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Originally a progressive rock band formed in high school by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, Blind Illusion had morphed in time to a thrash metal band in the 1980s. The lineup for their debut album included future Primus members Larry Lalonde and bass guitar virtuoso Les Claypool. At the time of the album Les was a part time member who devoted most of his energies on Primus. Larry joined Primus shortly after the release of The Sane Asylum. Cantrell would soon relocate to Seattle in order form the grunge megagroup, Alice In Chains. The band released a four song demo produced by Kirk Hammet of Metallica and an album entitled The Sane Asylum in 1988 with cover artwork provided by Clay Butler. Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ... Primus is a rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Larry Lalonde is the guitarist for experimental funk rock group Primus. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... Les Claypool Leslie Les Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, USA) is a bassist and lead singer, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... Biography Kirk Hammett is Metallicas lead guitarist. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band. ... The Sane Asylum was the first and only album to be released by Californian metal band Blind Illusion. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Past members included future Motley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe in 2004 (from left: Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee) Mötley Crüe (pronounced as mott-lee crew) is an American heavy metal hair band whose members include Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil. ... Vince Neil (born Vincent Neil Wharton, February 8, 1961 in Hollywood, CA) is the singer for American glam metal band Mötley Crüe. ...


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Recent Publications on Sensory Substitution or Vision Substitution (3786 words)
The existence of an illusion effect when using such a device supports the idea of a visual perception provided by sensory substitution, whereas the attenuation of the vertical-horizontal illusion strength is consistent with the visual field shape theory (Künnapas, 1955a).
The absence of the illusion effect in early blind subjects suggests that the sensory experience influences the nature of perception and that the visual experience plays a crucial role in the vertical-horizontal illusion, in accordance with the size-constancy scaling theory (Gregory, 1963).
Blind (n = 6) and sighted blindfolded controls (n = 5) were scanned before and after they were trained to use their tongue in a Snellen orientation detection task.
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