Deja Voodoo are a rock band from
Auckland,
New Zealand, where they formed in 2002.
History
Deja Voodoo began as the fictional house band in the New Zealand television show ''
Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television
''Back of the Y'' (also known as ''Back of the Y TV'' during series 1 and ''Back of the Y Masterpiece Television'' during series 2), is a cult New Zealand television series, created by Chris Stapp and Matt Heath. The show glorified stunts and th ...
'', which featured them in 15 seconds of mimed
rock n' roll
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at the start of each episode.
[Smith, Nick (2006)]
Upfront: Chris Stapp & Matt Heath
New Zealand Listener This led to a nationwide tour, which featured a finale where Heath smashed ten burning acoustic guitars over Chris Stapp's head.
The tour was featured in the TV special ''Back of the Y Goes to Hollywood'', with the band supplying the soundtrack.
On returning from the tour, drummer Phil 'Spanners Watson' Bruff left the band, to be replaced by Matt's girlfriend's little brother James.
Five sold-out gigs around Auckland followed.
The band was put on hold when Chris and Matt sold their TV show to
MTV
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. They went to the UK, but were back within six months. On their return to New Zealand they signed a four-figure record deal with
Liberation Music and recorded their first studio album, ''
Brown Sabbath
''Brown Sabbath'' is the debut studio album by New Zealand band Deja Voodoo that was released in 2004. It is a "beer-themed" concept album. Burmester, BrettDeja Voodoo: Brown Sabbath" (review), AudioEnz
Track listing
# "We Are Deja Voodoo"
# ...
''.
''Brown Sabbath'' was to be a beer-drinking concept album.
Songs included "Beers", "Feelings", "We are Deja Voodoo", and "Today Tomorrow Timaru". ''Brown Sabbath'' was released in July 2004. Thousands of copies have been sold New Zealand wide, and the album has even made it to Australian record shelves.
In early 2006, a new single was released from their upcoming album ''
Back in Brown'' entitled "Can't do". In typical Deja Voodoo tradition its main chorus line is "Can't do what I wanna do with you (you weren't even born in the '80s!!!)". Their second single from ''Back in Brown'' was "Shotgun", another typical tongue-in-cheek approach for the band featuring the main chorus line "I call shotgun on you". ''Back in Brown'' was released in July 2006.
Band members
*
Matt Heath (
guitar, vocals)
*
Chris Stapp
Chris Stapp is a New Zealand actor, director and musician best known for his role as stuntman Randy Cambell in '' Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television''. He and ''Back of the Y'' co-star Matt Heath appear in season 6 of ''Eating Media Lunch''. In ...
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bass
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, vocals)
*Piers 'Wheels' Graham (
drums
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)
*Gerald Stewart (
lead guitar)
Deja Voodoo
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Discography
Singles
References
External links
Official Deja Voodoo web site
Deja Voodoo's myspace profile
Deja Voodoo's record company profile
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New Zealand hard rock musical groups