Category: Bastards of Fate

Bastards of Fate at Get It On Vinyl

When the name Bastards of Fate was passed along to me, I assumed they were a punk band. I was positive in fact, that they were a hardcore punk band with stage antics in line with G.G. Allen’s. I pictured a front man who cut himself on stage and projectile vomited on the audience. It really sounded… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Get It On Vinyl

Bastards of Fate and Eureka California at Tuning Into The Obscure

Bastards of Fate – Vampires Are Real And Palpable – This Will Be Our Summer Records Here is a solid and packed LP full of pure, gritty experimental rock fused with so much life that calling it “experimental rock” really doesn’t define it. Maybe I could get away with calling it indie-experimental… At any rate, the… Continue reading Bastards of Fate and Eureka California at Tuning Into The Obscure

Bastards of Fate at Raised by Gypsies

While there are many qualities of The Bastards of Fate that make me think of both a punk band and a pop rock type of band, I am hesitant to classify this as pop punk really.   It has these undertones of a band like The B-52’s, yet it has some broader commercial appeal of something… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Raised by Gypsies

Bastards of Fate Interview at Rebel Noise

Heya Doug, Camellia, Benji, Jason, and Doug #2!  Before I grill you with hard-hitting, hot topic, button-pushing questions, could you please introduce yourselves and comment on the differences between the two Dougs? Doug Cheatwood. I’m Doug. I’m medium sized and the singer. As opposed to tall Doug, who plays drums and sampler. Doug Shelor: He… Continue reading Bastards of Fate Interview at Rebel Noise

Bastards of Fate Video Debut and Review at Gold Flake Paint

Let’s be perfectly honest: I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. Too long a while. But then, when brilliance really strikes you – and I mean SHEER brilliance, with all the luminosity and force of a supernova just a light-year away – well, words are harder to form, see. Who are the Bastards… Continue reading Bastards of Fate Video Debut and Review at Gold Flake Paint

Bastards of Fate at Whisperin and Hollerin

This is the second album by The Bastards Of Fate. Hailing from Roanoke, Virginia, they were one of the last bands Marty Thau got behind before his untimely death recently. It is also a rare chance for me to review from both vinyl and digital: this luxury allows me to hear the album in more… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Whisperin and Hollerin

Bastards of Fate, Tunabunny, and Muuy Biien at Pop Rock Nation

Bastards of Fate, Vampires are Real and Palpable. Loud, woozy, strange, carnivalesque, racing from one idea to another, and prone to explosions — all with crooned melodic vocals. Muuy Biien, D.Y.I. An abrasive, churning, hostile splatter of echoey 2-minute punk-rock songs, more spoken/yelled than sung, that’s very well-played for what it is and ends up striking me as lots… Continue reading Bastards of Fate, Tunabunny, and Muuy Biien at Pop Rock Nation

Bastards of Fate at Roanoke Times

Roanoke-based indie band The Bastards of Fate has released its second album, “Vampires Are Real And Palpable.” But don’t think for a second that the title has anything to do with pop-culture vampires from the likes of “True Blood” and “Twilight.” “I see it as an Anton LaVey psychic vampire thing as opposed to literal… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Roanoke Times

Bastards of Fate at Get It On Vinyl

When the name Bastards of Fate was passed along to me, I assumed they were a punk band. I was positive in fact, that they were a hardcore punk band with stage antics in line with G.G. Allen’s. I pictured a front man who cut himself on stage and projectile vomited on the audience. It really sounded… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Get It On Vinyl