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CHAZ IN A NUT SHELL.....
OLD BAND: Dimestore Haloes
DOES HE MAKE SOLO RECORDS?: Yes
NEW BAND: The Allston Swingers
IS HE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR? Hmmmm???: Yes.
WILL HE BITE YOUR THROAT LIKE A RABID WOMBAT?: Yes.
WHAT DO HE BE LIKING, THEN?:
i'm not sure i like being around people at all. i like cats and brasilian girls. i like old guitars, comics, horror flicks, beer and werewolves. i do this music and writing nonsense as a compulsion, rather than some farcial bid for an easy "career", so that makes me just about the only sane person in the pool.
TO READ SAMPLES OF MY WRITNG:
REVIEWS FOR MY MUSICAL SQUIRTINGS:
AMP MAGAZINE–:
What a great piece of rock ‘n’ roll this recording is. Chaz, better know for his stint as the front man for the Dimestore Haloes, shows he can cut it on his own on his solo album. What you have here is thirteen songs of power pop and punk greatness, bringing to mind the likes of the Buzzcocks and Johnny Thunders. It’s really that good. For you old fucks, this is gonna be right up your alley. For all you youngsters still trying to cut your teeth on real punk rock, you should dig this too.
UNDER THE VOLCANO MAGAZINE:
: I was a bit hesitant to put this one on, considering the picture of Mr. Matthews on the front cover made him look like a Stray Cats’ reject. Not so musically and quite the opposite in fact! This former Dimestore Haloes leader writes songs that look back to a ‘70s New York punk rock from the Dolls all the way to Blondie. Chaz recorded all the songs in his apartment, but fuck, it adds to the early Replacements/Jabbers flavor sprinkled throughout the platter. And “Holocaust Face†would make a great radio single.
CARBON 14 MAGAZINE:
I’ve been anxiously waiting for this solo album since the Dimestore Haloes went MIA, and I am not disappointed! The stoic cover photo might lead you to believe this to be a Billy Lee Riley disc from the ‘50s (indeed there is a cool rockabilly and blues influence), but stuff like Johnny Thunders’ classic So Alone and that first, great Generation X album come through loud and clear. The lyrics are dark and literate… razor sharp melodies and harmonies tear at you… spidery guitars bite and slash… the voice has a naked, dusty edge. Here are some additional, essential facts about Chaz: he plays Gibson and Epiphone guitars; he wears only Wrangler jeans; he uses only Dax hair pomade. On this CD he wrote all the songs, played all the instruments, did all the production, engineering, and mixing, and he wrote the liner notes. This is as solo as solo can get. You can bet that on his first kindergarten report card the teacher wrote, “Does not play well with others.†It’s all about the attitude. In my book, Chaz is a grade A punk rock ‘n’ roll machine.
GLITZ ZINE:
NOW WAVE ONLINE:
Had they ever been properly recorded, the DimestoreHaloes could have been the greatest band of the 1990s.They had the songs, the look, the ideal fusion of teenrebel '50s swagger and glammy '70s punk, the greatlyrics that spoke boldly about life, society, and rockn' roll. But their recorded output never had thecrackle or the magic of their live show, and for themost part was woefully misproduced. Thankfully,singer/guitarist/songwriter Chaz Matthews continues to record even after the demise of the Haloes. Alone at home, without any help from producers or bandmates, he lays down more classic tracks. His first solo effort, Amazing Graceless, is the best album he's ever done, Haloes included. Still inspired by classic punk and rock n' roll, Matthews has truly come into his own as a songwriter.