01:58 AM - DraculaZombieUSA

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The story I'm about to tell is a bit like in that Marky Mark movie, Rock Star - where a fan suddenly gets to join his favorite band and fill the shoes of his heroes.

D laid out the histoire de Dzusa for you already, so I won't rehash it all - though the basic idea is that there was a band, some people moved away, now there are two franchised versions of said band, one per coast of the USA.

When I first heard DraculaZombieUSA (under a different name at the time) I thought it was a joke. It was only one song. I hadn't seen the live show. I had no idea what was going on. By the time I heard more tracks and saw the live show - it all made sense. It all worked. The songs, despite not being rock songs played by a bunch of dudes, rocked me. So hard. Will programs all the music, and on the East coast Travis Gravitas plays live drums while a group of fools prance around singing Will and Danielle and A. Ross's parts (and some more), myself being one of them.

It's only because I have no hand at all in creating the music that still feel like just a lucky fan of DZUSA, though circumstances have made so that if you go to see the band (at least in NYC) then I'll (probably) be one of the people onstage. Check out some tracks from the self-titled debut album. The band is working on a (bicoastal!) album to be released soon on Serious Business Records.

DraculaZombieUSA - "The Summer Jam"
DraculaZombieUSA - "I Like the Snow"
DraculaZombieUSA - "Bear Island"
DraculaZombieUSA - "Thomas Window Paine"

DraculaZombieUSA is playing this Thursday (May 4th) at Glass House Gallery with Vic Thrill, Mad Happy and Brokendomer. The venue is at 38 South 1st street (b/w Kent and Wythe) in Brooklyn. DZUSA will also be at Fontana's in the city a week later on Thursday, May 11th.

A special treat: Will updates the DZUSA blog about all sorts of music and such for you.

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