P.T. Devils

These are the newly-named (as of January 1997) P.T. Devils, formerly the Plaid Tongued Devils. They were sick of being categorized as just another Celtic band because of their name, when they only do a small handful of Celtic songs. They are moving toward a more klesmer-based sound, with Gothic influences, and wanted to reflect their broader-based multi-cultural trans-oceanic wide-ranging self-researched sincerely-stolen indo-euro-canadian folk influences. I talked them out of renaming themselves the Black Tongued Devils, and they wisely elected to stay away from Silver, Gold or any of the other primary colours. P.T. Devils does the job nicely. No specific folk-rock genre is implied by their new name, and they are happy(er) with it. Although Jonathon dreads having to weed all the periods.

But Boy! Howdy! do they look goofy in eyeliner!

Here's some out-takes from their recent photo-shoot with Clint Adam Smith. These are rejects for their choice of publicity and album photos for their upcoming new CD, Klezskavania. I picked them from the contact sheets for their sillyness. Ty scanned them, but his scanner's not as good as mine, so they are kind of washed out and funny looking.

You can see their website at thedevils.com.

"Ahoy the future, we have our brooms!"

Photograph © 1997 Clint Adam Smyth Photography

and then there's

"Gene's gots nothing on us! We gots umbrellas!"

Photograph © 1997 Clint Adam Smyth Photography

not to mention

"We're so pretty, oh so pretty, pretty vay-cunt!"

Photograph © 1997 Clint Adam Smyth Photography

So there you go. Soon to be available in a retail location near you. They've got a new booking agent, they're about to release their third CD (fifth product) Klezskavania, and they're touring around Canada as you read this (perhaps a slight exaggeration, but more-or-less accurate). They hope they've solved their exploding drummer syndrome (they improved on the Spinal Tap original by having their bass-players spontaneously combust too) and they are determined to rock out near you. If you want to know more, leave my site and go to theirs.