Deth Specula

Careening Continental

(Excerpt 120k, 119k / Full song 4 mins, 3.79M)

Hard Rock, Pop, Humor

Booking:

Malcom McCameron
245 Sheldon Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(408) 425-0460 (Phone/FAX)
E-mail: specula@deth.com

Deth Specula was spawned in Santa Cruz, California. We are a neo-retro band, playing both original music and covers. The song loaded onto the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) is "Get Even More," our personal advice for when things go bad: Don't get mad, don't get even, get even more!

Deth Specula was formed by the crafty Malcom McCameron a couple of years ago, and was an immediate hit with some of the band's friends. Deth Specula is:

Kozmo - rhythm guitar, vocals
Malcom McCameron - lead guitar, management
Tim E Rotarian (aka Timmy, aka Timmer) - lead vocals
RaSTrO! - drums
Yam - bass, vocals

Immediately after forming the band, Malcom booked the group on a series of World Tours. It seemed like a good idea at the time. However, by sheer coincidence, every single gig they tried to play, such as Kuwait City in January of 1991, or Clarke Air Force Base in the Philippines, was canceled due to some kind of natural or human-caused disaster. Recently, Malcom vainly tried to put together a Yugoslavia Cease-Fire Tour following the latest United Nations declarations, but again war intervened and the tour was cancelled.

Because of the Yugoslavia Cease-Fire Tour debacle, Deth Specula has many concert t-shirts left over, most of which are stored in Malcom's dad's garage. For information on buying a t-shirt or other Specula paraphernalia (buttons, bumper stickers), send e-mail to:

specula@deth.com

Ask to be subscribed to our monthly, on-line fanzine. New subscribers get a free bumper sticker and a couple of buttons, and we'll send you prices and other information.

A Tape? Yeah, we're making one. Trust me. It's going to have six original songs on it, and we're recording it in January of 1994. We'll let everyone know when it's available via our on-line fanzine.

Finally, we are putting together an Internet World-wide Web (WWW) home page that will have more Specula info - maybe even some video clips. Again, subscribe to the fanzine by mailing specula@deth.com and we'll keep you posted on events.

We hope to see your smiling e-mail in our mailboxes and your smiling faces at our shows.

Thanks ...

Malcom McCameron

PHOTO CREDIT: Sharky takes our promo pictures.

Take a trip to the deth zone-- the Deth Specula Home Page.

ABOUT THE DEMO SONG Get Even More:

Get Even More is for anyone who gets screwed over by Fate, The System, a lover, your boss, or whatever. We have always considered it a special song because members of Deth Specula, many of our fans, and close friends lost their jobs over the last couple of years.

The song was recorded at the drummer's house on a Tascam 8-track cassette. Vocals (Timmy, Yam and Kozmo) were recorded on the back porch and the guitars (Malcom and Kozmo) were recorded in the bathroom. Drums (RaStRo!) were recorded in the bedroom and the bass (Yam) was direct. Although it was mastered on cassette (oh joy), the end result is not too shabby. However, we can't wait to rerecord this in a studio.

Engineering was handled by Eric "Sharky" Davis, the Mystery Sixth Member of the band. Sharky takes care of our live sound, much of our recording, camera work, and general technical stuff. We couldn't have done it without him.

Get Even More is one of our most popular live songs (along with our cover of "Radar Love" and our original "(I'm in Love with a) Gutterslut." We play it just as well live as on tape, in case you were wondering. :-)

by Robert Lord of the IUMA staff December 29, 1993

I Wanna Be Updated is Deth Specula's bonus song for the IUMA. It's a spoof on the Ramones song I Wanna Be Sedated to reflect what it's like to working for a software company. Here'some lyrics for example:

   Twenty, twenty, twenty-four hours to go,
     I wanna be updated.
   Nothing to do, nowhere to go,
     I wanna be updated.

   Get me to the trade show,  
   put me on a plane.
   Send it to me Fed Ex,
   before I go insane.
   I can't control my budget,
   can't drink away the pain,
   Oh no no no no!

These guys are a tight rock band and this song rules. Check it out.

-robertLord, IUMA staff.