Who is VivaL'AmericanDeathRayMusic?
Jeffrey Bouck,drummer/percussionist(Lithops,Polyphonic Spree), and a designer chef who specializes in cooking in confined spaces.Harlan T. Bobo,bassist(The Limes,Timothy Prudomme),who also cooks, but mainly for himself and occaisonally Shawn, is stricken with night blindness yet he still is able to construct mechanical simiens and sings at breathlessly low decibals.Brendan Spenglar, keyboard/guitar,Also a writer of prison sitcoms, friend/enemy to all arthropods and connnoisseur of cakelike cookies the world over. Nicholas Ray,singer/guitarist(The Limes,Valentines),is graced with the gift to work just about any job, some of which are hard to actually classify as 'jobs' and although he has no decernable expieriance in the art,he none the less harbours the belief he would make a good shoe maker.
So why do these men with such prodigous and nebulous skills bother to steal away into the dark night after night to play "music" to trodden and often malicious groupings of various size?.And why do they gather in living quarters and various "studios" to record there musings as it were?Nicholas states;"we do these things for the large sums of money we recieve'. But are we glibly to be lead to believe that this gathering of minds is simply for the temporal venture of "moneys"
Possibly,
But I believe there is more to this strange case.
Come along shall we.
What is VivaL'AmericanDeathRayMusic?
For this question we shall put aside the obvious ramifications of their elongated and lofty title and their trepanacious and often shifty social-politico ideas that they align with said title and concentrate on the musical.
First off there appears to be no easily definable method for there music.They make tumbling attempts at grandiosity while taking awkward stabs at virulent pop.They are magazine collage artists whose finished products are as much murky as they are obvious.They willingly throw themselves into derilect and hopeless improvisational alleyways to emerge relatively unscathed at the other end.They embrace and invite the listener to converse with them and then leave them standing awkwardly alone as they move on to talk to someone they are more acquanted with.They make music for people who believe they are listening to music of their generation.
They are truly ninjas at play in the fields of the Lord.
-The Robot
Headquarters 2004............................................................................................
VIVA L’AMERICAN DEATH RAY MUSIC- A New Commotion…
I may be on dangerous ground here but I’m in a lonely place. The savage innocents are bigger than life. So knock on any door and run for cover because the new rebel without a cause, the king of kings in Viva L’American Death Ray Music, Nick Ray, has returned with a new disc that is not unlike the true story of Jesse James; rife with lusty men and their party girls. A bitter victory, to be sure, but hell…they live by night! - Zulu Records
VivaL'AmericanDeathRayMusic!'s Friend Space (Top 20)
PARIS-PARIS!! - 26 juin : PARIS 20 @ la Feline + Dick Dave et DJ Set par Human Toys - 27 juin : PARIS 11 @ l'International + Human Toys et Dick Voodoo
BELGIQUE-BELGIQUE!! - 3 juillet : BELGIQUE :: La Louvière :: Taverne du Theatre + We are not Indians - 4 juillet : BELGIQUE :: Mons :: Bateau Ivre + We are not Indians et Drunken sailors
featuring: Love Boat, Deerhunter, So Cow, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Sonic Youth, Phoenix, Quad Throw Salchow, Vandelles, O Voids, TV Ghost, Ganglians, The Oh Sees, Metric, Meercaz, King Tuff, Tyvek, The Intelligence.
DIMANCHE 21 juin :: 6 groupes dès 18h! http://www.myspace.com/backtogarage
BILLY BULLOCKS :: Pub Rock Soul :: Douarnenez
THE OCTOPUS :: Heavy and Stoned Rock :: Douarnenez
(WE ARE WONDERFUL) :: Comedy Trash Comedy
FAT PANDAS :: Gros Pandas
THE HAPPENING :: Happy Dance
RHUM4PAULINE :: Local Bee Gees
fete de la musique @ AU CHIEN STUPIDE
(we are wonderful), camera noire productions et yamoy vous présente un MARDI MERVEILLEUX! pour la 1ère fois sur nantes, INTELLIGENCE et ANATHALLO (usa) !!
How I managed to program that dub gong on the Moog on I am Killer Yello (Live) is a miracle for the amount of chaos during that show. Ah, Mardi Graw. Lars had a text for me during the set that was to read, "Have a good show, Frozo. "
Most of you Memphis folks know and love our good buddy Don Perry, photographer extraordinaire. Well, next Friday, 2/27, Don will be having a photo show at the Hi-Tone, and we'll be playing. I think the doors will open around 8 and you can come and check out Don's amazing pics, and even buy some of it. Don is doing really great work around town, documenting the music scene and the city of Memphis itself.
As usual, there's no opener. We'll start up around 10-ish, but get there before that so you can enjoy Don's photos without a couple of Fenders squawling in your ears.
The cover is - you guessed it - five bucks. See ya there!
