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Wax Fang began as one man�s basement vision of how rock �n� roll might sound if it simultaneously existed in the past and future, stopping in the present just long enough to stupefy listeners.

In creating the core of Wax Fang�s catalog, Scott Carney dedicated months to overdubbing intricate layers of music for what initially was a solo project in every sense. The resulting album, 2005�s Black and Endless Night, is the sound of a record collection imploding, combining glam-rock, pop, and surf riffs with the dreamy ambience of vintage Brian Eno and David Bowie.

Carney then decided to do a little exploding. He found a fierce band in drummer Kevin Ratterman (Elliott, raconteur/producer) and bassist Jake Heustis who took the album�s warm precision and blew it apart in all the right ways. With those two providing a deep, resourceful bottom end, Carney was free to indulge in his distinctive, aggressive guitar playing. This is one big trio.
A Louisville native, Carney did his time in the city�s thriving hardcore and punk scenes before leaving in 1998 for the Pittsburgh Filmmakers Institute. His plan was to design the perfect marriage of movies and music, but when filmmaking didn�t work out he began writing the songs that would become Black and Endless Night.

Based on such visually rich songs as �Over The Night Is Before� and �Bi Polar Bear,� Carney probably would have made a good director. Lucky for us he�s decided that Wax Fang is the movie he wants to make.

-Jeffrey Lee Puckett,
Courier-Journal Pop Music Writer/Editor