Hasil Adkins, Ray Condo, The Phantom, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochrane, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, ? & the Mysterions, The Cramps, B52's, Milkshakes, Fleshtones, Ugly Ducklings, The Haunted, Handsome Ned, Sonics, Count 5, Downliners Sect, Barracudas, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Screamin' Lord Sutch, Teenage Head, Flaming Groovies, Trashmen, Kingsmen, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Hank Snow, Hank Williams sr, Jimmie Rodgers, Roger Miller, Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddly, Little Richard, Elvis, Nuggets & Pebbles comps. Ed Wood jr. EC comics, Hilarious House of Frightenstien, The Adams Family, The Munsters, Sha Na Na, Hee Haw
Sounds Like
"Too Cool too Live,Too Fast to Die"~Silver Dollar Room~Toronto~2006~
Rock Therapy/Raised by Wolves~Silver Dollar Room~Toronto~2006
Cheese & Crackers~Silver Dollar Room~Toronto~2006~
~Big Scary Daddy~Silver Dollar Room~Toronto~2006~
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The founders of Sludgeabilly Deja Voodoo crawled from the toxic bayous of Montreal in 1981. Formed by Gerard Van Herk and Tony Dewald as a two piece dedicated to all things trash they played a lo-fi gumbo of 1950's Rockabilly and 1960's Garage along with a seasoning of country and blues in to a cocktail that was equally influenced by B-Horror flicks, EC comics Cartoons, TV trash and junk food which became highly influential.
Deja Voodoo put out a serious of 45s and six lps all on their own Og! record label (named after a cartoon caveman) as well as putting out a zine becoming one of the first Canadian bands to do so. They also toured heavily, not only in Canada and the USA but also in Europe where they developed a loyal following (especially in Scandinavia), again one of the first Canadian bands to do so. Deja Voodoo became known for annual "Voodoo BBQs" in various Canadian cities featuring various Og! bands. They actively encouraged other like minded folks to start bands and zines as well and began releasing a series of compilations entitled "It came from Canada" which unleashed the likes of The Gruesomes, Ray Condo, The Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, UIC, The Dundrells, Harald Nix, The 10 Commandments, The Legend Killers, The Dik Van Dykes, The Lost Patrol and more. Deja Voodoo would influence such one and two man bands as The Leather Uppers, Bloodshot Bill, Mississippi Grover, The House of Knives, The Flat Duo Jets and the White Stripes. The Gruesomes covered "Two men one coffin", The Glads (from Ottawa) have covered one of their songs, "A cat who's gone to the dogs". Spanish band Many Rodriguez y las Honky tonkys cover "Monsters in my garage" and Ohio band Thee Invadors cover "Cemetary", as the Hamilton one man band "Deminsion 13". The B.C. band "Raised by Wolves" is named after a Deja Voodoo song.
After a decade of trashing it up Deja Voodoo crept off into the sunset in 1990. The Og Records cataloge is out of print and unavailable on cd but the vinyl copies are collectors items and sometimes turn up on EBay.
Gerard has since become a linguistics professor and Tony runs a micro brewery. In 2004 Gerard Van Herk returned to play a few live gigs both solo and with Bloodshot Bill on drums starting with a Ray Condo tribute and a CKLN fm benefit, both in Toronto. On June 23 2006 there will be one final Voodoo BBQ featuring Gerard and a herd of ex-OG! vets such as Gerry Alvarez (of the Gruesomes) and reunions for the Dundrells and the House of Knives at the Silver Dollar in Toronto.
This is an official page, it's not actually run by the band but Gerard may check in occasionally, if you want to leave a message put in the comments section, if there is a TRULY IMPORTANT message I might pass it on. Any future news about live gigs or re-releases will be posted here as details come in.
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!
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