Voted "Best Melodic Punk Band"
2006 AZ Ska Punk Awards

Voted “Best Indie Band” 2005
Phoenix New Times Music Showcase

"Best Indie Rock Band" 2005
The Arizona Republic

One of the best bands in the Arizona Music Scene
Esquire Magazine April 2004

Self-Titled EP is one of the Top 25 Albums of the Year
College Times Nov. 2004

Nominated for 'Best Indie Band' 2004
Phoenix New Times Music Showcase

Nominated for "Most Cutting Edge" and "Best Kept Secret"
2003 AIM Awards


Flagstaff Music Review July 2008

Cellar Door 2005






Arizona Republic 2005





ARIZONA REPUBLIC July 21, 2005





College Times (Tempe, AZ) April 2004





Esquire Magazine April 2004





Craig Astwood - Arizona Republic-Nov. 7, 2003
Family has played a significant role in the musical influences of Mesa rockers the Necronauts. The music they've listened to and the instruments they play can be traced to their bloodlines. "Dad was a post-'60s hippie," said Billy Goodman, 25. "That's how we were introduced to music." His brother, Dale, 20, became influenced by the Creedence Clearwater Revival and Led Zeppelin that his dad and older brother were listening to. The band will debut its latest CD at a release party Saturday in Phoenix. According to Billy, a guitarist and vocalist, escaping the Springerville, the town he and Dale grew up in, would be necessary to spawn any type of musical career. Billy said the small logging town was full of jocks who didn't take too kindly to local rock bands. That all changed when the family moved to Mesa. Dale learned to play an instrument, a bassist was added, and the Necronauts were formed. "When my little brother came of age and started playing the drums, I just practiced with him one day, and it was awesome," Billy said. "He could do a lot of stuff that my drummer then (in Springerville) couldn't." While at Skyline High School, Dale ran into Andrew Pangus, a bassist who was introduced to music through his parents' love of country music. According to Pangus, "Dale and Billy played me a song (they had recorded), and I really liked it, and they had me come down and try out for them." Pangus, 20, said his cousin helped influence his adoption of the bass. "He played bass for a long time, and I always liked the way it sounded. I kept asking my parents for a bass for Christmas, and I finally got one." The music of the Necronauts can be classified as "trailer park rock," according to the band. The group averages a release of more than one CD per year. According to Billy, the band has material to put out far more full-length releases, but getting the money to record them has been a problem. "We record anywhere free," said Billy, adding that he has recorded some CD tracks at his apartment.
One of the highlights of the band's brief musical career was getting the opportunity to open for Frank Black (formerly of the Pixies) at the Mason Jar in Phoenix. They've also warmed the stage for such notables as Apples in Stereo and Hank Williams III.
Check out the threesome's newest CD, Aire Fresco, Saturday at Modified Arts, 407 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix. There is a $5 cover for the all-ages show starting at 8 p.m., which also will feature Existi, Stereotyperider and Vinegar Sting. Information: www.thenecronauts.com or www .modified.org.




Get Out (Tempe, AZ) sometime 2003
Indie rock trio the Necronauts have chosen a fine title (translated from Spanish it means “fresh air”) for their second disc. ... The new album hones in on an appealingly straightforward pop rock sound that helps singer Billy G.'s skewed lyrical tales go down easily. The majority of “Aire Fresco” was recorded live at downtown Phoenix's cozy Modified Arts, and though the sound quality is primitive at best, the charm of songs such as “Familiar Burns” and the menacing “Bound to the Ground” come through unscathed. ....the Necronauts have unearthed a gem...




Zia Zine Sept. 2002

Brent Miles - The Arizona Republic Nov. 7, 2002
Necronauts seek stability in a disparate club scene
The Necronauts are determined to unify the Valley's music scene one club at a time.

Mesa, where the band is based, showcases a varied musical community. Tempe is home to Long Wong's on Mill Avenue, with its staple of jangly guitar pop and country rock-tinged bands. Downtown Phoenix has Modified Arts, an art space that hosts punk and experimental rock bands. Barely do these scenes overlap, but the Necronauts are playing all of these cities within the span of a month. "I think that's a really bad part of playing in the Valley," Billy Goodman, 24, the band's lead singer and guitarist, says of the lack of cohesiveness among local bands. "Tempe is Tempe, and it seems like those bands are a little more mainstream. Mesa is all different kinds of music, it's not just one type of music. Phoenix is definitely more like punk rock, rockabilly, indie rock and a lot of art gallery shows, a little bit more independent and a little bit more interesting in my opinion. "There's a lot of really good bands right now like After Any Accident and Transgojobot," says Goodman, who has been playing music in the Valley for 2½ years. "It seems like the first indie band to make it out of here will hopefully start a domino effect and get other bands noticed." Pushing the band along is its newest CD, Melodic Array of Change, released in May. It finds the band genre-hopping, mixing punk pop with sing-song melodies and backing music reminiscent of '90s college rock darlings the Pixies. The CD is available at their shows (including Saturday's at Long Wong's) and at all Zia Records locations, Stinkweeds, Eastside Records and online at www.thenecronauts.com. The Necronauts will release a new album in January, which Goodman calls "a b-sides collection with some older songs. One of them is 10 years old. I wrote it when I was 15. There's three new songs also." The band also hopes to hit the road, spreading its message throughout Arizona and beyond. "We're going to pick up a van within the next month," Goodman says. "As soon as we do that, we're hitting the road definitely. We're going to be on the road as much as possible." The group also will play at the Lucky Dragon on Nov. 15 and Modified on Nov. 30. A CD-release party is planned for January at Modified.




Impact Press sometime 2002
The Necronauts • Melodic Array of Change
High School Football Records/Sunset Alliance
From jangly indie pop to driving punk rock to a wee bit of funk, The Necronauts hop from genre to genre effortlessly. The Arizona trio's tunes recall a number of alternative staples, particularly the Pixies (hey, what indie rocker hasn't been influenced a little by the Pixies over the past 10 years?). This is some good stuff from the Grand Canyon State. (CL)