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  Deja Voodoo - Can't Do (What I Wanna)
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Back in the day, before all the music you saw on television and heard on the radio was government-approved, vetted, sponsored, and compromised; the Back Of The Y house band glimpsed the future and set a course that would allow them to transcend the blandness of the years to come, vowing to �keep it real�. Real raw, real basic, and real loud � really, the essence of rebellious rock�n�roll. Deja Voodoo: they were my favourite band, then they were your favourite band, and with an incredible competence-rise demonstrated by their debut album Brown Sabbath and it�s hit singles �Beers� and �P�, it became apparent that they were on the way to becoming New Zealand�s favourite band. For real.

Deja Voodoo decimated the early-afternoon crowds at successive BIG DAY OUTs, toured the country with like-minded hellraisers such as the GOLD SELLING Bleeders, the PLATINUM SELLING Elemeno P, and CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED rockers The Have, tearing a hole in whatever needed a new one; proving time and time again that the reason your parents can�t stand this music is because they�re grown-ups who
listen to �trumpet dub� and other boring dinner-party styles of music.
And to all the misguided fools and tasteless scene-monkeys who decided that the mighty Voodoo were a �joke� band: ha ha suckers, the joke�s on you � AGAIN. Following the killer single �Can�t Do (What I Wanna Do)�, Deja Voodoo are BACK IN BROWN with their new album on Liberation, giving lie to the received wisdom that a band�s second record must be �difficult�, �mature�, �reflective�, or �a progression�. Sorry, Grandma, this is loud, anti-social, heavy rock�n�roll. All the turn-it-up-to-ten sonic elements informing Deja Voodoo�s debut are here, but this time round it�s harder
and more anthemic than ever; with the lyrics addressing matters of utmost pressing importance and resonance -- girls, partying, and sticking it to the man. It�s evident from �Society�, the searing punk rock assault in BACK IN BROWN, why Prime Minister Helen Clark has offered a stern �No comment� about these guys. And as the band�s �fight the power� attitude boils over on tracks such as the rousing �Team Police�(album opener), and in the lyrics �Grandad died in World War 2/To save the world from Nazis like you� in �Noise Control�, there�s little doubt other authority figures
in the nation will be further appalled (though one particular MP might light up upon hearing the NZ Green-praising �Weed On�). But that�s what it�s all about, right? Of course, Deja Voodoo is not about negativity � and primarily, they are here to praise rather than bury. Check out the celebratory �Auckland Girls�, a fists-in-the-air paen to the ease with which Deja Voodoo would like to relate to the ladies of our largest city; and �Frat Nation�, a rapid-fire rocker about building a better life via fast times and bad
living. And the boys even offer up their very own �For Those About To Rock�-style
statement of intent with �Light The Fuse�, a classic slice of �very metal� which requires it�s own symbol on the Table of Elements to convey it accurately.
The sweat and blood that has gone into the making of this record is clear: tighter playing, better production values, infectious hooks, harder riffs, hotter solos. And
when Deja Voodoo say �blood�, you know they mean it for real -- there�s no stunt doubles in the bone-breakingly real world of this band. While lesser bands plunder the past and come up with a lame pastiche making them a sad, hard rock equivalent of Sha Na Na, Deja Voodoo could�ve actually been real contenders in the 70s. Or 80s. Or 90s. Luckily for us, the band is happening NOW. And that, we can be thankful for.
You Wanted The Best, but You�ve Got the Next Best Thing �
The Second Coming of DEJA VOODOO

BACK IN BROWN

DEJA VOODOO ARE:
Chris Stapp - Vox/ Bass
Matt Heath - Vox/ Rhythm Guitar
Gerald �The General� Van Herk - Lead Guitar
Piers �Dutch� Graham - Drums

For more information please contact:-
MARIA ROBINSON AT LIBERATION MUSIC
(09) 377 4454 maria@liberation.co.nz
www.dejavoodoo.co.nz
www.myspace.com/wearedejavoodoo
www.liberation.com.au