Memphis/Tennessee, cradle of rock and
roll, a never-ending list of the cream of the crop: Muddy Waters,
Howlin’ Wolf; Elvis and Sun Records; Charlie
Feathers; the Southern Soul of the legendary Stax label;
Sam The Sham & The and the Pharaohs; James Luther Dickinson
or Alex Chilton - just to name a few – they all shaped
the face of this musical city. Their legacy is honoured by the likes
of the Reigning Sounds; Cool Jerks and of course Viva L’American Death Ray Music. From the lean but propulsive Drone Rock style of Velvet Underground and Modern Lovers, Phil Spector’s wall of sounds, girl-group-backing-vocals of the Rayettes, to a Roxy Music Saxophone. The band has everything to offer that epitomises hip-shaking no nonsense rock and roll.
The band has already changed it's name several times after forming in the year 2000 in “Bluff City”. Even the members were fluctuating quite often. When the first album Welcome To The Incredibly Strange And Erotic World Of The American Death Ray came out, they simply called themselves The American Death Ray. On the second 7”inch “Hip Hugger Suit(e)”, that came out on Misprint Records, the name was American Death Ray Music. For the second album “Smash Radio Hits”, that was also published by Misprint and Sympathy For The Record Industry resp., the name finally mutated into Viva L’American Death Ray Music. The only steady member of the band is it's founder Nick Diabolo Ray. He is also the guitar player of Monsieur Jeffrey Evans ’68 Comeback. The other band members were recruited from a variegated group of musicians, that used to play with Compulsive Gamblers; The Lost Sounds, The Retards, Andre Williams and also Tav Falco & His Panther Burns. Today the line up contains the drummer Shane Callaway and the bass player Harlan T. Bobo and of course Nick Diabolo Ray. So it's time to raise the curtain on Viva L’American Death Ray Music, provided that they keep that name until their gig on September 25th. |
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ALTERNATIVE TV IGOR BASIN MICHAEL "PANKOW" BOEHLKE BOONARAAAS! BOY FROM BRAZIL SEZGIN BOYNIK BUZZCOCKS CHEETAH CHROME CZD DEAN DIRG RONALD GALENZA HENRYK GERICKE THOMAS GROETZ DICK HEBDIGE ALFRED HILSBERG STEWART HOME SIEGFRIED KALUS THE KIDS THOMAS LAU MARLENE MARDER MALCOLM MCLAREN LEGS MCNEIL PADELUUN BERT PAPENFUSS MARK PERRY HARRY RAG ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS SEDLMEIR ANDY SHERNOFF MARTY THAU TOKYO SEX DESTRUCTION VIVA L'AMERICAN DEATH RAY MUSIC |
