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The “Purple Wheelchair” recording project was born in a 100 year old schoolhouse near Ojai,
California, in 2001. The proverbial “man behind the curtain”, known as “DEPT.”, started
Purple Wheelchair with the philosophy of producing musical compositions in a
“factory-esque” fashion, carefully building and turning out a steady stream of New Wave Psychedelic Pop, Ambient Dub Rock, and Other-Worldly Experimental aural landscapes. Until a machine or
andrioid is manufactured that can replace them, Purple Wheelchair will keep on rolling out
their extraordinary brand of musical stylings. With the help of a few close friends and family,
Dept. and his “Purple Wheel Square Players” have only one mission in mind; to create a channel
and a source of sounds embodying the freedom and joyfulness of the music of our collective
youth. That source being the “other worlds of our inner-minds.”
Purple Wheelchair is proud to announce that they will be coming out with their second CD,
due to release Winter 2009. It is called, “OPERATION:Vexus Citizen Dimensional”.
Single songs will be released as early as September 2009. Listen for them on your favorite
radio stations, internet radio, on the “Outlaw Conduit” website, or Myspace. The songs
cover a wide range of topics and styles, including, but not limited to : Drag Queens *
Flying Saucers * Inter-Dimensional Beings * Government Drugs * American Forces *
Pharmaceutical Churches * Free Market Cults * Time Machines * “Halfsquatch” Legend *
Camping Adventures, and Colorful Lichen. If you are a Tripper... Outcast... or an Outlaw...
Purple Wheelchair’s “OPERATION: Vexus Citizen Dimensional” is the album for you !
LISTEN TO - BUY MP3's - BUY ALBUM at CD Baby
In the spring of 2008, Purple Wheelchair released their first CD called " FIGHT THE RAINBOW ".
A limited edition disc of 100 - hand made made covers and hand printed artwork made possible
by Lettre Sauvage. With songs about Shamans - Himalayan Doctors - LSD - Mr. Rogers and
Mental Illness - Mice with a human ear grafted on it, and TV Heads, this 10 song disc is one you will
want to add to your collection.
Listen to this CD - Buy CD - Buy Mp3's
- click on add to cart or click on cover below
BUY SONGS AND MP3 CD FROM iTunes
BUY SONGS AND MP3 CD FROM iTunes
The Musician's that have helped Dept. make the music in Purple Wheelchair have been in many
other bands, before these recordings were made.
Drummer and Guitarist, Rob Taylor played in Sexy Death Soda - Lark - 100 Watt Warlock -
Farm Boy - Xecta, and is currently making music under the name PINK IN THE SKY
www.myspace.com/pinkinthesky
Ray Waggoner was the band leader of Walrus Head Manor - Orcus Ra - and is currently playing
around the Los Angeles area with his band, Rooster Ra www.myspace.com/roosterramusic
Synthesizer Wizard, Alex Mars played in Clamshoe - Viva Debris - Farm Boy and is currently enjoying success in Germany with his electro-trio, Hidden Agenda www.myspace.com/originalhiddenagenda
Bobby Feather has been singing his heart out in PsyFlyer, Intergalactic Trailer Trash, Pharm Boy
and The Vision Decision www.myspace.com/thevisiondecision
Tootsie Pops played Sax in the band LARK and is currently playing in the PSU Concert Band www.myspace.com/39097320
and DEPT. was in Vulnerable Heels - Two Chuck Norris - Manson Family Values - Farm Boy -
Microscopic god. - Pharm Boy - Lies Vexus - Satana - and is currently in Two Eye One Socket
and STOCKBROKEN www.myspace.com/stockbroken
and also - www.myspace.com/dept08
To find out about the origin of the name Purple Wheelchair, check the blogs above...
1. Purple Wheelchair is the brain-child of a guy known as “Dept. ”, which is short for Department.
2. Purple wheelchair has recorded 3 full length demo CDs, and 1 full length independently-
released CD called, “ Fight the Rainbow ”, in 2008. The new CD, due out winter of 2009 is called,
“ OPERATION: Vexus Citizen Dimensional ”.
3. Two songs from their first CD has been played by Marshall Stax on KALX 90.7 FM, in Berkeley, California.
4. Dept. once woke up in the middle of the night, and found himself in the pitch dark on the side
of Figueroa Mountain, with no explaination of how he got there.
5. Dept. has also been the target of multiple Inter-Dimensional Medical Abductions since childhood.
6. Purple Wheelchair lost its home and studio, when half the house was washed to sea, in a
terrible flood, January of 2005. They lost all their instuments, production gear, and everything
else they owned.
7. Dept. And Rob Taylor were house mates and were in 2 other bands before Purple Wheelchair, they were Farm Boy, and microscopic god.
8. The first Purple Wheelchair CD cover was handmade. It was cut, and printed with a 40 year old
printing press, by a friends home company called “Lettre Sauvage”. It was then glued together
and packaged, one at a time, by Dept.
9. Puprle Whellchair has a side project called, “ Purple Whellchair Esquire ”, which performs
improvisational and experimental versions of their recorded music.
10. Dept., Toaker, K8, and Teph, all play in a band called,” Two Eye One Socket “ A live dub band
that plays old style dub music, and chill out dance grooves.
11. Purple Wheelchair seeks all forms of beneficial information from inter-dimensional beings.
MONGREL ZINE #7 IS OUT NOW
The new Halloween issue of Mongrel Zine is full of spooky delights!
Haunted George schools us on Halloween sound effects and his
Garagepunk podcast Haunted Shack Theatre, King Louie charms us with
tales of stealin’ Lil Wayne’s wardrobe girl and drinking with Fats
Domino, Vancouver’s newest garage band Indian Wars find the best
skateparks, Inservibles tell us about Mexico City’s best tacos from
what is a shitty mechanics workshop during the day and taco stand by
night, a rare interview with the late Billy Van from The Hilarious
House of Frightenstein, vintage Halloween collector Mark Ledenbach,
plus Box Elders, The TVees, Hard Feelings, HYPSTRZ, The Orpheans,
Corpusse, Telekrimen, and tonnes more…
This issue includes Mongrel Zine Vol. 4 CD Comp with 28 tracks
including Bloodshot Bill’s “In the Graveyard…!” written especially for
this Halloween issue of Mongrel Zine!
Greetings My Space Friend. Hope all is well. Just posted a song from my new release Photon Shift on my player. Just in time for your psychedelic party !
"Sleep Deprivation Disco" is my thumbing my nose at my enemies on Live Music Peoria who, when I exposed what pussies The Skabs and Bridget Nine are, told me to "get some sleep". I brag about fasting from sleep like the Sleepless Ones monastery (link in "Chants of Retaliation" CD back cover art). That frightens them. I say "sleep is for dead folk and babies." They then worry about what I might do next, since I'm so crazed from sleep deprivation. King David also did this, pretended to be a raving lunatic, when surrounded by his foes. LOL
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