Decadent Dub Team

Bio:

DDT was formed in 1986 by Paul Quigg, David Williams and Jeffrey Liles in the Deep Ellum area of downtown Dallas. First single "Six Gun" was on the "Sound of Deep Ellum" compilation album released by Island Records in '87. Remixed later that year by NWA's Dr. Dre for the soundtrack to the Dennis Hopper-directed LA film "Colors". Quigg and Williams left the group six months apart from one another and started their own projects. They were replaced by DJ EZ Eddie D, a rapper/break dancer named Tracy Feith and DJ J-son Wolford. 1990 DDT co-produced "30 Cops or More" and "Seven DeeJays" for the "Edutainment" album by Boogie Down Productions, and released a 7" single called "Meltdown". Two years later DDT added three more MCs - Da' Jay, Ty Macklin and MYK- and released a 12" single on Los Angeles-based Triple X Records - "Makin' Funky Money" b/w "Give Up Tha Gold". These songs were remixed by MC 900 Ft Jesus. In 1995 Liles began an ongoing music-driven spoken word project called "Cottonmouth, Texas" with backing music provided by a new version of DDT - including Kenny Withrow (New Bohemians) on guitar, Dave Monsey (MC 900 Ft Jesus, Fiona Apple) on bass, Mike Jerome (John Cale, Course of Empire, Pleasure Club) on drums, Zac Baird (Billygoat, Korn, Everlast) keyboards, Liles on turntables and vocals, and producer/engineer David Castell on the console. Cottonmouth, Texas released "Anti-Social Butterfly" on Virgin Records in the summer of 1997 and participated in that summer's Lollapalooza Tour. Cm, Tx also recently participated in the first half of the Warped Tour 2007. ..Profile edited withCricketSoda's Myspace Editor

Member Since:

March 24, 2006

Members:

Paul Quigg, David Williams, Jason Wolford, DJ EZ Eddie D, MYK, TyAllen Macklin, Da' Jay, Mike Dillon, Tracy Feith, Kenny Withrow, David Monsey, Zac Baird, David Castell, DJ Zero, Reed Easterwood, Earl Harvin, Scott Johnson, Mike Jerome, Carter Albrecht, John Bush, Andy Kravitz, Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo, Joe Fulginiti, Mark Griffin and Jeffrey Liles have all contributed noise or sound to Decadent Dub Team at one time or another. .. width="425" height="350">......>

Influences:

Tackhead, Public Enemy, NWA, Consolidated, Eric B and Rakim, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Com:Plex, Keith LeBlanc, Sugarhill Gang, Mark Stewart and Maffia, Butthole Surfers, Black Uhuru, Cypress Hill/7A3, William Burroughs, Fats Comet, Bill Hicks, Revolting Cocks, Hydroponic Sound System, Boogie Down Productions, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Rehash, Survival Research Labs, MC 900 Ft Jesus, RZA/Wu Tang Clan, Foetus, Sonic Youth, Mikey Dread, Skinny Puppy, Glen Branca, Street Drum Corps, Big Daddy Kane, Stockhausen, Ministry, Adrian Sherwood, My Sin, Sly and Robbie, Pharcyde, Fishbone, Mary My Hope, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice T, The DOC, the Beatles' "Revolution 9" .. width="425" height="350">......>

Sounds Like:

DDT has opened up live shows for Tackhead, Gary Clail, Boogie Down Productions, Geto Boys, Ultramagnetic MCs, Consolidated, A Tribe Called Quest, Chill Rob G, De La Soul, Tone Loc, Def Jef, Big Audio Dynamite, Fats Comet, Bad Mutha Goose, and Kool G Rap. Cm, Tx was on every date of the 1997 Lollapalooza Tour and has done opening DJ sets and/or solo spoken word gigs with DJ Shadow, Snoop Dogg, Antipop Consortium, Jim Carroll, Saul Williams, Viggo Mortensen, and James Hall and Pleasure Club. Not that we really sound like any of that stuff, but we've still managed to peacefully co-exist without offending a vast majority of those trapped within the immediate proximity of one of our shows. And as far as I can remember, nobody ever threw anything at us. It's safe to say you probably won't ever hear anything like DDT or cm, tex... but by the same token, we never really sold a bunch of records or ever got played on the radio. So that would seem to make perfect sense. We've always managed to stay out of each other's way. Until now. Let's try and be friends. Or not. .. width="425" height="350">....>

Record Label:

Island, Virgin, Triple X, One Ton