The Strange Walls ...into the future

The Strange Walls ---
Into the Future.........

We, Jon Vomit and I started creating music under his previous band The Strange Walls from Maine in early 2004. We first started working with odds and ends from his previous work and mine . I had the idea to create a Grimm fairy tale set which would come into full being later that year. We never stopped at this concept ,as we moved into new realms we would have various underground artists helping us out making our live performances more than just an abstract music experience, but something like beautiful chaos and a cathartic experience all around...
We have a whole array of past work which has never really come into the light. Most of it is invariably left in a shoebox on 4track or some other form of live performance which has been kept by various people as entertainment for themselves. Realistically we are a live band that has never emerged from the underground New York setting from which i have come from along with Jon Vomit creating other music beforehand under his Strange Walls with others most famously Nick Bond who had died previous to me joining the band with Jon.
Now lets fast forward to 2008. Danya Yushkov previously of Valiant to Vile (staten isle goth band) and a back up singer Modera of previous vocal talent from her native Boston drag circuit. Danya is a extremely talented musician in all rights and plays guitar for the band as well as his new project Watcging Opposoms. Moera (Modera) helps out once in awhile with backing vocals and has helped us emencely as well as Jon's girlfriend Shaolin.
After the Fairy tales we have expanded into a band of eclectic covers and other intense songs written by Jon and author Gary Indiana(Rent Boy) has added to our repertoire. Our live performances have varied quite a bit over the past 5 years adding influences that are subtle but could be considered a variation anywhere from the Legendary pink dots, Dark Noise, Velvet Underground, Mekons ,Pogues or even the Dead Milkmen or Cure influences from which we do add covers from time to time to give a full blend of our background and the variations of themes that we always feel need to be injected into the mix for a bit of fun.The Strange Walls have also completed a rather successful adaptation this year of Poe's Dr. Tarr & Professor Fether which was received well with music by Jon Vomit and lead acting by myself the later was a bit of a stretch for me because i'm not a trained actor but the reviews faired very well for a off off broadway performance which should have been taken further than it was. We'll see what happens in the near Future and Beyond.......

Dan Drogynous 10.21.2008