Basic Information
Management: Jeffrey Rosner
Members: Ryan Lella Michael McInerney Bill Sherwin Jeffrey Rosner
A Happy Death
Portland, OR
Rock / Surf Rock / Blues
Bio
Amidst a cold and dirty New York winter, A Happy Death formed with the intention to create rock and roll music that has vintage tonality with a modern punch. They were soon playing the release show for their debut 7" Vinyl EP, which was recorded in the basement of a Ghost House. In search of a new weather climate, they moved across the country to Portland, Oregon. In the process of moving 3,500 miles from their hometown in Long Island, New York, the band lost their original drummer to a negle...
Press
“This 4 piece based out of Portland by way of NYC, where this single was recorded, sent this in to 7inches HQ, along with a typewritten press release on a honest to god typewriter...something of a clue to this nostalgic heavy reverb spring echo that comes off on the first track, "Nazi Zombies", the single note surf melody is tight, the lead vocal has that cave echo to it, a bouncy Cramps feel with a garage loose execution. I mean I guess Nazi Zombies is a pretty big clue, but instead of the dark creepy vocal, Ryan is yelling himself hoarse which steers this in a weird cap'n jazz direction. "Mr. Rutter" is a slow dance disco ball throwback number, if you listen close he's talking about this gentleman who happens to be a transsexual and hides his life working at the factory. A smooth organ drones happily away along to those big strum reverb chords vibrating. Ryan eventually losses it big time in sympathy with this sad bastard while the backup singers oooo and ahhh. ”
Artist Stats
Fans: 274
Song Plays: 594
Visits: 1,237
Video Plays: 178
Widget Hits: 9
Status
Status:
Hey hey hey what do you say we are playing at Ella Street today.
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Reviews
Nov 16, 2011 at 03:09 PM
Check out all the awesome feedback we've been getting! Thanks you everyone for listening and writing about it!
Cheers,
Ryan
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