MOFOS

Press

“New York’s Premier Instrumental Trio. Sounds like a knife fight between Dick Dale and the Dead Kennedys refereed by Motorhead’s Lemmy! The music is impresssive enough on it’s own, but the fact that it was recorded with all-analog equipment gives this disc an authenticity lacking in today’s revivalist clones. 4 out of 5.”

--Alternative Press, Issue #181

“It’s Damn Good. You have joined the ranks of instro bands who do something extra besides boring us with by the book retro. Keep it Up!”

--Jello Biafra, Alternative Tentacles, Letter to the Band

“Guitarist Gary Siperko fronts this amphetamine noir surf band. Their cd is simply one
of the most exhilarating albums ever made, a blend reverb-drenched horror surf, noir soundtrack and Link Wray-style stomps. Siperko is a master of vicious, macabre chromatic surf guitar, all reverb drenched intensity. The textures here are to die for - layers and layers and layers of distortion and twang and blazing fury - and the tunes are worthy of Big Lazy or Friends of Dean Martinez. Adrenaline usually gets the upper hand here, as on the aptly titled Satan-a-go-go or the suprisingly poignant, funeral Drag City. The Offhandedly title Dune Buggy war at Pismo Beach is a masterpiece of wild guitar fury; there’s also a punk spaghetti western number, a punk flamenco song, and the vicious chromatically-charged
F#@! Art Let’s Make Money. No song has ever been more ironically titled. And 2 Minutes to Live is one of the few songs we blinked on when we did our Best songs of all time list.
Their brilliance will last forever.”

--Lurid Culture, NYC

“Mental Surf-metal from this New York Trio who see no reason why Motorhead should not go on a Fender-Bender with Dick Dale, and neither will you when you hear it.
Dubbed “Demolition Derby Music” due to it’s breakneck collicion of influences, instrumentals have never sounded so Vital.”

--Guitar Magazine, United Kingdom, Vol 15 No 1

“A series of instrumental pieces, mainly surf, but dark and wrapped by the heavy pickworks, a distorted bass and drums played as if the style were Punk. Listen to “Drag City” and tell me if it doesn’t seem like “Paranoid” covered by Link Wray. Finally, take the punky spaghetti western “Loco Jodido” and insert it into the “Kill Bill Vol. 2” soundtrack: Tarantino would appreciate it.”
--Blow Uo, Numero 77, Italy

“The Ultimate Ride. You’re riding a surfboard in heavy weather, atop a monumental wave, headed straight for the rocks. The smile on your face suggests a state of mind eerily zenlike. Blasting through the cans of your personal stereo is the sound of MOFOS. You wake up, sweating but happy. MOFOS play surf music the way Motorhead playsEddie Cochran’s rock n’ roll; loud fast and without a hint of remorse. Like Black Sabbath covering Dick Dale, except there’s virtuosity and a deep musicality at work here.”

--Jeff Miers, The Buffalo, News

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Bio

MOFOS are a power trio musical juggernaut led by Cleveland guitar legend/virtuoso Gary Siperko(Legendary Shack Shakers, Pere Ubu, Rocket from the Tombs, X_X).Since the band’s inception in the late 1990’s, the band has gained underground acclaim and cult following in North America and Europe. Equal parts Surf-Noir guitar,Proto
Punk,Hard Rock, Sabbath-esque grooves and Dark Wave Spookiness, the band is as mysterious as their music. Described in Alternative Press Magazine as “Sounding like a knife fight between Dick Dale and the Dead Kennedys refereed by Motorhead’s Lemmy”, the band has earned a reputation for spectacular high energy live shows with unparelled musicianship.