the decliners

NEW DECLINERS ALBUM "Chehalis" available May 21st!!!!!!!



"Thanks, but No Thanks" available @ CD Baby!!!!



The Decliners were formed in 2005 in Portland, OR. The Decliners have been and always will be : nolanvoid on vocals, David Hickson on guitar, Tommy Shivers on drums, and Joey Steelhead on bass



Except for when it's been:Mr. Eric Friendly on Bass (Bitchmachine, Therapist)Jack Shit on Drums (Broken Bodies, Scratch)Dustin Shivers on Drums (Bitchmachine)



The Decliners sound is soaked through with Pacific Northwest influences from the Wipers to Dead Moon and even obscure bands such as Creeping Meatball and Mudhoney.

They range from sparce and delicate at times, to thick, pounding and difficult to fathom. And there is never any mistaking the band's enraged political message, as we will be among the first to be dispatched for thought crimes when the new, Republican Party re-education camps are re-opened in America following the inevitable coup de tat against President Obama or his lawful successor. When it's time to take to the hills, we'll be the first if we're not swept up in the initial dragnet.



In the meantime, welcome to a new era of Northwest sludge rock:



(From the Willamette Week:}



"Political punk need not be the stuff of flag-burning, ranting paranoiacs and Mohican-haired, spike-donning crusties. Portland's own masters of the "thumbs-down"a much more powerful insult than the tired old middle fingerthe Decliners prove that the machine can be duly raged against both with a sense of melody and without tuneless screaming. The quartet's debut, Thanks, But No Thanks, utilizes effect-laden guitars and grim vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Wipers and late-period Gang of Four. DAVE CLIFFORD"



(From a later issue of Willamette Week:}



"The act of declining is a rather polite refusal, particularly for a punk band. But, the Decliners aren't a typical punk group. Vocalist-guitarist David Hickson sings like a ghost gone a-haunting while his distortion-ravaged guitar oozes over the rhythm section. Composed of members of the Piss-Shivers, Drunktank and Death By Tire Iron, the Decliners are a group of experienced musicians who are ushering in a new era of politically enraged Northwest sludge rock. Rather than constantly waving its middle finger, though, the Decliners opt for the far-more-insulting thumbs-down."



DAVE CLIFFORD.

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