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The Wet Secrets

About Me

It all started with a racy (staged) photograph snapped in dim light back in 2005, under the dankest of circumstances. Half-hearted promises to form a band were soon forgotten due to epic alcohol consumption, but would rear back like an angry stallion months later when it became apparent that The Wet Secrets might not be a bad idea after all. Formed out of contractual obligation (contracted while drunk most likely) The Secrets wrote and recorded the haphazardly magical 'Whale of a Cow' album in the seven days preceding the first gig. Tubas, paint cans and trombones poke into the mix of campy, homo-centric fuzz rock. Upon release, it teetered and lurched its way onto Edmonton area charts and lists, burrowed into the hearts and minds of the artistic and then scampered off into local band lore... A secret album by a secret band from a desolate place, eked out and sought after but rarely found.
By 2006, time constraints from other projects (Shout Out Out Out Out, Whitey Houston, The Vertical Struts, Dirt City Films & Capital City Burlesque) forced the Secrets to conscript the Calgary-based Chilean ex-pat, Diego "my ears are fatigued" Medina, for a grueling, year long, multi-city recording experiment/fiasco. Of the 18 songs recorded between Jan 2006 - Jan 2007, nine tracks finally made it through the mixing and onto 'Rock Fantasy'. Made temporarily available for free download on the band's website, the song 'Secret March' surged to the 2 spot on CBC Radio 3 in the spring of 2007. Now, finally, 'Rock Fantasy' is being given wide release in spring 2008, with remixes by Cadence Weapon and Shout Out Out Out Out's Nik Kozub.
Olé! Videos from the Wet Secrets Fall 2008 Tour:
Car (almost) hotwired on tour:
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/22/2005
Band Website: http://www.wetsecrets.ca
Band Members:

The Wet Secrets are: Lyle Bell (bass, vocals), Trevor Anderson (drums, vocals), Kim Rackel (tuba, trumpet, vocals), Donna Ball (trombone, vocals), and Doug Organ (keys, vocals).

The musicians who played on ROCK FANTASY are: Lyle Bell as Ambrose Hamballs on bass, keyboards and vocals; Kim Rackel as Fifi von Boozerhausen on tuba, trumpet, aux. percussion and vocals; Donna Ball as Anelle LeKage on tromboner, aux. percussion and vocals; Jeremy Nischuk (2005 - 2006) as Jeepers H. Crackers ..boards; Diego Medina as Pablo el Diablo ..boards; Trevor Anderson as the Chinball Wizard on drums, paintcans, timpani and vocals.

And handclaps and backup screaming were done in the middle of the night by The Secretions: Vanessa Lefebvre, Franciska Bakker, Amelia Aspen Schultz-MacPherson, Penny Szmata, Clinton St. John, Jeff "Can't Clap" McLeod, Matt "8-Way" Flegel, Chris Reimer, Mark Rimmer, Javier Palomino and some dude named Gabe. And Ian Russell! Was Ian Russell there?


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Sounds Like:
Record Label: Rodeo Peanut
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

R3TV

SXSW + The Wet Secrets + CBCR3 = YAY!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXNv50I_coAyup... Austin was a blast!
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:17:00 GMT

XM Verge Music Awards

A heads up to Wet Secrets fans: They've been nominated as one of the best verge artists and their album 'Rock Fantasy' has been nominated as one of the best verge albums in the XM presented Verge Musi...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:24:00 GMT

"Best Kept Wet Secrets"

Edmonton Sun April 8, 2007 Best Kept Wet Secrets By Fish Griwkowsky The Wet Secrets Rock Fantasy Indie Now that it's the future let's take advantage of it. Hear a parable! The Wet Secrets are one...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:08:00 GMT

Success!...ish

Well, in true Wet Secrets fashion, we got it up. But what "it" is... is up for discussion.The site is live. www.thewetsecrets.com thanks to Kris Gemzik!All the new songs are there for download. They a...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:51:00 GMT

Hep A Birthday - lyrics

You are a cunt, sirWe hope you get cancerHope you get cancer and dieRabies and scabiesWe hope you have babiesWith deformities I can't describeEncephalitis And bad dermatitisThe girl with colitis goes ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:18:00 GMT

I Teabagged Myself - lyrics

Mr. PolitenessYou can't be seriousHow 'bout a helping hand for us?And now your likenessIt makes me furiousAnd I am sinking thinking what's with all the fuss?At the bottom of the seaAt the bottom of th...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:39:00 GMT

Secret March - lyrics

Once you get started againOnce you get started you won't rememberWhy you ever stopped starting againOnce you get started you won't rememberA comfortable shoe on the limbA comfortable shoe on the limb'...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:43:00 GMT

"...the best ramshackle pop-rock pagan cabaret outfit in town" - The Edmonton Journal

Secrets play Santa: Group blows its own horn about online EP giveaway Zoltan VaradiThe Edmonton JournalSaturday, January 20, 2007If the music industry as a whole adopted the kind of pragmatic projecti...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:19:00 GMT

Grow Your Own Fucking Moustache, Asshole - lyrics

Harsh words of a socialite Champagne to the libertineHe's part of the same world but they don't collide In dispute the authenticityFinding out just what it means to beThe same as the next guy only in ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:07:00 GMT

Easy Prey vs. Sex Maniac - lyrics

Easy Prey vs. Sex ManiacShort rope false hope for this endeavourBuzz buzzing like a beard of beesShort work cold turkey togetherTightened up like a timpaniFired up with a royal aggravationThey're alwa...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:08:00 GMT