Scott Wexton - vocals, Hammond organ, Moog bass pedals, theremin, synths, whiskey...
Robin Kennon - drums, junk percussion, smokes, pbrs...
Influences
Favorite Music: Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, Foetus, Alien Sex Fiend, Morphine, Mort Garson, Sparks, Captain Beefheart, Howlin' Wolf, the Stranglers, the Cramps, James Chance/White, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Nick Cave, Barry Adamson, Bowie, Bauhaus, the Damned, Swans, Can, Amon Duul II, ELP, Suicide, Daryl Hall, Wolfgang Press, organ music from Sir Julian to Brother Jack McDuff to Anton LaVey to Lenny Dee to Jimmy McGriff and all inbetween---
Favorite Movies: All That Jazz, Barton Fink, The Shining, The Machinist, American Psycho, Fargo, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Let America Laugh, Wild At Heart, Schiztopolis, Memento, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas---
Favorite Author: Philip K Dick---
Other Faves: Whiskey Weed Wine
Other Influences: Detroit, The Desert
For the past six years, the Voodoo Organist has been spreading his gospel of salvation through sin all over the country. He tours constantly, and has played over 500 shows from coast to coast. He's shared the stage with many great acts, including Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, Black Heart Procession, Bob Log III, Captured! By Robots, Stan Ridgway and Hasil Adkins. For the first 4 years he did everything himself, including booking, releasing cds, press, promotion, etc. He has released 6 cds, and has racked up over 125+ press articles. His songs have been featured in the indie horror movies Return of the Living Dead 4, Die You Zombie Bastards, and 100 Tears. He performed as a solo act for the first three years until he enlisted drummer extraordinaire Robin Kennon. Although just a 2-piece, they make the racket and have the energy of a full band. VO's sound is hard to categorize, yet instantly recognizable. Playing everything from industrial waltzes to drunken mambos, from garage punk gospel rave ups to swinging exotic demonic blues, the Voodoo Organist will steer your conga line straight to hell, and you'll be dancing like the devil the whole way down.
Tickets for the Chicago "FESTIVAL OF FIENDS" is now on sale. With the purchase of a weekend pass you will get. Access to the show and all events. One randomnly inserted autograph card, one autographed 8x10, a free dvd(see site for sample titles, and finally the April 2009 issue of Autograph Magazine featuring the Forrest (Famous Monsters Of Filmland) Ackerman collection. While supplies last.The Festival Of Fiends weekend pass also gets you entrence to the PRICK OR TREAT TATTOO FESTIVAL being held in the same hotel For more info head over to http://ultimatehorrorcon.com/
Feeling empty? Need something to fill that hole? Come to The Fat Dukes of Fuck seminar at Diablo's Cantina in front of The Monte Carlo thursday June 24th! We love You!
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday soon.
Just a reminder to check out Versailles this month on tour. We are traveling to Phoenix 19th (Paisley Violin), Albuquerque 20th at (Black Market Goods), Little Rock the 23rd at (Circa 76), Joplin the 24th at (Blackthorn Pizza and Pub), Austin the 26 at (Elysium), and New Orleans the 27th at (Hi Ho Lounge).
Midnight Serenaders: I Can't Dance I Got Ants in My Pants Abney Park: Until the Day I Die Defiance, Ohio: Oh, Cheri Jason Webley & Sxip Shirey: Days With You Voodoo Organist: My Life Drive Hail Seizures: Elephant Man HUMANWINE: Megan Rose Blackbird Raum: Germinal Refused: Tannhauser/Derive C. Strøm: Goodnight Irene Voltaire: Screw the Okampa! (I Want to Go Home) Sophe Lux: Sophia Song Curtis Eller's American Circus: Sugar for the Horses Abandon Ship!: Tidal Waves Larkin Grimm: Be My Host Sharon Van Etten: Tornado Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band: Dusty Bones Skeletonbreath: Dylan Fisher Dexter Romweber Duo: Is it Too Late? Wisteriax: Doves Never Sleep Jerome Deppe & Gentlemen Obscura: Song for Nero Dandelion Junk Queens: Midnight Blues Peculiar Pretzelmen: Just Like the Moon Vermillion Lies: Miss Orleans The Magnificent Seven: Death by Water
Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Viktagraph Regina Spektor: 20 Years of Snow Nick Cave: (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? Birdeatsbaby: Shiver Up the Spine Jason Webley & Sxip Shirey: Regurgitated Lullaby Waves Under Water: Nothing More 127: Doktor Peculiar Pretzelmen: Midnight Sophe Lux: Sophie Song Bad Dream Good Breakfast: Footsteps Voodoo Organist: If I Make It Skeletonbreath: The Combustible Man Jam: That's Entertainment Danny Price and the Loose Change: Those Good Ol' Death Metal Days Gogol Bordello: Start Wearing Purple This Bike is a Pipe Bomb: A Hundred Dollars Dropkick Murphys: Barroom Heroes Wisteriax: Doves Never Sleep Thunder in the Valley: Rooftops & Streets James Gang: Shut It Down Bone Orchard: Dancing with the Ghost of William Bonney HUMANWINE: 1st Amendment Hail Seizures: Song for the Ride Neko Case: Don't Forget Me ghostfire: Vaudevillian
These dreams I can't sleep keep me up at night. All I wished for was to touch the sky, to catch a falling star. Now as the ones before led the way for today...who will she be for me...who will she be for you? - nd
Hey! Good show! I still have the video but I can't put it on youtube becuase it's too long. But if you want it, I can make a dvd copy of the entire show you did at Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe New Mexico on April 7th and send it to you. I had a great time man! Keep playin'!
