dv8 was born 1987-1988
wilson:
i started writing music for dv8 while
in a metal/hard-core band called the OMO's but musically and creatively
i was moving in a different direction than the rest of the band.
the first song to be recorded after i left the OMO's was "bearded
fat woman loves skeleton man",
the concept and music for it was born and recorded on a friend's
cheap 4-track {early1988}.no vocals.
a couple of months later i started doing 3 track recordings.
guitar to recorder - then tape and live guitar to tape, then 2
recorded guitars to tape recorder while adding live bass lines.
the vocal lines i wrote were not meant for a front person type,
i heard the voice as another instrument with delays,distortion
and other effects; all the singers i knew were'nt experimental
and wouldn't want me to tell them how to use their voice so i
started singing. i worked in a noisey machine filled factory back
then,so i would hide behind these machines and practice using
my voice as an instrument.
the brain!
sha would let me use his R*8 all the time,we would write beats
run the R*8 through a digital delay pedal and come up with really
great beats. then one day he took me to N.Y.C. and credit card
scammed
an R*5 out of S++ A++ for me.
once i learned how to use it i couldn't stop writing beats;
layers and layers of beats.
then i went back to 3 track recordings.
..too much music! needed words!
i was too hyper to write about love so i would write about hurt
and insecurities whenever i felt it.
SHA'S 4-track
studio: deeply into the N.Y. industrial scene {underground back
then} we recorded lots of violent dance beats along with distorted
factory noises making these techno-industrial stomp arrangements
before going to Communion every tuesday night at the Limelight!
i needed to learn how to use the 4track so i chose one of the
shortest songs i had which was then "so wonderful" {which
was inspired by the book "ask alice" and being drunk.}
the song is about drugs but i was a virgin to drugs back then.
"stitch" was a story made up in my head about sha and
his cheating girlfriend. {spring:1991}
"so wonderful"- "stitch that bitch"
this 2-song demo was dubbed over a box of stolen kids cassettes
from my job. {"dr.beethoven's, don't play with fire!"}
sha
leaves
"BASS PLAYER
AND DRUMMER NEEDED!"
I re-met john
at a show in Jersey City, I was at a friend's show and John's
band was opening up for them.I told him I was starting a band.
His band needed a bass player,i was bored so i played, didn't
like it too much
so i showed him my music, we jammed,i liked his style. and he
introduced me to his bass player friend Raul. we rented studio
time in J.C. and impovised for an hour{great noise} and learned
"GO" a song that goes on and on. then they learned
the "dog song" and "so wonderful".
(Disco Dv8) EXTENDED Life Lubricant 2000
"dv8" was being used on trendy
baseball caps which pissed me off! our 1st show
DV*8 Raul John Wilson at LoveSexy
then a friend
told us dv8 was a band from texas and had
an album out
we had to change the name.
disco
dv8 was the 1st
idea then DED
Life.
meaning work - conformity - working for money being a slave -
work 5 days 8 - 9 hrs. a day every day same thing over and over
like a fucKing machine with no face.
DV8!
Studio party
was our 1st show. "masked DV8"!
then the DESTROY OUR ROOM PARTY!
matresses flying everywhere, us playing vex 13 people slam dancing
DRUNK!
