| AIDS Wolf | |
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| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Noise rock Punk rock |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Lovepump United, Skin Graft Records, Blood of the Drash, Pasalymany Tapes, Kitty Play Records |
| Associated acts | Hamborghinni, Drainolith |
| Members | |
| Yannick Desranleau (Hiroshima Thunder) Chloe Lum (Special Deluxe) Alexander Moskos |
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| Past members | |
| Chris Taylor (Barbarian Destroyer) Nick Kuepfer André Guérette (Him, the Maji) Myles Broscoe |
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AIDS Wolf is a Canadian noise rock band, who debuted on Pasalymany tapes but are currently on Skin Graft Records and Lovepump United.
According to singer Chloe Lum, the name "AIDS Wolf" comes from an urban legend wherein wolves carry AIDS and pass it to house pets who then pass it on to people:
"We didn’t come up with AIDS Wolf as a concept. The idea has been floating around in the public psyche for a while. In urban legend, wolves transmit AIDS instead of rabies; in depressing college towns, street gangs spray-paint ‘AIDS Wolf’ on the side of buildings." [1]
The band has given other answers to similar questions, however:
"My partner and I were on a road trip in Ohio, and it just came to us. It was a universal message. It's a combination of our spirit peers in An Albatross (animal) and The Sick Lipstick (R.I.P.) (illness). It fits, because we're a little bit no–wave and a little bit hardcore, like each of those bands. It's also a message that we as humans must take care for our animal siblings as their health is a barometer of our own survival." [2]
On 25 February 2010, members of AIDS Wolf signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.[1]