Amplified Noise

Swollen digital download

2010-02-06T10:06:00.000-08:00

Hooves Not Hands "Swollen" available on iTunes and emusic go get you some!

Hooves Not Hands "Swollen" out now!!

2010-01-14T10:58:00.000-08:00

Hooves Not Hands "Swollen"

2009-10-07T11:26:00.000-07:00

I just got the master of the record and its awesome! Ive been listening all day to this! Go to the AmplifiedNoiseRecordings myspace to check out a song off of the record www.myspace.com/amplifiednoiserecordings

Two new things...

2009-08-06T18:47:00.000-07:00

Hooves Not Hands will be releasing a 11 song cd on AmpNoise! The songs are being mastered and then shipped out to be pressed in the next week or so. Also Hooves Not Hands and Dactyl will be doing a split cd single to celebrate the release of the full length Hooves cd the single will be called "Wolfgobbler" a split based around an inside joke/idea for a split that was supposed to come out a LONNGGGGG time ago. Both bands wrote a song called Wolfgobbler and the Dactyl track is the only unreleased recorded Dactyl song,so yeah, super big deal right?! Only 200 of the split will be availible.More info soon.

New songs by Hooves Not Hands!

2009-07-22T06:39:00.001-07:00

Hooves Not Hands has four new songs up on thier myspace page www.myspace.com/hoovesnothands that will be on a cd out soon on Amplified Noise.check it out!

AmpNoise is on twitter now...

2009-05-14T07:21:00.000-07:00

www.twitter.com/amplifiednoise

first Dactyl / Gunna Vahm "Fuck'em Both" review...

2009-04-01T12:19:00.000-07:00

Dactyl / Gunna Vahm - Apparently,Baltimore doesn't know how to suck. DACTYL is pulling off a rad late-'80s/early-'90s post punk thing that is frighteningly close to THE JESUS LIZARD and KILLDOZER. GUNNA VAHM is holding down the post punk fort and offers a jumpier beat and shriller guitars which, I can firmly stand behind. Unfortunately, neither band is active right now, due to shitty personal circumstances. I'm not sure how much more descriptive I can get about the music, all I know is that I love it, and hope that these bands get through their shit and keep playing.(Helen)

this is from the newest issue of Maximum Rock & Roll, im stoked on the review, minus the part about the "shitty personal circumstances".Dactyl ended completely amicable, we are all still friends and have not ruled out playing again in the future.We just decided to focus on other shit.

Dactyl - A History of Hits

2009-02-19T13:37:00.000-08:00

Here is a list of all the recorded output by Dactyl,all the opinons expressed our my own and not necessarily the rest of the bands.

The first release was the "Transvestitute EP" we recorded 4 songs with Chris Camden in the early months of 2005 and put three of them on the EP.The songs on this are:
1. Transvestitute (this song was about a transvestite prostitute that worked the street by Noels house,people enjoyed this song.)
2. Pterodactyl Grenade (this is a song about pterodactyl's)
3. Pull the Pin (this is one of the first songs with me on vocals,the first batch of songs were primarily Noel singing and me adding back up vocals.The lyrics on this are "Hand Grenade,will kill you.Flack jacket might save your ass.Pull the pin!"Short and sweet.)

Our second release was "The Dead and The Living EP". We recorded another 3 songs with Chris Camden a few months later in 2005 and used the one song(Of the Dead and The Living) we left off the first ep.The song list for this one is:
1. Of the Dead and the Living (This is a song about the living dead and it is one of my favorite Dactyl songs,we had to stop playing this after a review(a positive review mind you) of this ep compared it to a Green Day song that shares a similar riff.The other dudes were bummed,so we stopped playing it(thanks Mary!),but I stil love this one).
2.Ulterior Motives (this song is about your DNA changing and taking over your body,we made a conscious effort nottowrite from a personal stand point,this would change later on.)
3. Radio Danger(This is something Noel made at home with radio clips about snakehead fish the low end thing you hearisNoel humming into a mic.We re-did this for the Teething EP,good job Noel.)
4. Snakehead (this song is about the snakehead fish that was wreaking havoc in Crofton pond around the time,I remember I was stoked on myself because this was hard to play and sing at the same time,not that I ever really played it tight.)
5. Xanadu (another song about pterodactyls)

The Teething EP was recorded in May of 2006 by Adam Cooke.We recorded the music live at the Talking Head Club and the vocals in Adams living room.Reptilian Records released this for us.Listening back on this,none of us are really happy with the sound of the recording,whatever happened from the living room to the mastering place what we got back kind of sounds like a wet blanket is covering the recording.
1. Ulterior Motives
2. Tooth Magic (your freedoms a moustache is a lyric in this song)
3. Dry Snitch (the line "yourblood tastes like metal,illusion makes you happy"comes loosely from a dream I had,sometimes vagina has a slight metallic taste to it,thats the metal part.The illusion part comes from the fact it was a dream,a happy one.In the cd insert the lyrics are written in swedish a translation from our friends in Bacon Wagon.We were originally going to have the lyrics to each song written in a different language but instead we didnt.)
4. Radio Danger! (rerecorded,we all smoked weed and made a bunch of noise for like 15 min. when you hear noise at the beginning or end of songs on this it is from this noise jam.)
5. Snakehead Fish (we added Fish to the title)
6. T.Grenade (Pterodactyl Grenade with a different title)
7. Train to Miami (a SteelPolebathtub cover we liked to play this,the thing with playing covers is ,it becomes the only thing people want to hear)
8. Pull the Pin!

The inserts:

Summer 2006 we recorded 2 songs with Kevin Bernsten for a split 7" with our Swedish friends Bacon Wagon.We became friends with the Bacon Wagon dudes through myspace,when we decided to do the split they came to the US and we did a 2 week tour in october.This tour was hard for me because I had my first child in feb. and I had never been away from her for that long.It was also very fun and we made friends with some people we will know forever.We all learned how to say bad words in swedish.The 7"came out on Hit Dat records we actually got the records the day of our first show on the tour.

Bacon Wagon side:

1. Musth
2. Rubber Knife
3. Garbo (I would sing this with them on tour a few times)

Dactyl side:

1.Im Pretty Sure Im Dead (a song about cotards syndrome)
2. Next Wave of Who Cares (I loved playing this song last because its open ended and we could play it as long as we wanted,the other guys have to wait for me to start in with my vocals at the end so it was kind of up to me when it ended.I would drag it out sometimes just to piss off unfriendly crowds)

In 2007 Carlos Batts got ahold of the Teething EP and wanted to use some of the music in his film Kiss Attack.He used parts of Snakehead Fish and Tooth Magic.

In 2007 we recorded 4 songs with Kevin Bernsten for a split we were planning with Gunna Vahm.Long story short,we got fucked over by a kid who said he would put this out and after Ricky busting his ass on the layout(which was badass by the way)this kid just bails on us.Around this time Carlos invited us to San Diego to play a show for the release of Kiss Attack,so not having the record we were supposed to have in our hands by then and a tour to the west coast with no new music to sell we burned a cdr with 3 Dactyl songs and 4 Gunna Vahm songswhich became amp noise number .5 I was going to do a record version of this but Vahm disbanded soon after we came back from tour.Noel did the art and silkscreened the covers and I helped assemble them at Reptilian.After we ran out of the silkscreened covers(we made 60)I made more with a simple cover with our name and Gunna Vahms.The fourth song we recorded is called "Wolfgobbler" and comes from an inside joke with the Bacon Wagon guys.We were both supposed to write a song with the title "Wolfgobbler" and do another split.Unfortunatly Bacon Wagon went splitsville not long after returning from tour.

Dactyl side:
1. Knife in my Pocket (when we recorded this we did gang vocals on the "lets waste away!"part it was hard to keep a straight face.)
2. Im Happy I Cut Off My Legs (The title comes from a Jerry Springer episode.I thought it was a perfect metaphor for my situation around this time.)
3. Behind Closed Doors (Our longest song at over 6 min. and also my favorite.Its about dirty sex,which is probably why I love it so much.I had a shitload of fun recording this because there is so much going on in it.If you listen to it with head phoneson you will hear a bunch of whispers and other things that you will miss if you dont listen close.)

Carlos Batts liked our songs on the split with Gunna Vahm and used Behind Closed Doors as the opening song to his next film Voluptuous Biker Babes,it will be out Feb.24th

A split 7" with our friends Fight Amp is in the works and will probably be our final release.We will be recording 5 songs with Nick Skrobisz including a Pixies cover in the next few weeks just because we think the new stuff we wrote is the best so far.

2004 - 2009

#1 Dactyl Fan

2009-02-12T19:31:00.000-08:00

Dactyl posted a blog about breaking up on our myspace and one of our fans was pretty emotional about it!

"Boo Whoo whoo so fucking what, you guys sucked anyway. I saw you ass holes about a year ago when my friend made me go because some guy she liked was going. You dickheads were first to play and after hearing you play I can see why. The little guy who was singing must be gay. No straight man smiles like that. and that fat ass bald guy looks like he eats goats who cross over his bridge. and then there's that terrorist looking fuck on drums. oh yeah I almost forgot the last guy................ Who cares about him ,he and the whole band blow... You guys suuuuuuuuuck and I am glad the hell is over. fuck you."
HELL YEAH!!!

French review

2009-02-10T12:11:00.000-08:00

Sorry to keep posting old reviews but I just found this reveiw of the Dactyl/Bacon Wagon 7" in french and translated it into english.My favorite line is "Because here on this piece of black vinyl,you have your weight in cucumber distortions and saturations."Hell yeah.

Translated version of http://www.perteetfracas.org/zine/kros2009/kros_d/dactylbaconw.htm

I just found this...

2009-02-09T17:56:00.000-08:00

and thought it was funny,it's a review of the Dactyl record,"Teething" enjoy!

DACTYL:
Teething: CD
As a zombie, I essentially have one important decision to make on a daily basis: Whose brains am I going to eat? Sometimes, I put a great deal of thought into the decision. For example, one thing that would make me want to eat your brains is if you have a really great, horror-looking CD cover featuring Daddy Dracula rocking a blue baby mutant in his arms, and yet you filled the disc with all sorts of feedback filled, noisy garage rock. As far as I’m concerned, that’s false advertising, which I’m pretty sure is a violation of some law. If I eat you, I will simply be dishing out justice. Unfortunately, most times I simply bite into whichever head is closest to me when I’m hungry. Dactyl, you lucked the fuck out. – Tarantula Ted (translated by MP Johnson) –MP Johnson (Reptilian)

2009 is here

2009-01-30T13:21:00.000-08:00

There have been some changes going on lately.First,Dactyl will be playing its last show on Feb.22nd:

We will hopefully have a new recording of our last few songs to give out at the show.We will also have a split 7" coming out with Fight Amp,it will be a split release between Knife Hits and Amplified Noise.The plan is to give Dactyl a rest until we all feel like doing it again.

Now on to the fun stuff,AmpNoise will be releasing a Talk Me Off cd that should be out by mid march.I will post the artwork and give you a set date when I have one.Until that time you can check out my new band Rookie Cop with Rebecca from FightAmp.Thats it for now.

First Annual Knife Hits Black X-Mas...

2008-12-22T13:27:00.001-08:00

Santa will be there and kegs of beer!

More copies of the split!

2008-12-19T13:35:00.000-08:00

I had some extra inserts and cases so I made a dozen more of the Dactyl/Gunna Vahm tour splits,without the silkscreened covers.Its 5 dollars ppd.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2008-11-27T15:20:00.000-08:00

2008-11-24T18:58:00.000-08:00

stuff

2008-11-13T09:35:00.000-08:00

I will be saying cool stuff on here very soon...

I've been...

2008-10-28T08:21:00.001-07:00

Moving and getting my van stolen and not having the internet at home for the last few weeks so,having said that,I think you owe it to me and yourself to come to this show!!

Dactyl weekend with Fight Amp...

2008-09-25T21:18:00.000-07:00

Dactyl is doing a show in Morgantown,WV and Alfred,NY this weekend with Fight Amp.Gunna Vahm will also be playing with us in Alfred,which is a gauranteed good time when our 3 bands get together.I will take some pics and videos and post them for you to see.The new issue of chunklet is awesome and mentions Fight Amp!

Things i've been listening to lately...

2008-09-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

Upcoming Shows...

2008-09-11T18:39:00.000-07:00

Dactyl:
September, 26 2008 at Green St. House w/ Fight Amp!!
213 Green St., Morgantown, West Virginia

September, 27 2008 at Alfred University Knight Club w/ Fight Amp
1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, New York

September, 28 2008 at House w/ Dactyl
New Brunswick, New Jersey

November, 13 2008 at Sonar w/ FLIPPER !!!!!!!
407 E. Saratoga st., Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Check out Jeff from Gunna Vahm's new band Talk Me Off,they are playing thier first show on sunday September, 14 2008 at The Party Mansion
out in west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19139
Cost : 5bones

with Werewolves, I’d Rather Be Dead.

www.myspace.com/talkmeoffwhat

Dactyl gets naughty!

2008-09-11T18:11:00.000-07:00

check out the trailer for the new Carlos Batts movie "Voluptuous Biker Babes"
featuring the song "Behind Closed Doors" by Dactyl,Baltimore's premier purveyor's of smut noise!Get the sexy up!

AmplifiedNoiseRecordings...

2008-09-11T18:04:00.000-07:00

out now on AmplifiedNoiseRecordings:Db-0.5-Dactyl/GunnaVahm split tour edition cdr
silk screened covers,includes a 3 button set and comes shrink wrapped $6.00 ppd.

out soon:Db-001-Dactyl/Gunna Vahm 12"split LP split with Reptilian Records colored limited to 500!CD version out this jan./feb.