Punk Rock. Rockabilly.Mod.Brit Invasion. Classic Country. Black Metal. Death Metal. Classic Metal. Glam Rock. Blues. Soul. Power Pop. Post Punk. Skinhead Reggae. Ska. Hardcore. Oi. New Wave. Brit Pop. Psych. Garage. Pop Punk. Beat Authors. Horror and American Gothic Literature and Movies. Pop Culture of the Past. Westerns. Silent Films. Hollywood Starlets. Pro Wrestling. Beer. Clothes. Looking sharp but NOT "hip". Werewolves. Elvis action figures. Old guitars. The 80s.Paxil.
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psychotic loner making noisy valentines for nobody at all!
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CHAZ IN A NUT SHELL.....
i was born in 1970 in michigan. land of Tamla/Motown, the stooges, MC5, jack scott, and alice cooper. at my birth, there was a crappy guitar (prolly a Hondo) in my hand and it was feeding back pretty loudly. you should have seen the doctors' face when the amplifier came out! it was hilarity. the first but not the last of many rocknroll jokes i would participate in and be a party to. and the punchline of.
formed a band in boston called the dimestore haloes in the mid 90s that did quite well. tours, record deals, opened for groovie ghoulies, casualties, nashville pussy, candy snatchers, duane peters, ducky boys, showcase showdown, the unseen, blanks 77, etc etc lots of the punkstars of the day. that band broke up in 2003 and since then i've been recording solo, writing books and articles, and generally not fitting in, even with the other misfits.Published my first book in 2005, as well as my first official solo disc.
if you ACTUALLY like independantly produced music, then you can find some here. perhaps you, like myself, are sick of money grubbing big budget choreographed bands of fashion whore haircut disasters claiming themselves "indie". i like to think that what i do is similar to back in the 80s when home made tapes by completely unknown bands and artists were in demand by free thinking rawk dawgs and not everybody was trying to get ahead, be somebody or do anything but make music for themselves and whoever else cared. if you're expecting another hack in eyeliner and stretch jeans trying to get a gig or a record deal or to bang your girlfriend, then, you my friend, are barking up the wrong burning bush.
i like old guitars, country music, old books, old records, clothes, shoes, comics, horror flicks, beer and werewolves. i do this music and writing nonsense as a compulsion, rather than some farcial bid for an easy "career", so that makes me just about the only sane person in the pool.
These days, I mostly just blog and record music for download. I can't stand publishers, record companies, musicians, etc. etc. There's no point, man, there's just no point.
TO READ SAMPLES OF MY WRITNG:
REVIEWS FOR MY MUSICAL SQUIRTINGS:
AMP MAGAZINE–:
What a great piece of rock ‘n’ roll this recording is. Chaz, better know for his stint as the front man for the Dimestore Haloes, shows he can cut it on his own on his solo album. What you have here is thirteen songs of power pop and punk greatness, bringing to mind the likes of the Buzzcocks and Johnny Thunders. It’s really that good. For you old fucks, this is gonna be right up your alley. For all you youngsters still trying to cut your teeth on real punk rock, you should dig this too.
UNDER THE VOLCANO MAGAZINE: :
“Holocaust Face” would make a great radio single.
EAR CANDY MAGAZINE ONLINE:
“Amazing Graceless” has more hooks than your Grandpa’s tacklebox. Imagine a clean and sober New York Dolls fronted by that guy that sings for the Dimestore Haloes. Damn, this is the guy that sings for the Dimestore Haloes, no wonder he sounds like that guy. Songs that will have anyone with ears drumming on the nearest available surface.
CARBON 14 MAGAZINE:
I’ve been anxiously waiting for this solo album since the Dimestore Haloes went MIA, and I am not disappointed! The stoic cover photo might lead you to believe this to be a Billy Lee Riley disc from the ‘50s (indeed there is a cool rockabilly and blues influence), but stuff like Johnny Thunders’ classic So Alone and that first, great Generation X album come through loud and clear. The lyrics are dark and literate… razor sharp melodies and harmonies tear at you… spidery guitars bite and slash… the voice has a naked, dusty edge.
NOW WAVE ONLINE:
Had they ever been properly recorded, the DimestoreHaloes could have been the greatest band of the 1990s.They had the songs, the look, the ideal fusion of teenrebel '50s swagger and glammy '70s punk, the greatlyrics that spoke boldly about life, society, and rockn' roll. Thankfully,singer/guitarist/songwriter Chaz Matthews continues to record even after the demise of the Haloes. Alone at home, without any help from producers or bandmates, he lays down more classic tracks. His first solo effort, Amazing Graceless, is the best album he's ever done, Haloes included. Still inspired by classic rock n' roll, Matthews has truly come into his own as a songwriter.
i'm sure you would be as pleased as i am to learn how much pickle enjoys dimmu borgir. she won't leave me alone since i put it on. i'm starting to think she may need a pentagram cattoo.
Won't somebody stop my mind? It's crawled away I'm going blind The rats crawl into my head I can't forget what I just said 'Coz I'm (inside my brain) Ya know I'm living baby (inside my brain) I'm upstairs (inside my brain) There's a hole in my head Inside my brain
I see black Christmas trees Barbed wire, funeral homes I see your face, forest fires Rats in the streets gnawing at your bones 'Coz I'm (inside my brain) I'm looking out yeah (inside my brain) But there's a hole in my head (inside my brain) A brand new world there, yeah Inside my brain brain brain
Welders drilling at my skull Subtract my life from one to null Hot cars and crashing sounds These are the things that I have found When I'm inside my brain Uh, inside my brain Oh, inside my brain
Yeah baby I found a new home I drilled a hole in my head I'm looking out, yeah It's a brand new world
