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Questioning Everything: A Q&A With NO MEN

thanks for asking us the tuff Q’s sage!!  Read the interview here.

NO MEN are a booming punk band out of Chicago, IL. With the power of dual drums and a sturdy bass, they’re anything but a boy band. Since they’re not “talkers”, we chatted via email about guitar rock, horror movies, and their new album, Hell Was Full So We Came Back.

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“HELL WAS FULL SO WE CAME BACK” is the sophomore full-length effort from Chicago noisemakers NO MEN, an album full of unrelenting sound and fury that embraces all things heavy. This is an album that doesn’t stay in one place for long and drags you with it. From the breakneck thrash of tracks like “EVIL” and “UNINVITED” that might invoke sonic comparisons to Motorhead, Lightning Bolt or Rocket from the Tombs, to moody slow burners like the Morricone-tinged “WHEN I’M DEAD” and anthemic “SUCKER”, NO MEN explore an eclectic and electric palette of sounds. Fuzzed-out bass and crushing drums provide the backdrop for Siouxsiesque vocals alternating between sultry and seething, with lyrics touching on all the usual themes of frustration, depression, heartbreak, and righteous indignation that goes with living in 2019 America. Hell doesn’t sound so bad after all.

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Chicago Reader: No Men summon a demon to fight climate change in their new video

Thanks for the print love🥰 @chicago_reader #gossipwolf ps. missing persons rules!!

No Men are one of Chicago’s most idiosyncratic bands, mixing doom-metal walls of sound, punk velocity, and a pinch of hooky new wave—this wolf wouldn’t be surprised to find Missing Persons in the trio’s collection! No Men also have a thing for “killer” videos—in 2016 they collaborated with director Greg Reigh on a bloody Dario Argento-esque short for the rabid “Stay Dumb.” They’ve been working with Reigh again on a video for “Sucker,” which bassist DB describes as “a twisted-up western about abuse of power and environmental degradation, with some witchcraft and demon shit.” On Wednesday, September 4, No Men play a Sleeping Village show that’s also a video premiere; in November, “Sucker” will appear on their new album for Let’s Pretend Records, Hell Was Full So We Came Back. – / View the article here!!