AIDS Wolf
| AIDS Wolf | |
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| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Noise rock Punk rock |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Lovepump United, Skin Graft Records, Blood of the Drash, Pasalymany Tapes, Kitty Play Records |
| Associated acts | Hamborghinni, Drainolith |
| Members | |
| Yannick Desranleau (Hiroshima Thunder) Chloe Lum (Special Deluxe) Alexander Moskos |
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| Past members | |
| Chris Taylor (Barbarian Destroyer) Nick Kuepfer André Guérette (Him, the Maji) Myles Broscoe |
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AIDS Wolf is a Canadian noise rock band, who debuted on Pasalymany tapes but are currently on Skin Graft Records and Lovepump United.
[edit] Name
According to singer Chloe Lum, the name "AIDS Wolf" comes from an urban legend wherein wolves carry AIDS and pass it to house pets who then pass it on to people:
"We didn’t come up with AIDS Wolf as a concept. The idea has been floating around in the public psyche for a while. In urban legend, wolves transmit AIDS instead of rabies; in depressing college towns, street gangs spray-paint ‘AIDS Wolf’ on the side of buildings." [1]
The band has given other answers to similar questions, however:
"My partner and I were on a road trip in Ohio, and it just came to us. It was a universal message. It's a combination of our spirit peers in An Albatross (animal) and The Sick Lipstick (R.I.P.) (illness). It fits, because we're a little bit no–wave and a little bit hardcore, like each of those bands. It's also a message that we as humans must take care for our animal siblings as their health is a barometer of our own survival." [2]
[edit] Political ethos
On 25 February 2010, members of AIDS Wolf signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.[1]
[edit] Discography
- Freedom Summer cassette (2005) Pasalymany Tapes
- Live Deth 3" CDR (2005) co-released by the band and Kitty Play Records
- AIDS Wolf/The Fugue 7" split (2005) Blood of the Drash Records
- The Lovvers LP LP/CD (2006) Skin Graft Records (vinyl format) & Lovepump United Records (cd format)
- AIDS Wolf/Dmonstrations/Pre/Crack und Ultra Eczema 2 x 7" 4-way split (LPU 7" Series vol. 1) (2006) Lovepump United Records
- Clash of the Life-Force Warriors AIDS Wolf vs. Athletic Automaton collaborative LP/CD (2007) Skin Graft Records
- Live Dates AIDS Wolf/Pre 7" split (2007) Skin Graft Records
- Chipped Teeth 7" EP (2008) SlowBoy Records
- AIDS Wolf/Night Wounds 12" EP split (2008) Nail In The Coffin Records
- Cities of Glass LP/CD (2008) Skin Graft Records (cd format) Lovepump United Records (vinyl format)
- Pas Rapport cassette (2009) released by the band
- Dustin' Off The Sphynx EP/CD (2009) Skin Graft Records
- AIDS Wolf/Satanized 7" split (2010) Badmaster Records & Suicide Tax Records
- Very Friendly remix 12" EP (2010) Lovepump United Records
- March to the Sea LP/CD (2010) Skin Graft Records
- An Insane and Abstract Hell (Dedicated To Two Dudes From Rusted Shut) 3 x cassette (2011) Zum
- Soaked in Oil 7" EP (2011) We Are Busy Bodies
- Ma vie banale avant-garde LP (2011) Lovepump United Records
