Deja Voodoo (New Zealand band)
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| Deja Voodoo | ||
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 Deja Voodoo: 2006 line-up
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | New Zealand | |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Hard Rock | |
| Years active | 2002 - present | |
| Label(s) | Liberation Music | |
| Website | http://www.backofthey.co.nz/ | |
| Members | ||
| Matt Heath Chris Stapp Piers Graham Gerald Stuart |
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| Former members | ||
| Travis Mack James Goodfellow Phillip Bruff |
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Deja Voodoo are a rock band from Auckland, New Zealand, where they formed in 2002.
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[edit] History
Deja Voodoo originally began as the fictional house band for the New Zealand TV show Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television. In the show, the 15 seconds of mimed rock n' roll of the band and three posers produced at the start of each episode was enough to score them a nationwide orientation tour. But first they had to become a real band, so after a week of intensive song learning and writing the band were ready to roll.
Deja Voodoo weren't good but they weren’t as bad as some had hoped. They bemused audiences from Dunedin to Auckland, the only saving grace being the finale when the band members smashed ten burning acoustic guitars over Chris Stapp's head. The tour was featured in the now legendary TV special 'Back of the Y goes to Hollywood', with the band supplying the entire soundtrack.
On returning from the tour the band hit its first obstacle when drummer Phil 'Spanners Watson' Bruff quit the band in disgust and went off to the UK. He was replaced by Matt's girlfriend’s little brother James and they were off again. This time they were determined to become the best band in Auckland. After several practices they realised that this was an impossible dream. They settled for not being the worst and celebrated by building a massive Deja Voodoo sign and playing five sold out gigs around Auckland.
Things were looking up for Deja Voodoo, but tragedy struck again when Chris and Matt sold their TV show to MTV and decided to go off to the UK. In London, the people turned out to be booing at them and they were back within six months. On arrival in New Zealand they signed a four figure record deal with Liberation Music and went into the studio to record their first studio album, the ominously titled Brown Sabbath.
[edit] Brown sabbath
Brown Sabbath was to be a beer drinking concept album of epic proportions. Songs included 'Beers', 'We are Deja Voodoo', and their fantastic ode to a sleepy South Island town, 'Today Tomorrow Timaru'. Brown Sabbath was released in July 2004. The release party was held at Shadows, the bar of the University of Auckland. Thousands of copies have been sold New Zealand wide, and the album has even made it to Australian record shelves.
[edit] Back in brown
In early 2006, a new single was released from their upcoming album Back in Brown entitled "Can't do". In typical Deja Voodoo tradition its main chorus line is "Can't do what I wanna do with you (you weren't even born in the 80's!!!)". Their second single from Back in Brown was 'Shotgun' - another typical tongue in cheek approach for the band featuring the main chorus line "I call Shotgun on you". Back in Brown was due to be released on July 13th 2006, but due to scheduling the release was pushed back to July 17th.
In line with Deja Voodoo's general "we don't give a fuck" attitude towards things, a number of their songs are online and available for people to download.
[edit] Band members
- Matt Heath (Guitar, Vocals)
- Chris Stapp (Bass, Vocals)
- Piers 'Wheels' Graham (Drums)
- Gerald Stuart (Lead Guitar)
[edit] Discography
| Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog Number |
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2002 | Haven't I heard this shit somewhere before? | - | - | ||
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2004 | Brown Sabbath | Liberation Music | - | - | LIBCD61312 |
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2006 | Back in Brown | Liberation Music | - | - | LIBCD82135 |
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2003 | We Are Deja Voodoo | - | - | ||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Charted | Certification |
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| 2004 | "We Are Deja Voodoo" | Brown Sabbath | - | - |
| 2004 | "Beers" | Brown Sabbath | - | - |
| 2004 | "Today, Tomorrow Timaru" | Brown Sabbath | - | - |
| 2005 | "P" | Brown Sabbath | - | - |
| 2006 | "Can't Do" | Back in Brown | - | - |
| 2006 | "Shotgun" | Back in Brown | - | - |
