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The Murder City Devils
Biography
Unlike most punk acts of the '90s who travel along punk/pop and alternative ways of the rock genre, the Murder City Devils choose to stay in control of their riffs. Keeping a strong presence of simple features of pure rock & roll, the Devils finish up showing clean yet raw compositions, supposedly connecting them to the punk style. It was in Washington in 1997 that vocalist Spencer Moody, guitarist Dan Galluci, bassist Derek Frudesco, drummer Coady Willis, and Nate Manny (guitar, bass) ended up forming the Murder City Devils. Coming from bands such as Area 51, the reunion soon proved to be fruitful when the crew released their first singles, "Three Natural Sixes" and "Dance Hall Music." Less than a year after, the Die Young Stay Pretty label, an imprint of Sub Pop Records, decided to sign on the Seattle team. In 1998, Murder City Devils, their eponymous debut, hit the record stores. The results were surprising enough to justify the group's move to the catalog of Sub Pop. Working with producer Jack Endino, they kept on rocking with the album Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts in 1999, before entering an extensive tour that took them all over the U.S. and to Canada. Before the tour, keyboard wizard Leslie Hardy, previously with Hole, joined the team, thereby solving the organ problem, which was until then a shared instrument by Frudesco, Manny, and Galluci.
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