Weekend Wildcard - Politicians in My Eyes by Death

This Weekend's Wildcard is brought to you by Death. Not to be confused with the death metal band from Orlando. This is a garage rock/punk band from the 70s made up of three brothers from Detroit; Bobby, David, and Dannis Hackney. The band had the opportunity to sign with major labels such as Columbia Records but they wanted them to change their name to something more commercial than Death. When the band refused to change the name, the labels wouldn't sign them and the band eventually broke up before releasing a full album. A great example of how terrible the music industry is.

Years later, Bobby's sons discovered their recordings in the attic and began covering the songs with their band Rough Francis. The surviving brothers revived the band in 2009 and their first album, For the Whole World to See, was released the same year which consisted of the original recordings from 1974. In 2012, a documentary was released titled A Band Called Death that has received great reviews. I have not watched it yet, but plan to eventually.

I just discovered them this week because they will be playing with Mastodon at the Hopscotch festival this September in Raleigh.