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Vanishing DMC

by Vanishing DMC

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Dark Castle 03:15
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Watch U Fuck 01:52
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Evil Eye 03:32
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All proceeds from this release will be donated to the National Black Disability Coalition and the Disability Visibility Project

"Vanishing DMC was an intentional trio within the late Danny “Monster” Cruz’s mud-lightening-metal landscape established by his long-running group Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth (FDOME). In his 25 years of life, Danny asserted a major presence as a beacon in the northeast freak scene, and also as a champion of a global community of fellow artists with disabilities. Danny’s use of his own initials in the band name (DMC—Vanishing as a nod to encroaching mortality) was a cue that Danny was as usual deeply tapped into something that many of us were not.

Seeking a mode of pithiness distinct from FDOME’s sprawling performance art, the Vanishing DMC lineup was completed with Bob Fay (Deluxx, Sebadoh, Baby Jesus Burnout) and myself (Sunburned Hand of the Man, Speedy Ortiz, Curse Purse), both of us former rock musicians who’d moved on to the greener improvisational pastures western Massachusetts had to offer.

Danny conjured the band’s spontaneous song structures and thematic prompts in weekly writing sessions and rehearsals, deploying disparate images often politically poignant and sometimes confrontationally hilarious. Our first meeting in 2015 happened to be the day of Darren Wilson’s acquittal, spurring Danny to title our first tune “Fascist Racist”. Working with Danny in a creative context was always like this—following his direction while simultaneously framing it in context.

The self-titled full length album Vanishing DMC was recorded by Adam Langellotti on the top floor of a marble bank building in Greenfield, MA in 2016 and mixed and mastered by Nathan Corder in the time of social distancing. I think of Danny’s spirit often and am very pleased to share this work with the community at this time."

-Matt Robidoux

1. Dark Castle
2. Doggin' a Pizza
3. Watch U Fuck
4. Evil Eye
5. Fuck Yr Illusion
6. I Will Come Alive (2020 Mix)
7. Vanishing DMC
8. Love Is What I Really Need
9. I Will Come Alive (Original Mix)

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released July 31, 2020

Danny "Monster" Cruz
Matt Robidoux
Bob Fay

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