- Demon's Claws
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Demon's Claws Origin Montreal, Canada Genres Garage punk, Rock & roll Years active 2003 — Present Labels In the Red records
Norton Records
Rob's HouseAssociated acts King Khan & BBQ Show
Black LipsThe 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. [1]
The band is currently signed to In the Red Records.
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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 Guide 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. [2]
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. [3]
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.[4]
The band has a new album on In the Red planned for sometime in 2010.
Releases
Demon's Claw (7") - P. Trash Records, 2004
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
Tracks appear on
Gonerfest2 (DVD + CD) - Goner Records, 2006
Our Boy Roy (LP, Album, Comp, Ltd) - Telephone Explosion Records, 2010
Killed By Trash (Comp)
Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos LP - The Wind Records, 2010
References
All Music Guide Band Bio
Village Voice Demon's Claws feature
Dusted Magazine Review
In the Red Recordings Bio
LA Times Nolan Strong tribute
Categories:- Canadian punk rock groups
- Musical groups from Montreal
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