- Aaron Detroit
Aaron Detroit is an American musician,
zine writer, and music journalist. He first came to be noticed as azine writer during his mid-teens in 1992.His
transgressive style of prose, a mix of fantasy and reality often touching on themes such as rape, power imbalance, and frequently death, was found in his long-running "Swirlies" self-publication and later in "Homocore Detroit", a publication for one of the manyHomocore chapters active in the early to mid-1990s. "Swirlies" also included many notable interviews such as7 Year Bitch and Babes in Toyland.His musical career began in the
No Wave andHardcore punk scenes of the mid-1990s inMichigan and the Northwest. His bands includedMartha Dumptruck (named after a character from the 1989 film "Heathers ") and the spoof-metalcore bandMiss Thing .In 1997, Aaron popped up in
San Francisco as a lead vocalist for the dark-punk bandThe Little Deaths which also featuredMikel Delgado ofCinnamon Imperials and laterWhysol Lane , Scott Bradley ofBumblescrump , and, initially, Trixie ofKreviss . His style was informed by feminine sensibilities balanced by a masculine yelp.The Little Deaths became part of the San Francisco Bay-Area's late-90's musical renaissance which spawned bands likeSubtonix ,The Phantom Limbs ,Erase Errata , The Vanishing, and the7 Year Bitch offshoot, Clone.The Little Deaths toured and played shows with bands such asThe Need ,Le Tigre ,The Haggard andImperial Teen extensively until 2000. They released one critically-acclaimed album entitled "" on New York-basedQueercore labelHeartcore Records in 1999.The Little Deaths went through several line-up changes before disbanding in 2000.Between 2000 and 2002, Aaron performed several
performance art pieces inSan Francisco with his shortlived and mostly electronicDark wave musical project,Ghost Hips , and with former Little Deaths guitaristClay Walsh .In 2002, he appeared in the "Queer Punk" issue of infamous punk publication "
Maximum RocknRoll ". Included was an interview withCookie Tuff ofSubtonix and Aaron, as well as his participation in a round-table style discussion between severalqueer-identified musicians, includingMartin Sorrondeguy ofLos Crudos andLimp Wrist , andGary Fembot and Iraya Robles of Sta-Prest.Between 2002 and 2004, he played synthesizers and sang in
Secret Skin , a short-livedRozz Williams -inspired collaboration withCookie Tuff .Now living and working in Los Angeles, CA, Aaron Detroit is currently working with
Dame Darcy in theDark Wave bandDeath By Doll ( whose CD entitled "Gasoline" was released by [http://www.emperorpenguinrecordings.com Emperor Penguin Recordings] on October 31, 2006 ) and on various upcoming film projects. In 2006, he became a regular contributor toSuicideGirls.com 's Newswire as a musicblogger . His contributions include a notable interview with rock singerMarilyn Manson .Quotes
"I Feel Like 2001 is 1981, with the super-fast advancement of technology, art damage, people doing lots of coke, all this nihilism. And it scares me, and I want to talk about that and what my identity as a human being is. So much of what was written about The Little Deaths was about our sexualities...I never got asked much beyond that...it got irritating...it was really boring." From the March 2002 issue of MRR.
Discography
* "Cholesterol 7"" (single), with
Martha Dumptruck (1997) released byBitch Kitty Inc.
* "Miss Thing " (demo cassette), withMiss Thing (1997) released byStarbreath Tapes * "" (album), with
The Little Deaths (1999) released byHeartcore Records
* "Nostalgia Del Buio " (compilation), withSecret Skin (2004) released byCochon Records
* "Horrible Prettiness " (EP), withSecret Skin (2004) "unreleased"* "Gasoline" (album), with Death By Doll (2006) released by [http://www.emperorpenguinrecordings.com Emperor Penguin Recordings]
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/deathbydoll Death By Doll Home Page]
* [http://www.sfbg.com/noise/45/qa.html SFBG Article with Aaron Detroit Interview]
* [http://www.heartcorerecords.net/bands/littledeaths The Little Deaths Home Page]
* [http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Marilyn+Manson/ Aaron Detroit's interview with Marilyn Manson]
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