Pole "Antarctic Sink Edition" (High-Fidelity + Original Mixes + Bandcamp-only Tracks) — release

Mars Accelerator — I Am the South Pole (30th Anniversary) — Release art · I Am the South Pole (30th Anniversary) — release

Mars Accelerator — The Crocodile - Old Location, 1997-10-11 — Poster · The Crocodile - Old Location, 1997-10-11 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
Mars Accelerator on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
Mars Accelerator on Last.fm	Artist facts
Mars Accelerator on Discogs	Artist facts
Mars Accelerator on Genius	Artist facts
KEXP	Airplay
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Genius	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.