DESCRIPTION:
From '' From Montreal... ''
Label: OG Music ‎-- OG3
Format: Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation
Country: Canada
Released: 1983

Tracklist
A1 Condition - It's Too Hot To
A2 Condition - Wet Shoes
A3 Deja Voodoo - Someone In My House
A4 Deja Voodoo - Rock Therapy
B1 Deja Voodoo - Cemetery
B2 Terminal Sunglasses - My Cat Got Run Over By A Bus
B3 American Devices - Hitler Was A Jew

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Déjà Voodoo was formed by Gerard van Herk (guitar and singing) and his friend Tony Dewald (drums).

Combining 1950s horror imagery with rockabilly and country musical influences they created a sound which gained them a unique standing amongst Canadian artists.

Van Herk's guitar only had the top four strings and he sang in a deep voice, whilst Dewald's drum kit had no cymbals, which resulted in a low-treble rock style they termed "sludgeabilly."

The band toured in Canada, the United States and even Europe.

Déjà Voodoo even managed to encourage other artists in Canada to form bands along similar musical styles.
In Canada, the band was most renowned for live performances its annual "Voodoo BBQ's," the last of which was held on June 23, 2006.

[On 26/2/1989 they performed live at Rodon Club (Athens, Greece) along with 'The Last Drive' & 'Κεφάλαιο 24'.]

OG Records

The turning point for Déjà Voodoo came with Gerard and Toni's creation of Og Records in 1983.

Named after a fictional caveman the independent label allowed for Deja Voodoo to control its own distribution.

The first record released by Og records was Deja Voodoo's "Gumbo".

The album sold relatively well in Montreal independent scene but failed to penetrate the mainstream market.
This would later be rectified with the release of Deja Voodoo's third album "Cemetery" in 1984.
Cemetery was the first Deja Voodoo album to be sold in vinyl form, selling widely across Canada and even to some small in the US and Europe.

As well as launching their own careers, Gerard and Tony used Og records as a way for like minded artists a venue to publish what was being referred to as unique "sludge-a-billy" sounds.

Og records continuously received tapes from other underground Canadian artists and routinely released compilation CDs in the It Came from Canada series.

Five of these titles were released between 1985 and 1989.
Some of the artists in the compilation CD's included other Montreal hits like Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra, Terminal Sunglasses and The Gruesomes.

In its seven year life span Og Records released twenty nine albums.
The last of which being a recording of Deja Voodoo's performance in Finland.

Discography

Albums
Cemetery (1984) (Og Music)
Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die (1985) (Midnight Records)
Swamp of Love (1986) (Og Music)
The Worst of Deja Voodoo (1987) (Og Music)
Gotta Have Money (1987) (Gaga goodies)
Big Pile of Mud (1988) (Og Music)
Big Pile of Mud (with 2 bonus tracks) (1988) (Didi Music)
Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die (88 re-recordings) (1988) (Og Records)
Live at The Backstage Club, Helsinki Finland (1990) (Og Music)

Singles
"Monsters in My Garage" (1982) (Og Music)
"Cemetery" (1984) (Og Music)
"Hiekkaa Hietarannan" (1988) (Gaga Goodies)

Cassettes
"Gumbo, 17 Sludgeabilly Greats!" (1983) (Og Music)

Appearances on compilations
From Montreal (1983)
It Came from Canada, Vol. 1 (1985) (Og Music)
It Came from Canada, Vol. 2 (1986) (Og Music)
It Came from Canada, Vol. 3 (1987) (Og Music)
It Came from Canada, Vol. 4 (1988) (Og Music)
It Came from Canada, Vol. 5 (1989) (Og Music)
On Garde Reargarde Magazine 14 Montreal Bands (1989) (Cargo Records)
50th birthday tribute to Buddy Holly (1986) cassette (hipocket records)

Music videos
The House of Doctor Stimuli
White Sugar