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Funk-rock fusion band Atomic Walrus will release its first EP &quot;Slug Life&quot; on Saturday. The band is composed of UCLA alumnus and drummer Nivedan Nayak (top), USC alumnus and guitarist Max Cohen (left) and vocalist Joe Kellman (right). (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Mixed-genre band Atomic Walrus to release first EP &#039;Slug Life&#039; - Daily Bruin

Mixed-genre band Atomic Walrus to release first EP &#8216;Slug Life&#8217;

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When the band members of Atomic Walrus first sat down to pick out a band name, they wanted to encapsulate their style. The band took two names and blended them, mixing the song “Atomic Dog” by the P-Funk and the Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus.” The band’s resulting name, Atomic Walrus, embodies the band’s blended style of funk and rock.

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Mixed-genre band Atomic Walrus to release first EP ‘Slug Life’

By Alicia Sontag

Oct. 16, 2014 12:20 a.m.