Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die (album)
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Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die was a mini-LP
release by the Montreal
-based Canadian garage-rock band Deja Voodoo
.
While released under the band's own label Og Music, it was distributed by the American firm Midnight Records.
Mini-LP
A Mini-LP or Mini-album is a short album, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered "full-length".-History:...
release by the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
-based Canadian garage-rock band Deja Voodoo
Deja Voodoo (Canadian band)
Déjà Voodoo was formed by Gerard van Herk and his friend Tony Dewald . Combining 1950s horror imagery with rockabilly and country musical influences they created a sound which gained them a unique standing amongst Canadian artists...
.
While released under the band's own label Og Music, it was distributed by the American firm Midnight Records.
Personnel
- Tony Dewald, drums, stomping feet on "Gotta Have Money"
- Gerard van HerkGerard van HerkGerard van Herk, originally from the Montreal suburb of Chambly, was the singer and guitarist for the Montreal band Deja Voodoo in the 1980s. In 1983 he co-founded Og Music with Tony Dewald, a record label also based out of Montreal that was notable for providing early exposure to groups that would...
, guitar/voice
Track listing
- Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die
- Take Out the Trash
- Gotta Have Money
- Bo Diddley's Cat
- Down in Mexico
- Cheese & Crackers
- Bugs for Christmas
- The House of Dr. Stimuli