Satanicide
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Satanicide is a New York
-based mock metal
/glam metal
band formed in 1999 that styles itself and its music to represent, tongue-in-cheek
, the heavy metal
music scene
of the 1980s in New Jersey
. Self-described as portraying a lifestyle "where the mullet
and kick-ass rock 'n' roll still live," the members sport big hair
and spandex
and leather stagewear. As part of their presentation, Santanicide plays party anthems and power ballads with a mixture of satire and affection. In 2003, the group were described in The Drama Review as an "irreverent, demonic death-metal
turned glam turned cock-rock band". The original four member band consists of frontman Dale "Devlin Mayhem" May, guitar
ist Felipe "Aleister Cradley" Castillo, drummer
Andrew "Sloth Vader" Griffiths, and bassist
Pemberton "The Baron Klaus Von Goaten" Roach. Pemberton was replaced by bassist Jake "Vargas Von Goaten" Garcia in 2003, who was subsequently replaced by Sebastian.
band called Puracane, and bassist Pemberton Roach was added to complete Satanicide.
In August 1999, Satanicide played the Maxwell's
music club in Hoboken, New Jersey
. Previously used to getting perhaps 30 people to come out for a Peanut 23 show, Satanicide brought in hundreds. In January 2003, Satanicide played a gig
at the Sundance Film Festival
in support of a short film made by the band.
By March 2003, Satanicide was a popular act on the New York music scene
. Their humorous stage shows were viewed as creating a certain mood which allowed for improvised audience embellishment. The William Morris Agency
agreed to represent Satanicide and worked with the band to produce a film treatment
for a television series. However, May and Castillo's songwriting chemistry did not translate into scriptwriting chemistry and the treatment was tabled.
Four years after they formed, Satanicide sought to replace bassist Pemberton Roach in August 2003 because Roach "secretly liked Billy Joel
." In advertising for the bassist position, Satanicide listed the required qualifications as musical "chops"; "hott[ sic
girlfriend
to share with band"; "disposable income to buy coke
, booze and whores"; and "when hearing the Dave Matthews Band
, must be overcome by impulsive desire to kill." Jake Garcia, of Darediablo
took over as the Baron's younger brother Vargas Von Goaten in 2003. The current bassist is Sebastian Von Goaten.
In September 2004, the website heatherband.com was created. In December 2004, Satanicide announced that it had changed its name to Heather, listing heatherband.com as their website. In addition, the group became "the group formerly known as Satanicide", jettisoning the big-hair wigs and at least some of the shtick. In July 2005, Satanicide announced that it was getting together for a reunion performance at the Bowery Ballroom
, a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City
. Some question whether they in fact broke up in the first place.
By May 2005, Satanicide had appeared in a Cingular commercial and were headlining at the Bowery Ballroom. In April 2007, the Chinese gangsta rap
trio Notorious MSG
released their Lunch Money EP, with Satanicide's vocalist Dale "Devlin Mayhem" May providing the chorus vocals to the Warlord song.
/crowd surfing
. They wear Barbie wigs to give them the big hair
appearance of a glam metal
rocker. In addition to this New York-based band claiming that they are from "Jer-Z
," they spout elaborate lies related to casual sex
conquests and call to mind This Is Spinal Tap
, the 1984
mockumentary
directed by Rob Reiner
about a fictional renowned metal band. The Satanicide members typically wear sleeveless T-shirts and circulation-inhibiting leather pants while they mimic many styles of metal
. Their act calls to mind a mixture of Probot
, Tenacious D
, The Darkness, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, The Upper Crust
, and This Is Spinal Tap.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based mock metal
Comedy rock
Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.-History:Early USA examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and The Platters, and Sheb Wooley whose "Purple People Eater" reached No...
/glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
band formed in 1999 that styles itself and its music to represent, tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek is a phrase used as a figure of speech to imply that a statement or other production is humorously intended and it should not be taken at face value. The facial expression typically indicates that one is joking or making a mental effort. In the past, it may also have indicated...
, the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
music scene
Music of New Jersey
The American state of New Jersey has a diverse musical culture and history reflecting its diverse population and history.-Official symbols:New Jersey does not have a state song.The square dance is "the American Folk Dance of the State of New Jersey"....
of the 1980s in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Self-described as portraying a lifestyle "where the mullet
Mullet (haircut)
The mullet is a hairstyle that is short at the front and sides, and long in the back. . The mullet began to appear in popular media in the 1960s and 1970s but did not become generally well-known until the early 1980s...
and kick-ass rock 'n' roll still live," the members sport big hair
Big hair
thumb|[[Dolly Parton]] in 1983.Big hair is a term that can refer to hairstyles that emphasize large volume or largely styled hair, especially when those styles make the hair occupy a large amount of space above and around the head...
and spandex
Spandex
Spandex or elastane is a synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity. It is strong, but less durable than natural Latex, its major non-synthetic competitor. It is a polyurethane-polyurea copolymer that was co-invented in 1959 by chemists C. L. Sandquist and Joseph Shivers at DuPont's...
and leather stagewear. As part of their presentation, Santanicide plays party anthems and power ballads with a mixture of satire and affection. In 2003, the group were described in The Drama Review as an "irreverent, demonic death-metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
turned glam turned cock-rock band". The original four member band consists of frontman Dale "Devlin Mayhem" May, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist Felipe "Aleister Cradley" Castillo, drummer
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Andrew "Sloth Vader" Griffiths, and bassist
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Pemberton "The Baron Klaus Von Goaten" Roach. Pemberton was replaced by bassist Jake "Vargas Von Goaten" Garcia in 2003, who was subsequently replaced by Sebastian.
History
In the late 1990s, Dale May (a photographer) and Felipe Castillo were in a group called Peanut 23. Peanut 23's quirky original songs were far from successful. One night, both May and Castillo put on their girlfriends' wigs and spent the evening "acting like a couple of kids in from Jersey, kicking over trash cans, talking the talk." After a positive reception that night to an uninvited, impromptu performance on a club's stage, May and Castillo decided to form their own band. Guitarist Andrew Griffiths was recruited from a trip hopTrip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
band called Puracane, and bassist Pemberton Roach was added to complete Satanicide.
In August 1999, Satanicide played the Maxwell's
Maxwell's
Maxwell's is a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey that also has a restaurant. The intimate venue often attracts a wide variety of acts looking for a change from the New York City concert spaces across the river.-History:...
music club in Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,005. The city is part of the New York metropolitan area and contains Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region...
. Previously used to getting perhaps 30 people to come out for a Peanut 23 show, Satanicide brought in hundreds. In January 2003, Satanicide played a gig
Gig (musical performance)
Gig is slang for a musical engagement in which musicians are hired. Originally coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, the term, short for the word "engagement", now refers to any aspect of performing such as assisting with performance and attending musical performance...
at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
in support of a short film made by the band.
By March 2003, Satanicide was a popular act on the New York music scene
Music of New York City
The music of New York City is a diverse and important field in the world of music. It has long been a thriving home for jazz, rock and the blues...
. Their humorous stage shows were viewed as creating a certain mood which allowed for improvised audience embellishment. The William Morris Agency
William Morris Agency
WME is the largest talent agency in the world, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Nashville, London, and Miami. WME represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production...
agreed to represent Satanicide and worked with the band to produce a film treatment
Film treatment
A film treatment is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or radio play. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline , and it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits...
for a television series. However, May and Castillo's songwriting chemistry did not translate into scriptwriting chemistry and the treatment was tabled.
Four years after they formed, Satanicide sought to replace bassist Pemberton Roach in August 2003 because Roach "secretly liked Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
." In advertising for the bassist position, Satanicide listed the required qualifications as musical "chops"; "hott
Sic
Sic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
girlfriend
Groupie
A groupie is a person who seeks emotional and sexual intimacy with a musician or other celebrity. "Groupie" is derived from group in reference to a musical group, but the word is also used in a more general sense, especially in casual conversation....
to share with band"; "disposable income to buy coke
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
, booze and whores"; and "when hearing the Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
, must be overcome by impulsive desire to kill." Jake Garcia, of Darediablo
Darediablo
Darediablo is an instrumental rock trio from New York City. They draw influences from such 1970s heavy metal bands as Black Sabbath and AC/DC, their bassist/guitarist often wearing an AC/DC T-Shirt...
took over as the Baron's younger brother Vargas Von Goaten in 2003. The current bassist is Sebastian Von Goaten.
In September 2004, the website heatherband.com was created. In December 2004, Satanicide announced that it had changed its name to Heather, listing heatherband.com as their website. In addition, the group became "the group formerly known as Satanicide", jettisoning the big-hair wigs and at least some of the shtick. In July 2005, Satanicide announced that it was getting together for a reunion performance at the Bowery Ballroom
Bowery Ballroom
The Bowery Ballroom is a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City. The structure, at 6 Delancey Street, was built just before the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It stood vacant until the end of WWII, when it became a high-end retail store. The neighborhood subsequently went into decline...
, a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Some question whether they in fact broke up in the first place.
By May 2005, Satanicide had appeared in a Cingular commercial and were headlining at the Bowery Ballroom. In April 2007, the Chinese gangsta rap
Gangsta rap
Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths. Lyrics in gangsta rap have varied from accurate reflections to fictionalized accounts. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word...
trio Notorious MSG
Notorious MSG
Notorious MSG is a performing trio of Asian American rappers founded during 2002 in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City. Their songs feature boasting innuendos regarding women, and lyrics about gangster lifestyles and Chinese food...
released their Lunch Money EP, with Satanicide's vocalist Dale "Devlin Mayhem" May providing the chorus vocals to the Warlord song.
Presentation
In the Satanicide act, the band members hurl themselves into the crowd to scatter their fans as a way of mocking the rocker practice of stage divingStage diving
Stage diving is the act of leaping from a concert stage onto the crowd below. It is often the precursor to crowd surfing.Initially seen as confrontational and extreme, stage diving has become common at hardcore punk and thrash metal performances. Many musicians have made stage diving a part of...
/crowd surfing
Crowd surfing
Crowd surfing is the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person during a concert, transferring the person from one part of the venue to another...
. They wear Barbie wigs to give them the big hair
Big hair
thumb|[[Dolly Parton]] in 1983.Big hair is a term that can refer to hairstyles that emphasize large volume or largely styled hair, especially when those styles make the hair occupy a large amount of space above and around the head...
appearance of a glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
rocker. In addition to this New York-based band claiming that they are from "Jer-Z
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
," they spout elaborate lies related to casual sex
Casual sex
Casual sex or hooking up refers to certain types of human sexual activity outside the context of a romantic relationship. The term is not always used consistently: some use it to refer to any extramarital sex, some use it to refer to sex in a casual relationship, whereas others reserve its use for...
conquests and call to mind This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap is an American 1984 rock musical mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner about the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap...
, the 1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
mockumentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
directed by Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
Robert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...
about a fictional renowned metal band. The Satanicide members typically wear sleeveless T-shirts and circulation-inhibiting leather pants while they mimic many styles of metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
. Their act calls to mind a mixture of Probot
Probot
Probot was a heavy metal side project of ex-Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters rhythm guitarist and lead-singer Dave Grohl. An album was recorded out of the material and released in February 2004...
, Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
, The Darkness, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, The Upper Crust
The Upper Crust
The Upper Crust is an American hard rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The members adopt the personae of 18th century aristocratic fops and sing songs from that perspective. They use titles of nobility, wear powdered wigs and period costumes, and maintain a snobbish attitude while performing...
, and This Is Spinal Tap.
Members
- Dale May, lead singer
- Felipe Castillo, guitarist
- Andrew Griffiths, drummer
- Sebastian, bassist
Discography
- Heather - 2003 The title track of Satanicide's debut album, Heather, is a Bic-lighter ballad about a girl whose name "everybody knows . . . from reading the bathroom stalls." Also on the album is a Dungeons and Dragons game tribute called "20 Sided Die" that summons the spirit of Ronnie James DioRonnie James DioRonald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
, as well as a Bon JoviBon JoviBon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
-like ode to the big city called "NYC 2 Nite." - Cradle the Bar