Dark Fog

Bio:

-------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Space' from split 45 with The Great Society Mind Destroyers out now on Galactic Zoo Disk / Commune Records -------------------------------------------------------------------- also-Dark Fog Live at The Hideout 2010 Chicago PSYCH FEST- footage available at www.acid-marshmallow.com -thanks acid marshmallow folks! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ..

Member Since:

June 13, 2005

Members:

YT Robinson- drums, reverse drums___________________________________ Matt Ginsberg- Bass________________________________________________ Ray Donato- vocals, lead guitar_______________________________________

Influences:

Psychedelic Experiences, Loud Amplification, Effects Pedals, The 1960s, Witchcraft, The Occult, Cults, Sexual Experiences, Hallucinations, Magick, Psychedelic Rock, Heavy Rock, Shoegaze, Kraut Rock, Space Rock, Garage Rock, Early Metal, Early R&B & Funk, Doom, Stoner Rock, Punk Rock, Noise Rock, Drone Rock, Ambient, Experimental, Free Jazz, Minimalism, Dada Art, Surrealism, The Counter Culture Movement, Independent Music, Experimental Film, Spiritualism

Sounds Like:

They’re dimension-shifting. Their sound is both muddy and translucent, but never stagnant. The band members play not as themselves, but as a presence, generating one continuous sound surge that vibrates through the decades, eluding time. You need gills to breathe their oxygen, it’s that thick. (-Josh Kraus New City 8/13/2009) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago’s Dark Fog might be part of our city’s burgeoning psych scene. But they might also be a chunk of the 90’s throwback indie scene as well. See, there’s as much My Bloody Valentine as there is Hawkwind in their sound. Two great tastes that taste great together, as they say. Really heavy guitars mix with droney vocals to produce something pretty darn cool here. Kind of, dare I say, like early Smashing Pumpkins? Dare I? I just did. (Jun29 2010 loud loop press.com by Ross Meyerson) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is nasty psychedelia that flies through space, Hawkwind-style. The band claims punk numbers among its 1,001 influences, every one of which you can hear on “Out of My Mind.” 12/27/2007 from best of local albums 2007- James Porter, Music writer TimeOut Chicago > > 4. Dark Fog > The Ultimate Cult of Psychedelic Psychosis (Original Sound) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavily drone-wafting post-Hawkwind/Amon Duul/Hapshash and the Coloured Coat echoplexed pedal-babble sludge from Chicago; yowza! Tripped-out a' la Flaming Lips circa '84 (their best year!) but with an introversion more My Bloody Valentine than Zep...(compliments of EDDY from the villiage VOICEJuly6-12 2005) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The genre these locals inhabit is less shoegazer and more steel-toed-bootgazer: it's solipsistic, brooding, and perpetually entranced with itself, sure, but also heavy enough to hurt you if you make an issue out of it. Combining My Bloody Hawkwind guitar scree and Ozzyish, vaguely chant-based moaning with the occasional flash of theremin uplift, it's gorgeous stuff--and though its inner logic is triplike, it holds up upon recollection...(compliments of Monica Kendrick Chicago READER Feb 9 2007) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reckless Records says: Heavy HAWKWIND influenced modern psych-drone similar to that of DEAD MEADOW or SERENA-MENEESH with moments that are, underneath a bit of riffing, dead-pan LOVELESS-era MY BLOODY VALENTINE. This is the soundtrack to being trapped in a mudslide on crystal meth in the middle of the worst thunderstorm you've ever seen. Whereas I don't recommend that you ever put yourself in that situation, I do recommend that you GET THIS RECORD and imagine what it would be like to be that fucked. GREAT STUFF! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staying on the swirling psychedelic tip, the quartet Dark Fog has released a thoroughly impressive new album called "The Ultimate Cult of Psychedelic Psychosis" (www.originalsoundrecordings.com), complete with a limited vinyl pressing in addition to the usual CDs. I was hooked from the first brooding, hypnotic, fuzz-drenched notes, and reports from their recent showcase at South by Southwest hold that the group is even more entrancing live. (-Jim DeRogatis Chicago Sun-Times Apr 20 2007) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “BULL TONGUE” by Byron Coley & Thurston Moore - June 2007 Posted by arthur magazine-06/05/2007 Chicago band Dark Fog [darkfog.net] has been hailed by Jim Derogo, but I’m not gonna hold that against them. I mean, what the hex? The band’s second release is a double LP called The Ultimate Cult of Psychedelic Psychosis (Original Sound Recordings) [originalsoundrecordings.com] and it really kinda hits a soft spot here. Like other hard-psych-revisionists, these guys seem to have learned some of their guitar and vocal moves in a post-Dinosaur universe, but we were never too big on yappy emotive vocals anyway (unless it was Stackwaddy). That said, the band still manages to conjure up a good wad of psychedelic guitar overload, and the packaging is so excessive (silver foil, color gatefold, etc.) it’s really pretty cool. I mean, nobody ever said, “subtlety rules.” Right? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Record Label:

OSR , COMMUNE