Tuesday, June 9, 2020

ONE-EYED DOLL: "Be My Friend", "Committed", "Afflicted", "Nudie Bar", "Plumes of Death", "Black Forest" ... & Interview

  
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This posting for the music/ arts honour roll society of this journal/ blog will feature "One-Eyed Doll"(wikipedia), out of Austin (TX) ... an interview with them linked above. This is basically a 2 member crew, of Kimberly Freeman and Jason Rufuss Sewell (aka Junior), and really can put out a powerful sound between just the 2 of them ... OED started around 2006/ 2007. In 2009/ 2010/ 2011 @ Austin Music Awards/ SXSW, they were voted as best punk band, as well as recognition in other categories/ genres. I myself, never considered OED as a punk group though, they are a mixed type genre to me, and I see and hear so many different influences, some punk, and much else ... great raw sound, but also stuff that is very polished, and focused on theatrics as well. Junior is also a producer, and been since his teen years, and damn good at it, producing for several others as well, plus for 4 solo albums of Kimberly, and packs a real punch as a drummer, too ... as a team, they have put out 11 full albums. They also make music for video games, movies, and commercials. As well as Kimberly's store of items she personally makes, even jewelry to perfumes, and much she gives away to fans ... and they have a solid fan base. Kimberly is really a flashy guitarist, and good vocalist, and if you can take your eyes off of her or her theatrics for a moment and watch her fingers on the guitar neck, check some of her powerful guitar riffs she is known for.

Kimberly was named as one of the 20 Most Extraordinary Female Guitarists, back in a 2011 issue of Guitar Player magazine ... and for good reason. Kimberly started out buying pawn shop guitars, and making modifications to them, and buying hardware store magnets to put behind the pickups on the guitar to change the sound feedback ... in time she got the opportunity to design her own signature guitar Limited Edition SyrenXT with Tregan Guitars. She also formed a partnership with Blackstar Amplification, she likes the power and sound of them while on tour, and said it gives her everything she needs without having to use foot pedals/ stomp boxes. I selected some stuff to sample, and the first 4 I wanted to have their video worx, and good job as well by director Patrick Kendall. The videos are a short and clever mix of, lets say horror and humour. "Be My Friend" inspired by serial killers and slasher type flix ... "Committed" by the insane asylum ... "Afficted" goes back to the late 17th century Salem Witch Trials ... and "Nudie Bar", which I think is a good punk piece, is inspired by a girls revenge on the nudie bar that stole her boyfriend. The last 2 videos I wanted to add some live performance, "Plumes of Death" is a favourite, that I just love the way it's structured ... and "Black Forest" is last. Great work from these guyz, and looking forward to future worx from this duet, too .... Enjoy!



Be My Friend by One-Eyed Doll OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO ... Thanx to Kimberly Freeman Videos





Committed by One-Eyed Doll EXTENDED DIRECTOR'S CUT ... Thanx to Kimberly Freeman Videos





AFFLICTED by One-Eyed Doll OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO ... Thanx to Kimberly Freeman Videos




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Nudie Bar by One-Eyed Doll OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO ... Thanx to Kimberly Freeman 





One-Eyed Doll - Plumes of Death (Live!) @ Dirty Dog Bar/ Austin ... Thanx to Plinian Films





ONE-EYED DOLL- "Black Forest" live music video ... Thanx to roio420




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