Artist description One of the hottest bands to come out of New York's happening music scene, The DA's sing about everything from police brutality, domestic violence, racism, sexism, and oppression to songs about polyester prom shirts and oh yeah,love. __________________________________

Music Style punk / ska / reggae / Irish traditional __________________________________

Similar Artists If the Clash were from say, Derry instead of London or the Pogues from the USA instead of Ireland, they each might have sounded something like the Devil's Advocates. But alas...

Artist History · · · In 1993, Brooklyn musician Scott M.X. Turner released a solo album, his first, on Triage Records, "Ya Got A Kalashnikov...Ya Got A Job." Turner wrote and produced the album, as well as sang and played guitar, bass, drums, bodhrán and nearly every other instrument that he could get his hands on. The album featured guest musicians, some of whom ended up in the Devil’s Advocates. Kalashnikov was met with solid reviews, yet remained mostly unheard because of poor distribution. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Concurrently, Scott M.X. Turner and the Devil's Advocates recorded a benefit single, "Fire In The Hole," for the Community/Labor Campaign to Save Taystee Jobs. A group of 500 white, Latin and African-American men and women were left jobless by Stroehmann Corporation's downsizing, the Campaign struggled mightily to build their own worker-owned-and-operated factory. While sales for the single did well, the struggle failed, but the Campaign remains a symbol of inspiration. · · · · · · · · · · · · · In 1997, M.X. released "The Wrong Kind Of Asshole For America," a sixteen-song album that covering police brutality, domestic abuse, racism, sexism and a whole lot more. T.W.K.O.A.F.A. is as musically diverse as its topics, with reggae, ska, dub, folk, punk, pop and Irish traditional songs. The album -- equally poorly distributed as the previous two efforts -- managed to sell more copies than any other Triage release, due mostly to the popularity of New York City club hits "Andersonstown" and "Shoot 'Em On The Bridge" and what some have called the greatest pop song ever, "Hobosoapcore Anthem." · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1999 saw the release of "Snipers In Derelict Houses." A compilation album featuring two groups -- Scott M.X. Turner & the Devil's Advocates and the United 32s -- the eighteen-song cd benefits the Pat Finucane Centre, a Derry, Ireland-based human rights organization which aids families who have lost loved ones from past and current state violence in northern Ireland. Hailed as one of the best albums to come along in the last ten years, Snipers’ theme is consistent and laid out from the opening track "1 Para," a song that details the brutal accounts of the 1972 killings of fourteen unarmed protestors, more commonly known as Bloody Sunday. The summer marching season and the plight of Irish immigrants in the U.S. are covered through to the final wind-down, a spoken word piece "British Architecture in Ireland" which -- with both wit and sarcasm -- outlines how the British government, in the guise of art, has kept two opposing sides at odds with one another. __________________________________

Group Members Diane George: tin whistle • Pedro Gingerich: bass, organ, sax • nez daniels: guitar • Scott M.X. Turner: guitar, drums, bohdrán __________________________________

Instruments guitars, drums, bass, tin whistle, fiddle, uillean pipes, bohdrán, sax, organ ____________________________________

Press Reviews www.scottmx.com/reviews __________________________________

Additional Info M.X. on backing vocals on the 1999 rhythmtree records release "cash for guns" by "room on fire," M.X. on drums on "The Diana Berry Band" self-titled 1999 debut release ____________________________________

Location Brooklyn, NY - USA

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