Death By Stereo

James  Gericke – Guitar | Dan Palmer – Guitar | Efrem Schulz – Vocals

Paul Minor – Bass | Mike Cambra – Drums

14 Years strong and still nothing can stop DEATH BY STEREO. Coming back harder, faster, and louder than they ever have, their sixth full-length studio album Black Sheep of the American Dream will be out in April 2012. Black Sheep offers up DEATH BY STEREO’s return to their hardcore punk roots, interlaced with crushing metal breakdowns and blazing solos courtesy of the legendary party shredder, Dan Palmer.

Lead Singer Efrem Schulz comes correct with the vocal style that has personified the group’s unique sound. Reaching back to their first album If Looks Could Kill, I’d Watch You Die… for influence and taking it into a head on collision with some of the heaviest vocals of the band’s history, D.B.S remains focused on the political, conscious, personal, and confrontational. With this album Schulz is calling for the world to stand up and fight.

Arguably one of the best guitarists to ever play hardcore punk, Dan Palmer is known for writing vicious riffs and laying down some of the most technical, melodic, soulful, ripping solos of any players out there. He really drove it home on this one, showcasing all of his skill, aggression, and finesse on Black Sheep.

With this album, DBS brought back original bassist and founding member, Paul Miner. In addition to lending his bass skills, Paul co-produced, co-wrote, engineered, mixed and mastered the album with the idea of taking the bands sound into a direction somewhere between If Looks Could Kill and Into the Valley of Death… With several years of experience producing under Paul’s belt working with some of the most recognized punk, hardcore and metal bands out there; such as TERROR, H2O, THRICE, ATREYU, this record sounds like a brick to the face.

Long time guitarist JP Gericke slays his parts from beginning to end with his trademark right hand picking style that fuels his other band, Austrian Death Machine. His onstage energy and tight playing style lock in perfectly with Dan’s powerful stage performance.

Crushing anything in his path, drummer Mike Cambra annihilates his drums to no end. Balancing precision and chaos is what Mike does best, delivering the fast, hard, heavy, and in your face drumming that has become part of the trademark Death By Stereo sound.

Balancing chaos and consciousness is no easy task, and few bands will ever do it as well as DEATH BY STEREO. And somehow or another, the band does all this while completely out of their minds on Jagermeister. D.B.S. brings a conscious message with a no holds barred, uncompromising way of life that has become infamous.

In February 2012, Concrete Jungle Records will be releasing a 7” single (limited to 500 copies / clear vinyl) featuring two new tracks from the forthcoming album Black Sheep of the American Dream. The blistering “WTF Is Going On Around Here?” attacks the right wing and calls for people of all nations, colors, and cultures to smash the system of control that holds us down, an idea that is reminiscent of Suicidal Tendencies at their angriest. The eye-opening lyrics of “The 5^th of July” provides a stinging commentary on the July 5^th murder of an innocent Fullerton, Ca man, Kelly Thomas, by police. Schulz says “the song takes issue with police brutality and the way the American justice system is designed for us to fail and for the powers that be to take control. No matter what the cost, even human life.” Akin to friends like SICK OF IT ALL and BIOHAZARD this song is will make you want to pummel the world.

Additionally, this February DEATH BY STEREO will be joining long time friends AGNOSTIC FRONT on their European 30^th anniversary tour. The new album, Black Sheep of the American Dream takes the band on an angry party across the state of the world. Hearing them take influence from friends and touring partners like SICK OF IT ALL, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PENNYWISE, BAD RELIGION, AGNOSTIC FRONT, STRUNG OUT and MADBALL, but partying like VAN HALEN the whole time. If there is one thing you can take from this record it’s to stand up and be counted, and have a fucking blast doing it. DEATH FOR LIFE.

RELEASES

DEATH IS MY ONLY FRIEND (2009)

1. Opening Destruction – 3:00
2. The Ballad Of Sid Dynamite – 3:10
3. I Sing For You – 3:50
4. The Last Song – 3:49
5. Bread For The Dead – 3:08
6. Dead To Me – 3:03
7. Forever And A Day – 4:50
8. Wake The Dead – 3:02
9. I Got Your Back – 3:31
10. Who Should Die? You Should Die – 3:07
11. We Sing Today For A Better Tomorrow – 3:42
12. D.B.S.F.U. – 3:18
13. Welcome To The Party – 3:16
14. Fear Of A Brown Planet – 1:44
15. For All My Friends (The Unity) – 3:40

DEATH FOR LIFE (2005)

1. “Binge / Purge” – 2:35
2. “I Give My Life” – 3:23
3. “Forget Regret” – 4:03
4. “Entombed We Collide”  – 3:42
5. “Forever and a Day” – 5:05
6. “This Curse of Days” – 3:40
7. “Middle Fingers” – 3:42
8. “Nosotros Controlamos Todo” – 3:22
9. “W.W.J.D.?” – 3:20
10. “Don’t Piss On My Neck and Tell Me It’s Raining” – 3:08
11. “This Is Not the End”(Feat. M. Shadows) – 4:25

INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH (2003)

1. “The Plague” – 3:00
2. “Beyond The Blinders” – 3:39
3. “Wasted Words” – 3:36
4. “I Wouldn’t Piss In Your Ear If Your Brain Was On Fire” – 2:18
5. “Shh, It’ll Be Our Little Secret” – 3:08
6. “What I Can’t Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell Or See Can’t Hurt Me” – 3:01
7. “Unstoppable” – 3:52
8. “Let Down And Alone” – 2:37
9. “These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things” – 2:26
10. “Good Morning America” – 0:41
11. “Flag Day” – 2:44
12. “You’re A Bullshit Salesman With A Mouthful Of Samples” – 3:04
13. “Wake Up, You’re Dead” – 3:27

DAY OF THE DEATH (2000)

1. “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Salvation” – 2:41
2. “Getting It Off My Chest” – 2:37
3. “’91″ – 2:50
4. “You Can Lead A Man To Reason, But You Can’t Make Him Think” – 3:29
5. “Porno, Sex, Drugs, Lies, Money And Your Local Government” – 3:29
6. “Holding 60 Dollars On A Burning Bridge” – 2:46
7. “You Mess With One Bean, You Mess With The Whole Burrito” – 3:00
8. “Desperation Train” – 3:01
9. “Testosterone Makes The World Go Round” – 3:03
10. “High School Was Like Boot Camp For A Desk Job” – 3:00
11. “Death For Life” – 8:25

IF LOOKS COULD KILL, I’D’ WATCH YOU DIE (1999)

1. “Intro” – 0:22
2. “Sing Along with the Patriotic Punks” – 2:32
3. “No Cuts, No Butts, No Coconuts” – 2:23
4. “Sow the Seeds” – 2:02
5. “Sticks and Bones” – 1:58
6. “Bet Against Me, You Lose” – 2:21
7. “1 Legged Man in an Ass Kicking Contest” – 2:26
8. “A Day in the Sun” – 1:57
9. “Lookin’ Out for #1″ – 2:21
10. “Turn the Page” – 3:09
11. “Death Conspiracy” – 2:37
12. “Don’t Believe Everything You Think” – 1:58
13. “Fooled by your Smile” – 2:02
14. “Home of the Brave” – 3:21