Weird Old America

About Me

With their latest release "Vaudeville" Weird Old America remembers the days when blues driven rock and roll delivered great bands. Drawing from heavy influences such as S.R.V., Hendrix, Clapton, Santana, Zeppelin the group is propelling rock and roll into the 21st century. Led by guitar phenom and vocalist Nick Diaz, the band creates tightly orchestrated songs that deliver quite a punch of alternative blues rock music. Driven by drummer, Matty Amendola, and bassist, Matt Williams, Weird Old America maintains a rhythm section that seems to be forgotten in many of today's modern groups. Additionally, organist, Van Baram, provides a colorful padding that brings the group together as a cohesive whole. With a live show that'll blow the roof off of Madison Square Garden, Weird Old America is preparing to remind the world that rock and roll is still very much alive.
"DEVIL IN A DREAM" LIVE ON WOOZYFLY.COM
"VAUDEVILLE" LIVE ON WOOZYFLY.COM
"POCKET CHANGE BLUES" LIVE ON WOOZYFLY.COM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2007
Band Website: weirdoldamerica.com
Band Members: drums- matty amendola
bass- matty williams
guitars/vox- nick diaz
Influences: in no particular order

bobby dylan
jimi hendrix
jack kerouac
w.h. auden
s.r.v.
gene kelly
new york city
new orleans
tejas
the world
grafitti
the cosmos
my imagination
comfort, & lack there of
booze
jazz
love
my guitar
friends

Sounds Like: CHECK OUT OUR VIDEOS ON WOOZYFLY.COM

VISIT US AT REVERBNATION.COM

HELP US OUT ON STEREOFAME.COM

"DEVIL IN A DREAM" WAS TRACK OF THE DAY!

Record Label: W.O.A. Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Masters

After many month of blood sweat and tears, we're happy to finally have the completed mastered versions of our songs. Stay tuned for info on our CD release party. In the mean time, enjoy the songs on...
Posted by Weird Old America on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:39:00 PST

The Record

Hey Everyone! We are happy to announce that the record is coming along very well. The process is and has been long and grueling, but we are so close to the finish line that we can see the flags ...
Posted by Weird Old America on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:33:00 PST

The Bitter End Showcase

For Immediate Release!The Mighty Orq, Weird Old America, and Obie SavageLive @ The Bitter End May 15th The Mighty Orq will perform at The Bitter End on May 15th at 10:30 pm, in New York's Greenwich V...
Posted by Weird Old America on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:57:00 PST

Quotes

guitarist nick diaz is a musical chameleon who negotiates his cinematic shifts and twists with passion and purpose . . . -Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine it’s rare to find young blues gu...
Posted by Weird Old America on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:59:00 PST

born and raised in america while media propaganda dictates the worldreaching for the stars we try to break away speaking with words and attempting to say something,but, nothing,instead,we just realize...
Posted by Weird Old America on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:08:00 PST

Great show at the Bitter End

Thanks to everyone who showed up to our show at the bitter end last night. we had a great show and really appreciate the support. We got a live recording of the show and as soon as we sift through it ...
Posted by Weird Old America on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

ThePalestra.com

The fine peeps at the Palestra.com were nice enough to include us in their gig guide last week while we were on tour. Check us out in the video on our page, we come in right around the 1:27 mark. th...
Posted by Weird Old America on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:18:00 PST

Vocals and The Cutting Room

Vocals are an intense part of the recording process. I've been working on mine now for about a week and a half, and though I must say that i'm lucky to be able to spend that much time on them, it is ...
Posted by Weird Old America on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:31:00 PST

blinded by the darkness of the basement . . .

and away we go! just finished tracking all of the rhythm tracks for our debut record this weekend. we were locked up in a williamsburg basement for 3 days straight making sure everything sounded jus...
Posted by Weird Old America on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:08:00 PST

in the studio

old weird america is about to hit the studio to record it's first full-length album. be sure to check back for new tracks from this upcoming piece. the old weird americans
Posted by Weird Old America on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:09:00 PST