The Death Wheelers
The Death Wheelers
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September 11, 2020
Not that many bands want to associate themselves with us actually, so in terms of a scene we're marginal on many levels. To answer your other question, Canada has always been an amazing breeding ground for nasty music, we have a long-running dynasty of great riff-based music: Razor, The Gruesomes, Voivod, Gorguts, and Dopethrone just to name a few. These days are no different, other bands such as Tomb Mold, Freeways, Droid, Palmistry, Badass Commander Outre-Tombe, Occult Burial and Lochness are keeping the flame alive.
We are influenced by a plethora of things but the movie Psychomania is indeed what started it all. The campiness of it mixed with the occult references, the motorcycle club suicide pact, these are the foundations of the original concept for the band. Other influences include: Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk death matches, Entombed's Left Hand Path, Japanese band G.A.T.E.S. and homemade liquor.
While Strange Broue is composed of the same members as The Death Wheelers its intent/mindset is far removed from The Death Wheelers realm. While both bands are highly conceptual at the core, they are two completely different beasts. To put it simply, one is fueled by downers and the other uppers, we'll let you guess which one is which.
We're all about exposing ourselves, we're exhibitionists, the internet has allowed us to spread our filth around the world. Also, there are lots of freaks on the web, so I'd say we feel right at home.
We like the compose in the most depraved state so nothing is premeditated or calculated. In the past, we have tried recruiting additional musicians for live performances in the local paper but our ad was too risqué and got pulled out for nudity before getting printed.
We'll play anywhere but we have an affinity for moldy basement shows. There is a beauty about playing to a crowd of broken-down degenerates at 4 in the morning.
The album came together fairly quickly and all tracks were ready before we hit the studio. We recorded the whole thing in 48 hours all together in one room at break neck speed with honorary club member Gueze behind the console. We like to impose restrictions and limitations. We believe struggle brings out the worst of people which is exactly what we want to capture on tape.
The creation of the album artwork was a two-step process. First, Courtney Brooke, a good friend of ours and great photographer, came up with the concept and laid out the scene to create a reference picture. From there, visual FX/horror illustrator extraordinaire Marc Schoenbach (Sadist Art Designs) worked his magic and painted the whole scene over top of the picture. The post-apocalyptic landscape these two artists created is grimy and campy which is exactly what we had in mind when we came up with the album concept.
We don't believe these two personalities would approve of anything we do musically nor politically. Filth is our politics.
It's no secret, we like the dead and we like to pay homage to them. Our debut included a Moby Dick cover as a tribute to John Bonham, this time around, we decided to commemorate the recently deceased rock and roller Dick Dale. If you want us to cover your music, please mail us your death certificate.
[Gas pumping intensifies]
The pandemic has made us stronger as death and desolation are the fuel to our creation. This means, we are gearing up to write more tunes and maybe enter the studio by the end of 2020 to have some new material ready for 2021. As far as touring is concern, bookers beware we are quite the nightmare.
It's not uncommon to see people lower their standards at our shows, which means your chances of getting laid after our set are even higher.
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