The Free Radicals live band includes six or seven members. On recordings —
The Rising Tide Sinks All (1998),
Our Lady of Eternal Sunny Delights (2000),
Aerial Bombardment (2004), and
The Freedom Fence (2012) — Free Radicals invites a group of 50 or more musicians and vocalists into the studio. Drummer
Nick Cooper founded the group in 1996, with a goal of specializing in improvised music. In 2010,
Dawn wrote that the artwork and message about underwater oil-leaks, oil-wars, and bank-crashes on the band's first CD was like a "premonition waiting to become true." Free Radicals frequent collaborators and guest musicians include Al Pagliuso, Dan Cooper,
Harry Sheppard, Gloria Edwards, Nelson Mills III, Subhendu Chakraborty, and Karina Nistal. The Free Radicals perform many concerts, marches, and fundraisers for anti-authoritarian and radical groups like
food not bombs, peace festivals, and charity events including a continuous 24-hour concert in November 1999 to raise money for
Kid Care, a health program for children. They have protested against
Halliburton, and participated in marches for immigrant rights and for a Houston janitor's union. ==Awards and honors==