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Truth Serum

"where's my Regardie's??"

About Me


At times... destructively chaotic, sometimes lyrically ephemeral and beautiful (often within the scope of the same piece of music).

This enigmatic and disturbing duo have been involved with innumerable projects over the years as performers, arrangers, composers, and producers.
“Genre-Bending” a mind-numbing range of musical styles {industrial noise, dub, funk, go-go, metal, deathrock, gothic, choral, baroque, psychedelic-folk, pop, techno, darkwave, electro …or whatever other watered down descriptors you insist upon…} into a surprisingly focused slurry of noise, melody, rhythm, and “message” (all with a beat you can dance to –... if you are an imaginative dancer)
They have collaborated with numerous artists from around the globe (***though not always amicably***) such as:
Beefeater, To Live & Shave in LA, Peach of Immortality, Ill Humor, Bad Brains, Fugazi, Stinking Lizaveta, Blaxmyth, Jawbox, Dag Nasty, Furnace, Chemlab, Cranial Hemmorage, Chucky Sluggo, Gutwrench, Kenny Dread, I.N.I.C.U., Scythian, Press Mob, and many others along the way...
Their Music has been described as:
"Way Too Heavy", "Too Slow", "Too Fast", "Totally Depressing", "Too Dirgy", "Sweetly Caustic", "Too Painful to Listen To for any Extended Period of Time", "Amazing", "Diffficult", "Erotic & Disturbing", "Unbelievable", "Insane", "Perplexing & Morbid", "Pretentious & Overblown"
...and that's just from the "fans & collaborators"
Those who have worked with them have described them as:
Obsessive... Compulsive... Uncompromising... Unique... Tyrannical... and at times Morbidly Brilliant!
Lovers... Haters... Fighters... Preachers... and Everything in Between
Most either Love them or Hate them (both with a passion)
Many have wished they could ignore them...
One thing is certain though... They rarely draw a lukewarm reaction.
We warmly welcome your comments & critiques.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/27/2005
Band Website: truthserum.biz
Band Members:
KELLY JAMISON: LEAD VOCALS, Percussion, Drums, Slide Guitar, Flutes

MARK SHELLHAAS: Drums, Guitar , Bass, Violin & Viola, Keyboards & Piano, Programming & Dub Manip., Voice

Influences:

many...

Sounds Like:
DEPECHE-ZEPPELIN...

EINSTURZENNARD-SKYNARD...

Slowly bleeding to death in a bathtub full of Absinthe...

Speedmetal @ 16 RPM...

YOU TELL US...
Please leave us your comments (or send us a message).

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Record Label: 108 Kisses; Tyves Oben; Inquiries welcome...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Devi 2000 remix/rework release

We are pleased to announce our first "official release"...We have recently completed our remix/ rework of Devi 2000's:Om Namah Shivaya (Truth Serum Remix)which incorporates our own composition: Re-Awa...
Posted by Truth Serum on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:46:00 PST