Dave Webb - guitar/vocals
Andy Pease - drums
Bowie McLean - bass
Jared Nelson - subconscious wavelengths
Influences
Mostly Bruford in the drum department.....
Yes, King Crimson, The Beatles, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Death, Bathory, Comets on Fire, Led Zeppelin, Immortal, Grails, Bruce Springsteen, PFM, ELP, CSN, Frank Zappa, Times of Desperation, Grateful Dead, Telomere Repair....
Seattle music: Diminished Men, Sean, Spirit of Radio, Brad Dunn, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Sugar Skulls, The Abodox, Lesbian, Girth, Spoils, The Sandpaper Handjob, Scary Bear, Fortress of Victory, Joules, Halo Vest, Spoils, Curious Mystery, Lemons and Stallions...
other folks as well, such as: Soren Kierkegaard, H.P. Lovecraft, Knut Hamsun, Otto Rank, Milan Kundera, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Lawrence Durrell, Baruch Spinoza, Jean-Paul Sartre, Lawrence Durrell, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Robert Graves, Roger Zelazny...
"Wah Wah Exit Wound brashly thread abrasive post-rock guitar textures through prog-rock convolutions—sort of like a less-bombastic Mars Volta or maybe Polvo tackling King Crimson's Red. Whatever the case, WWEW do their thing—a thing not many have the skill and guts to do—very well." --Dave Segal, The Stranger, 7/8/09
"...churning, note-bending aural roller coasters..." --Grant Brissley, The Stranger, 5/5/09
"You guys should never have sang!" --Luke LaPlante (Sean, Spirit of Radio, drunk in 2009)
"...face-shredding prog, fantasy-metal..."--Sound on the Sound Blog, 1/16/09
"...Fripp-esque prog..." --Jeff Kirby, The Stranger, 8/13/08
"After seeing WWEW a couple of times and listening to this CD this stuff is really pretty damn good! Kind of different than anything I can name, other than this weird Seattle loose-posse of like-minded players who have managed to mix all these styles into longform tracks that go fucking everywhere, but where it's going are sounds I can dig and not pretentious noise or drone cop-out bullshit so many others tend to get caught up in---you guys actually write shit and can execute it. It's very bizarre that Seattle has several units of such progresso pychedelics out there ahead of the fuckin game. It deserves a vinyl releas to give it the psychological edge it deserves to create a timeless document&183;" --Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls, Sublime Frequencies), April 2008
"The quartet's monster guitars, attack-drums, and dramatic tempo changes are mysteriously heavy, darkly psychedelic, and you can actually hear how long the bass player's hair is. The result gratifies audience and musician alike in long, rock-operatic songs like 'Failed Spiraling Majesty.'" -- San Francisco Weekly, 5/16/07
"I sure like imagining this Seattle-based four-piece’s meandering, trippy, psych-influenced prog guitar lines working their way through the band’s noise-based backdrops and bursting through the other side–with blood sprays sonic rays shooting out every which way. The band’s sludgy prog rock undoubtedly achieves a piercing effect–whether it’s with gut-lancing bass or brain-rattling noise–which could conjure feelings of being shot with sound. It’s reminiscent of rockers from Danzig or Pink Floyd to seriously guitar-centric influences such as Built to Spill or Dinosaur Jr.–a fine group of idols if you ask me. If you ask the band’s MySpace, though, it will tell you it takes most after “KING CRIMSON!!!” No argument here." --Local Cut (Portland Music Journal), 5/16/07
"Seattle's Wah Wah Exit Wound are all about bashing their heads on the prog rock, as they liberally grab from the techincal precision of King Crimson and the unfiltered chaos of Japan's Green Milk from the Planet Orange. If prog is your steez, you couldn't pick two better bands to be influenced by." --Portland Mercury, 4/5/07
If you're driving in your car late at night and you happen to hear Megadeath's Rust in Peace come on the stereo (in full), and you dig it -- this does not necessarily mean you're a metal fan. It just might mean that you're predisposed to kind of dig on prog rock. So if you can kind of dig on prog rock, you might dig us. We sure hope you do. This band was started by Dave and Jared in an attempt to play something that combined prog song structures with psychedelic freakouts. Andy came on board from the drum core. Bowie came on board with a deep knowledge of all things Crimson. We jammed some more and worked some shit up that we like a lot and play all the time at home so that it sounds real good for all you folks in the listening audience. We like to play Hearts if anyone's interested. Watch out for Andy, he shoots the moon all the fucking time. -Gary Nielson, Drunk in 2007
Wanted to say that "Earth is a Cannon of Love" has received a lot of airplay and my t shirt has received a lot of torso wear, I might catch you on the 9th in Seattle, but we'll see.
Hello! Thanks for all support! We have a big 7 band show Sunday at The Beachcomber Tavern! 21 & up, no cover, $2 Beers starting at 2pm! Every Sunday is "Sunday School" were we feature independent live music from around the world! Bring some friends! It's going to be fun! Hey, I also have a fantastic opportunity to earn full time money with part-time work! I am putting a TEAM together! You should come take a look! We feature a product with the ACAI Berry and also have an Energy Drink coming out! Email me for more info! The Energy Drink is Emv. Great to sponsor bands with! All Natural! HAVE A GREAT DAY! -Peter D. Bouloukos
Thanks for the add, Wah Wah! The Zombie House is here to provide everyone who steps through our door with a positive, violence/hate-free area to rock and enjoy the rock.
The next time you're in town, you should consider booking a show with us and then we can make you some lovely pancakes.
We love it when you guys visit and rock our faces off! The next time you roll through perhaps we will have a little clout and can get a bigger show, yeah? Pop-Punk and Prog-Rock forever!
