Your name:
DeAnna Avis, singer and
guitarist for Muertos.
Where are you from?
Chelmsford, Essex, via
California with a dash of Mexico
Name of
band:
Muertos.
Who else is
in your band?
The lovely Marc Crane on
guitar/vox and the dashing Tom Lewis on drums/percussion.
How would
you describe yourselves and your music?
Like a fucked up spaghetti
western Tarantino film.
Who are your
main influences musically?
PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Angels, Brian Jonestown
Massacre, The Raveonettes, Ennio Morricone, The Cramps etc…
What do you
hope to achieve in music?
To make a song and video as
beautiful and deranged as PJ Harvey's C'mon Billy – the one where she was
described as a “sadomasochistic dominatrix in blood-red dress." Then I can
die happy.
What has
been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Every gig becomes a new the
highlight - the best thing is vibing off the crowd at each gig, we love the
energy and it's nothing without the audience… playing with other cool bands
such as the Sly Persuaders, Wonk Unit, riding around in a van and recording a
video with Bleech, basically we are always having a good time, even when things
go tits up - if we're not then check our pulse!
And what’s the moment you want to forget? When we turned up to play one of our first ever shows and there was no drumkit. We had to improvise stomping the floor and got the audience to bang on plastic chairs. It still managed to work in some kind of way…
If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? Our song ‘Cruel’. Its got the Muertos concoction of melodic soundscapes and haunting sounds that concludes in an explosion of feedback and gritty distortion. We want to take people on a wild ride.
Where can we
listen to it?
You will have to come to one
of our shows to hear Cruel live… in the meantime you can hear us on http://muertos.bandcamp.com/
Where can we
find out more about your music?
Merch & music: Bandcamp – muertos.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/muertosband
Keep up to date on our gigs at facebook.com/muertosband
See the inside of our brains
at muertosband.tumblr.com
Feast your eyes on instagram.com/muertosband
Tweet us @muertosband
Whew!
Anything
else you’d like to say about your music that I forgot to ask?
We have some new recordings
coming out soon….. one of which is guaranteed to melt your brain. Mmmm, melty….
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