You guys wanna see a dead body?
On the day of their new album 'The Spirit Never Dies' launch gig, Manny from Sonic Pit chats with Teddy DuChamp's Army about how they have outlasted their cinematic legacy by being “first past the post-hardcore for a new generation”…
It was the late 90s, and electronic music was everywhere. Ravers were raving, boy bands and girl groups were bopping, IDM and breakcore were blipping in nerd bedrooms, and post-rock icons like Tortoise and Stereolab were slathering their albums in analog synths.
But it was Teddy Duchamp’s Army, a recently formed supergroup featuring Pittsburgh punk and hardcore stalwarts, which penned the ultimate countervailing sentiment to all of that: “I can’t afford a Moog / So I’ll pretend to be one.”
“New Moog” was one of the standout tracks of their self-titled six-song EP, mixing interlocking guitar melodies with bursts of furious, loud dynamism. Printed on the Hope Records label (run by Joey Vesely of fellow post-core kids Pikadori), the release stood out as a high watermark for the Pittsburgh punk scene which had concentrated at the Wilkinsburg venue Mr. Roboto Project (now relocated to Garfield), although it had been recorded by Andy Wright at the earliest version of Plus Minus Studios, situated inside the rival venue Millvale Industrial Theatre (an all-ages warehouse that I ran for three years).
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It sets the stage for the record release which, almost a quarter-century down the line, finds the members of TDA somewhat wizened but also hopefully wiser, and maybe even able to afford a Moog, although none of them really needs one.
I might as well point out that the band itself is now older than their namesake from Stand By Me, who passed away at 23 in a car crash, as narrated in the movie’s epilogue. Apparently, the key to their longevity is that Rock was able to find a solid group of friends even better than the ones he had when he was twelve years old.
Fri., Oct 9. Teddy Duchamp’s Army LP release gig, with Trace Remains, One if By Land, and Latecomer. 6:30 pm doors. All ages. $12 advance / $15 door. Tech 25, 112 St. Joseph St., Mount Oliver.
Tickets: https://donorbox.org/events/960844
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