"Deaf Wish changed my life. You know that hopeless feeling you get periodically, where you've just given up on rock'n'roll because every single band you see seems empty, trite and kinda lame compared to that kickarse group that is a composite of all the greatest rock'n'roll bands that you've ever seen (or imagine to have seen)? Well, when I walked into the Tote during Deaf Wish's second ever show, I knew I had found the holy grail - the most exciting rock band on the planet! These guys (and girl, at the time) were the most adrenalin-charged, stupidly out-of-control bunch of idiots I had ever seen. They had an irrepressible energy and will-to-chaos, but they had the killer songs to back it up. I was transfixed before their greatness. I bought their CD and played it over and over that night and every night for the next couple of weeks. I couldn't believe they had already broken up after only two shows, but I told all my friends about Deaf Wish. I also urged them to buy this record, because I thought it was an amazing document of spontaneous greatness. Slowly the legend of Deaf Wish grew, as this brilliant band that only a few people had seen. Then one day, while propping up the bar at a local watering hole, somebody told me they were reforming with Pete from Group Seizure replacing Sarah. I was a bit wary of this, but went along to the show anyway. I needn't have worried. Everything I had loved about these guys in the first place was still there. Holy shit!"
Rene Schaefer November 2009
