Demon's Claws
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The Demon's Claws are a Montreal, Canada garage band.
The band was formed out of the underground Canadian garage punk
scene.
The Demon's Claws are a rock and roll
band known for blending a trashy '60s punk sound, with raw folk and country melodies. []
The band is currently signed to In the Red Records
.
music writer Mark Deming, the band has been compared to the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things, as well as punk-blues pioneers the Gun Club.
The Demon's Claws was founded in 2003 by Jeff Clarke (aka Lester Del Ray and Rudy Stanko), a former member of the Cut Offs and the Normals. The Demon's Claws were named from a sharply turned piece of track that came with a toy racing car set Clarke owned as a child. Also featuring Pat Meteor on guitar, Ysael Pepin (aka Le Lutin) on bass, and Serge Gendron (aka Skip Jensen) on drums, the Demon's Claws released their first single in 2005 for the German P. Trash label, with a self-titled full-length album appearing on the same imprint later that year. []
The New Zealand-based Perpetrator Records issued the band's next single, and in 2006 Serge Gendron left the band, with B-Man Le Duke taking over on drums; they same year they also added a keyboard player, Piero Ilov. The band toured Canada frequently and made occasional trips to the United States, where they formed a mutual appreciation society with manic Atlanta garage punks the Black Lips, who took the band on road as an opening act and shared the Norton Records Stones tribute 7" with them. Along with a single for Rob's House Records, the Demon's Claws released their second full-length album in 2007, Satan's Little Pet Pig, which was distributed by the noted garage punk outfit In the Red Records. []
In September 2010 the band offered a track for the compilation album Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos
- they recorded a cover of the '50s Detroit doo-wop "Try Me One More Time." The Wind Records, along with Norton Records
, released the album.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/new-tribute-album-celebrates-forgotten-detroit-rb-star-nolan-strong.html
The band has a new album on In the Red planned for sometime in 2010.
Demon's Claws (Album) - Dead Canary Records, 2005
Demon's Claws (CD, Album) - Dead Canary Records, 2005
Demon's Claws (LP) - P. Trash Records, 2005
Satan's Little Pet Pig (Album) - In The Red Recordings, 2007
Satan's Little Pet Pig (CD, Album) In The Red Recordings,2007
Satan's Little Pet Pig (Vinyl, Album) In The Red Recordings, 2007
Fucked On Ketamine B/W Always Be My Friend (7") Rob's House Records, 2008
Weird Ways (7") Rob's House Records, 2009
What To Do (7") Norton Records, 2009
The Defrosting Of... (Album) - In The Red Recordings, 2010
Our Boy Roy (LP, Album, Comp, Ltd) - Telephone Explosion Records, 2010
Killed By Trash (Comp)
The band was formed out of the underground Canadian garage punk
Garage punk
Garage punk is a fusion of garage rock and punk rock. It is fast-paced lo-fi music characterized by a dirty, choppy guitar sound—usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned...
scene.
The Demon's Claws are a rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band known for blending a trashy '60s punk sound, with raw folk and country melodies. []
The band is currently signed to In the Red Records
In the Red Records
In the Red Records is an independent record label in Los Angeles, CA formed in 1991 by Larry Hardy. It is known for hosting garage punk related bands on its label....
.
About the band
The Demon's Claws emerged from Montreal's thriving punk underground, playing a gritty mixture of folk-rock, country, and blues. According to All Music GuideAll Music Guide
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music writer Mark Deming, the band has been compared to the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things, as well as punk-blues pioneers the Gun Club.
The Demon's Claws was founded in 2003 by Jeff Clarke (aka Lester Del Ray and Rudy Stanko), a former member of the Cut Offs and the Normals. The Demon's Claws were named from a sharply turned piece of track that came with a toy racing car set Clarke owned as a child. Also featuring Pat Meteor on guitar, Ysael Pepin (aka Le Lutin) on bass, and Serge Gendron (aka Skip Jensen) on drums, the Demon's Claws released their first single in 2005 for the German P. Trash label, with a self-titled full-length album appearing on the same imprint later that year. []
The New Zealand-based Perpetrator Records issued the band's next single, and in 2006 Serge Gendron left the band, with B-Man Le Duke taking over on drums; they same year they also added a keyboard player, Piero Ilov. The band toured Canada frequently and made occasional trips to the United States, where they formed a mutual appreciation society with manic Atlanta garage punks the Black Lips, who took the band on road as an opening act and shared the Norton Records Stones tribute 7" with them. Along with a single for Rob's House Records, the Demon's Claws released their second full-length album in 2007, Satan's Little Pet Pig, which was distributed by the noted garage punk outfit In the Red Records. []
In September 2010 the band offered a track for the compilation album Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos
Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos
Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos is a vinyl-only tribute album released by The Wind Records and distributed by Norton Records....
- they recorded a cover of the '50s Detroit doo-wop "Try Me One More Time." The Wind Records, along with Norton Records
Norton Records
For the Canadian independent record label of the same name, see Matt Minglewood.Norton Records, a New York City based independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller, maintains a focus on primitive, retro rock'n'roll, rockabilly, garage punk, garage rock, lounge music...
, released the album.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/new-tribute-album-celebrates-forgotten-detroit-rb-star-nolan-strong.html
The band has a new album on In the Red planned for sometime in 2010.
Releases
Demon's Claw (7") - P. Trash Records, 2004Demon's Claws (Album) - Dead Canary Records, 2005
Demon's Claws (CD, Album) - Dead Canary Records, 2005
Demon's Claws (LP) - P. Trash Records, 2005
Satan's Little Pet Pig (Album) - In The Red Recordings, 2007
Satan's Little Pet Pig (CD, Album) In The Red Recordings,2007
Satan's Little Pet Pig (Vinyl, Album) In The Red Recordings, 2007
Fucked On Ketamine B/W Always Be My Friend (7") Rob's House Records, 2008
Weird Ways (7") Rob's House Records, 2009
What To Do (7") Norton Records, 2009
The Defrosting Of... (Album) - In The Red Recordings, 2010
Tracks appear on
Gonerfest2 (DVD + CD) - Goner Records, 2006Our Boy Roy (LP, Album, Comp, Ltd) - Telephone Explosion Records, 2010
Killed By Trash (Comp)