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Die So Fluid are the modern incarnation of a ‘power trio’. Their sound is a harmonic
mixture of metal riffs, post-
Die So Fluid first surfaced in 2001, touring the country in the wake of their debut e.p. ‘Operation Hypocrite’, released on Sanctuary. They released a further single, ‘Suck Me Dry’ with Sanctuary before forming their own label, Cartesian, and releasing their third single ‘Disconnected’.
In 2004 Cartesian released the band’s debut album, ’Spawn of Dysfunction’ in the UK. The album was universally well received and is still selling through the major chains of the UK and iTunes worldwide. Promotion of ’Spawn of Dysfunction’ almost solely relied on the band touring the UK which they did tirelessly, turning up for over 300 shows between 2003 and 2006.
Apart from pursuing a campaign of playing their own shows off the beaten track Die So Fluid supported bands like Drowning Pool, Vex Red, Clawfinger, Boy Hits Car, Feeder and The Wildhearts.
Further promotion of the album came from a single release of the title track licensed to Retinue records which was supported with a video featuring the babes and the fighters of a metal wrestling event.
Recording for ‘Not Everybody Gets a Happy Ending’ started in 2005 with the album’s
opening track ‘Gang Of One’. The finished recording was so good it actually caused
a crisis within the band as they mutually agreed the song was the pinnacle of what
they had been trying to achieve musically on ’Spawn Of Dysfunction’. But in the end
it was this realization that freed them to explore a wider range of influences and
styles. So, songs like ‘Existential Baby’ and ‘Test Confessional’ draw on Al’s ska
background and ‘Throw you away’ features an Egyptian string arrangement thanks to
one of Drew’s colleagues in, Gypsy troupe, The Death Orchestra. The finished record
is the product of multiple sessions scattered over a two year period. This ungainly
recording schedule was adopted because the record was being financed by royalties
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That changed in 2007 when the band crossed paths with George Jackson, ex tour manager
to the likes of Bad Company, he had been exiled in Finland since 1975 after a row
over a drinks bill with, his then employer, David Essex. Now a label boss George
still had a decent set of screwdrivers and was hungry for revenge. Sharing the band’s
maverick approach and willingness to exploit a record industry in freefall, a new
backer was found and finally ‘Not Everybody Gets a Happy Ending’ got permission to
step out of the transporter beam and materialize as flesh and blood.
First single ‘Happy Halloween’ was released worldwide on iTunes on November 2nd and coincided with a Halloween festival appearance in Helsinki and Die So Fluid’s portrait by Paul Harries appearing on Finnish postal stamps. The esteemed rock photographer, and long time associate of the band, also directed the video for forthcoming single ‘Existential Baby’.
The album ‘Not Everybody Gets a Happy Ending’ will be released on 25th February 2008
and with a heavy touring schedule being organized, this year promises to be the one
where the band will either do or Die So Fluid.
GROG
MR DREW
AL
Spawn Of Dysfunction -
Debut Album
Not Everybody Gets A Happy Ending -