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Death Valley

We're all gonna die, but everything's all right.

About Me

Death Valley was a Portland, Oregon rock'n'roll band that channeled the raw fury of The Dead Boys and The Stooges, then injected it with the nihilistic vitriol of "Appetite"-era G'n'R and the unrelenting attack of "Killers"-era Iron Maiden. We assaulted the faithful with our sonic blitzkrieg all up and down the west coast from September 2006 to December 2007, winning many new converts along the way.

Our lineup included former members of Lovely (Ellen, Matt, and Guffey), a current member of Pillowfight (Hotstix), and we were lucky to feature the vocal stylings of professional snowboarder/visual artist extraordinaire, Corey Smith.

We recorded a killer EP with producer Adam Pike, and it will hopefully be available someday. Hail, hail, rock'n'roll.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/29/2006
Band Website: deathvalleyrocks.com
Band Members:

Corey Smith- Lead Vocals

Ellen- Bass, Backing Vocals

Doug Hotstix- Drums

Matt Heartattack- Guitar, Vocals

Guffey- Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Influences:

Corey likes: Kill Cheerleader,The Saints, shit with guitars, that new old sound that's totally hip, and a whole bunch of other shit...

The rest of us like all the stuff that Corey likes, as well as: AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Turbonegro, The Stooges,The MC5, The Dead Boys, Guns'n'Roses, Judas Priest, The Hellacopters, Iron Maiden, The Makers, The Misfits, Thin Lizzy, Fu Manchu, QOTSA, Motorhead, and a whole bunch of other shit...

Doug likes: Rush and the Bee Gees.
Sounds Like: Six hundred and sixty six tons of bricks.
Record Label: Def Jam
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I am gonna get soooooooo fat...

Hey y'all,So last night, on my way to the Turbonegro show, I decided to go through the Taco bell drive-thru. As I approach the ordering kiosk, I see that there is a new item on the menu, namely the "...
Posted by Death Valley on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:57:00 PST

Another recording update...

Hey y'all,A brutal but productive Saturday, doing lead guitar overdubs at the Toadhouse. I worked so hard on Friday night composing the solo for "End Times", seriously bruising my fingertips in the p...
Posted by Death Valley on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:58:00 PST

Recording update, other news...

Hey y'all, The work on our EP is going AMAZINGLY well.  This thing is gonna be a monster.  Our producer/engineer Adam Pike is a saint and a genius. His patience with Doug Neurotstix's drum e...
Posted by Death Valley on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:21:00 PST

Jackpot! recording session...

Hey y'all,We recorded the basic tracks for our six-song debut EP last Saturday, and it's gonna be a bad motherfucker. The session was at Jackpot! Recording, with the honorable Adam Pike helming the c...
Posted by Death Valley on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:09:00 PST