The Walrus - Music With Big Fuckin' Teeth!

01/28/2008

Dead Moon Walking On My Grave/ Kicked Out-Kicked In

DIY-legends, Dead Moon consisted of drummer Andrew Loomis, Fred Cole and his wife Toody. Fred and Toody have been married since 1967, back when Fred was in a successful garage-rock group, The Weeds. Dead Moon was born in the late 80's, but have called it quits after a 20 year run of touring and self-pressing their own records. Dead Moon's gritty, bare-bone garage-punk anthems represents the music of the loner outlaw, standing the test of time.

"Walking on My Grave" and "Kicked Out-Kicked In" are both heavy blues numbers, and can be found on their 1990 record, Thirteen off my hook. Both songs share common Dead Moon themes of ostracization, rebellion, and survival.

"Walking on My Grave" is about drug overdoses, street violence and misguided politics by a younger generation; "a new kid on the block". This is not a place Dead Moon wants to continue to hang out at. Remember, they are from the Flower Generation after all...

"Kicked out- Kicked In" is a song about limited career opportunities for the outcast:

"When I was 16 I was kicked out of school / They couldn't dig my anti-social attitude / When I was 20 looking for a job they told me "kid, you got hair too long"

And of course only a square would cut their hair for a stinkin' job. Dead Moon lives life by their own rules. Dig It!