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About Me

The first stirrings of Hot Mute were on a foggy night in late 1999 when Bruce stumbled into San Francisco's legendary Lusty Lady peep show where Gary was working as a janitor. Gary was forced to remove Bruce from the premises when the latter, high on cough syrup and itcin' for love, inappropriately serenaded an obscure Beatles song to a skittish little dancer in an afro wig. As Gary kicked Bruce to the curb, the two got to talking about the Beatles song and music in general, discovering a mutual love for the Beatles, the Stones, the Stooges, Bowie and 80's Goth rock bands like Joy Division and the Cure. A newfound friendship was celebrated as the pair finished off the remainder of Bruce's cough syrup and went on to make beautiful music together.The two jammed together until Gary met Darren when both were dissed by same girl they were both trying to pick up in a bar. Darren happened to play drums and a rock band sounds pretty shitty without drums, so he was in. Next came Mark Pistel of Consolidated and Meat Beat Manifesto fame who fell in love with the music of the now gestating band after hearing them in their practice space, he would later come to tolerate the band itself. He joined in with his amazing long unused library of killer guitar riffs and his exceptional production skills. Now the intrepid not so youngsters needed a name. This came in the form of Gary and Bruce's nerdy obsession with the movie Planet of the Apes in which the lead human female is a "Hot Mute". Many shows and recordings later Hot Mute continues to create epic pop songs for you and yours.

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Member Since: 1/8/2006
Band Website: hotmute.com
Band Members: Gary Wertz, Bruce Aparton, Darren Thompson, Mark Pistel
Influences: The Beatles, the Kinks, Queen, the Cure, Joy Division, David Bowie, the Velvet Underground, The Cars, the Rolling Stones
Sounds Like: Hearing Queen for the first time at your friend's birthday party. The smell of comic book ink. After-school make out sessions to Bowie or the Velvets.These are the moments of trancendence that HOT MUTE are chasing like puppies in a room full of rubber balls.San Francisco's HOT MUTE will continue to mine their pop fantasies, searching for that one true moment - THE MAJESTY OF ROCK - that is the brightest light or the darkest day.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live HOT MUTE Video on MySpace

Check out Hot Mute video right here on our home page. Live at the late great Bender's Bar.Click on the video function..........spread the word.
Posted by Hot Mute on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:14:00 PST

Live HOT MUTE on YouTube

Check out two new Hot Mute Videos on YouTube - Live and Raw at Bender's Bar one week before it burned to the ground...Search for:Hot Mute Anything is PossibleHot Mute Cattle for the GodsAnd look forHo...
Posted by Hot Mute on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:05:00 PST

HARAKIRI Snowboard DVD features HOT MUTE!

Those groovy German kids over at Harakiri Snowboard Co. have fallen in love with Hot Mute and are featuring "She's the Medicine" in their BRAND NEW Snowboarding DVD. Harakiri spent over a year puttin...
Posted by Hot Mute on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:50:00 PST

HOT MUTE Blows Up On Nationwide Radio!!!

Hot Mute has exploded onto the playlists of over 60 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.In Chicago they've played HM 67 freakin' times! So stay tuned,or better still, call up Your local college stat...
Posted by Hot Mute on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:07:00 PST

Hot Mute's new Album NOW available at HOTMUTE.COM

Hot Mute's brand new debut album won't be officially released until SEPTEMBER...... BUT WAIT- YOU can buy this masterpiece RIGHT NOW at www.hotmute.com and be the envy of your friends and roommates-CR...
Posted by Hot Mute on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 01:42:00 PST

Support for the D.H.

GRW from HOT MUTE here- The other morning I was having breakfast in Lahuina,Maui when who should walk by but DAVID FUCKING HASSLEHOFF."Hey guys," I sez to my compatriots,"It's some fat,old guy with DA...
Posted by Hot Mute on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:17:00 PST

Latest HOT MUTE News

Hey Kids! If you enjoy HOT MUTE you should check out GRW's "The Natural" Gary from HOT MUTE has released this solo record on a curious and expectant world and you can listen to few choice tracks at ww...
Posted by Hot Mute on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:52:00 PST