Member Since: 9/11/2007
Band Website: thepackafterdeath.com
Band Members: Becky Black (Guitar/Vox) and Maya Miller (Drums/Organizin’)
Influences: Blind Willie Johnson, Junior Kimbrough, Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly, RL Burnside, Billie Holiday, Scott Joplin, The American Civil War, snow, the north, cowboys, bandits, coffee, the years 1860-1920, Koko Taylor, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Rich, John Bonham, MC5, The Sonics, The Groundhogs, Gordon Downie, Jonathon Richman, Sam Raimi, Harrison Ford, Guy Pearce, Jeremiah Johnson, Clint Eastwood, Howlin’ Wolf, Mississipi John Hurt, Manhunt, Cold Mountain, Andersonville, The Thing, Highlander, Snake Pliskin, OZ, Chris Keller, George Romero and all of his Dead movies, Patrick Swayze (in Road House)
Sounds Like: WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY...
4 **** -- Uncut Magazine, 2008
Live, Millers sparse beats shuffle along while Black goes from a whisper to a wail tearing out shards of spiky lead guitar. It's explosive, organic and really different each time…Nothing on Tintype is ever less than intense and rarely cheery.
--Stuart Derdeyn (The Province) DEC 07
Best Local Band 2007 - The Pack, no question. These two ladies exploded from the Secret Cave of Concealed Talent with muskets a-blazin’ and sabers a-rattlin’, reinvigorating this sleepy city with heart-pumping, rock’n’soul fury with a raw energy so infectious as to reshape the lives of everyone they meet. Becky Black’s also probably the greatest vocal discovery this town’s ever known. WATCH OUT UNIVERSE.
--Dave Bertrand (Nerve Magazine) DEC 07
Awwwwwooooogggaaaaararoraroarrrrrrr. Janis Joplin, meet the White Stripes. Now, go and drink a bucket of bourbon and hang out on a Civil War battleground.
--Andrew (Red Cat Records) DEC 07
Tintype is a triumph. Good in the morning, good at night. This is the shit.
--Dave Bertrand (Nerve Magazine) MAY 07
Maya Millers drumming isn't just confident, it's downright warlike
--Fish Griwkowsky (Edmonton Sun) JAN 08
A guitar-drum howling-blues duo, Becky Black and Maya Miller of the Pack are clearly meant to play together...The whole beautiful mess (of Tintype) will have uptown turkeys running in terror back to their Eric Clapton "blues" CDs.
--Adrian Mack (The Georgia Straight) AUG 07
No matter how overdone a genre appears to be, truly talented artists always come along to make it new yet again. Black and Miller are two such artists, and our sleepy little scene should be thankful.
--RC Joseph (24 Hours) APR 07
Some say that Black's guitar pick is actually the Devil's toenail. We don't know where The Pack got their dark gifts, we're just trying to stay on their good side.
--Claire Kenny (Urban Trendz) MAR 07
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DISTRIBUTION:
Scratch (Canada), Outside (Canada), NAIL (USA), Shellshock (UK)
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Record Label: Mint Records
Type of Label: Indie