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Murder City Devils

Group Members:

Derek Fudesco, Spencer Moody, Nate Manny, Leslie Hardy, Dann Gallucci, Coady Willis

Similar Artists:

Red Knife Lottery, At the Drive-In, Six Finger Satellite, Rocket from the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu

Influenced By:

Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N' Roses, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath

Followers:

The Blackout Pact

Formal Connection With:

Smoke & Smoke, Dead Low Tide, Big Business, Broadcast Oblivion, Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • Formed: 1997
  • Disbanded: 2001
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "In Name and Blood," "Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts," "R.I.P."

Biography

Unlike most punk acts of the '90s who travel along punk/pop and alternative ways of the rock genre, the Murder City Devils choose to stay in control of their riffs. Keeping a strong presence of simple features of pure rock & roll, the Devils finish up showing clean yet raw compositions, supposedly connecting them to the punk style. It was in Washington in 1997 that vocalist Spencer Moody, guitarist Dan Galluci, bassist Derek Frudesco, drummer Coady Willis, and Nate Manny (guitar, bass) ended up forming the Murder City Devils. Coming from bands such as Area 51, the reunion soon proved to be fruitful when the crew released their first singles, "Three Natural Sixes" and "Dance Hall Music." Less than a year after, the Die Young Stay Pretty label, an imprint of Sub Pop Records, decided to sign on the Seattle team. In 1998, Murder City Devils, their eponymous debut, hit the record stores. The results were surprising enough to justify the group's move to the catalog of Sub Pop. Working with producer Jack Endino, they kept on rocking with the album Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts in 1999, before entering an extensive tour that took them all over the U.S. and to Canada. Before the tour, keyboard wizard Leslie Hardy, previously with Hole, joined the team, thereby solving the organ problem, which was until then a shared instrument by Frudesco, Manny, and Galluci. Supporting the album on the road for almost a year, the Devils then decided to take a break. MCD entered the studio with John Angello in 2000 and emerged with In Name and Blood, an album that fleshed out the band's Dead Boys fascination by depicting each member as the victim of a different heinous murder. The Thelema EP followed in 2001; it included some minor-chord textures and a folk-ish number called "364 Days" that was a significant departure from Moody et al.'s normally raging death punk. But the growth would be fruitless, as the Devils broke up a few months later with an incendiary farewell to their hometown crowd on Halloween night 2001. Frudesco went on to form Pretty Girls Make Graves, while Moody, Manny, Willis, and infamous MCD hanger-on Gabe formed Dead Low Tide with ex-Godhead Silo bassist/singer Mike Kunka. But that union was short-lived. After only nine months and the recording of one album, Dead Low Tide called it quits. Moody then began a collaboration with former 764-HERO guitarist John Atkins. In April of 2003, Sub Pop released R.I.P., a recording of the Murder City Devils' final Halloween performance. ~ Mario Mesquita Borges & Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
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The Murder City Devils
Origin Seattle, Washington
Genres Garage Punk, Punk, Heavy Metal, Horror Punk [1]
Years active 1996-2001, 2006-Present
Labels Sub Pop
Associated acts Area 51
The Hookers
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Big Business
Melvins
Smoke & Smoke
Dead Low Tide
Broadcast Oblivion
Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death
Modest Mouse
Website http://www.themurdercitydevils.com
Members
Spencer Moody
Dann Gallucci
Derek Fudesco
Coady Willis
Nate Manny
Leslie Hardy

The Murder City Devils was a garage punk band active between 1996 and 2001. Since 2006, the band has played occasional shows at festivals and in Seattle and briefly toured the West Coast in February 2009.[2]

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History

The band's original lineup, consisting of Spencer Moody, Dann Gallucci, Derek Fudesco, Coady Willis, and Nate Manny formed in Seattle, Washington in 1996. Gabe Kerbrat was their permanent roadie, and considered a member. Within a year, the band had released two singles Three Natural Sixes (Hopscotch Records #5) and Dance Hall Music (Empty Records MTR-354) and signed with the "Die Young Stay Pretty" label, a subsidiary of Sub Pop. The self-titled debut album was released in 1997.

In 1998, the band released Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts, its second full-length album. This release saw a greatly increased use of electric organ, and in the same year they recruited Leslie Hardy as their full-time keyboard player. Hardy had previously played bass guitar for Hole on the 1993 single "Beautiful Son." The Murder City Devils then embarked on a year-long tour of North America to support the record. During that tour, they played with the likes of At the Drive-In, Pearl Jam, The Black Halos and Built to Spill.

After a short break, the band released In Name and Blood in 2000, with photos in the liner notes notoriously depicting every member as a murder victim. They also appeared as both individual actors as well as a band in David Larson's independent film The Edge of Quarrel. The band released the Thelema EP in 2001 before breaking up later that year due to circumstances surrounding Hardy's departure from the band. (The Stranger Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2001 issue, It's My Party column by Kathleen Wilson)

The band's final concert on Halloween was recorded and released by Sub Pop in 2003, titled "R.I.P." Notably, R.I.P. includes two previously unrecorded songs. It was also released on DVD in 2005.

In 2006 the band announced they were reuniting for a July show in Seattle with all original members. The band performed on July 29 at the Capitol Hill Block Party closing the two day music festival on Saturday night. The day following the Block Party performance the band played a secret unannounced show with The Blood Brothers at The Showbox in downtown Seattle, the same venue where "R.I.P." was recorded.

Another reunion show was played at the Fun Fun Fun Fest on November 3-4, 2007 in Austin, TX.[3] The band played a handful of shows throughout 2008 and launched a brief West Coast tour on February 11, 2009 at Seattle's The Showbox.[4][2]Murder City Devils' week-long tour culminated in Los Angeles with two performances at the Henry Fonda Theater on February 17 and 18, 2009[5].

Murder City Devils' song "Press Gang" was recently featured in Travis Rice's 2008 high definition snowboarding video, "That's It, That's All."

It was announced that the band would be performing at the 2009 Coachella music festival.[6]

They have also agreed to perform on the main stage at the 2009 Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy,WA.

Played Riotfest in Chicago at the Congress Theater on October 9th, 2009.

Also have shows scheduled October 10, 2009 Austin, TX at The Mohawk and October 11, 2009 Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue.

Discography

Albums

  • The Murder City Devils (1997)
  • Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts (1998)
  • In Name and Blood (2000)
  • Thelema EP (2001)
  • R.I.P. (Live album of last show at the Showbox in Seattle, October 31, 2001) (2003)

7"

  • Three Natural Sixes (1997)
  • Dance Hall Music (1997)
  • Dancin Shoes (1998)
  • Christmas Bonus Single (1998)
  • Murder City Devils/Botch Split (Sound track to the movie The Edge of Quarrel) (1999)
  • Murder City Devils/Glucifer Split (1999)
  • Murder City Devils/At The Drive-In Split (2000)

Compilations

  • Technology (Remix of "Dance Hall Music" by DJ Ropstyle) (2000)
  • Free The West Memphis 3 CD (Cover of "She" by the Misfits) (2000)
  • Give the People What We Want: The Songs of The Kinks CD (Cover of "Alcohol" by The Kinks) (2001)
  • Buddyhead Suicide Sampler CD (Remix of "Press Gang" by the Latch Brothers) (2004)

Video

  • The End (DVD) (2005)
  • Rock & Roll Won't Wait (DVD) (2004)
  • Rock & Roll Won't Wait (VHS) (2001)
  • The Edge of Quarrel (VHS) (2000)
  • The Edge of Quarrel (DVD) (2007)

References

  1. ^ [www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0pfpxqehld0e ]
  2. ^ a b "The Murder City Devils 2009 Tour Dates." LineOut (The Stranger). December 10, 2008.
  3. ^ "Official Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup announced." Punknews.org. August 28, 2007.
  4. ^ Seattle Weekly: Murder City Devils at The Showbox, http://www.seattleweekly.com/slideshow/view/242131what_really_happened_at_the_19.phpblogging_sims_departure.php, retrieved 2009-02-12 
  5. ^ Murder City Devils Live at the Henry Fonda Theater, L.A. Weekly Retrieved 2009-02-18
  6. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/devendra-banhart/43361

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