Music Style “My music is the sonic soulchild of Patti Smith and George Clinton, born in the 3rd stall of the ladies’ room at Studio 54 and soon thereafter abducted by a rabid gang of Liberac� devotees. It’s rock ’n roll, in other words.”

Musical Influences Patti Smith, Parliament, James Brown, Alfred Hitchcock movie soundtracks, Igor Stravinsky.

Artist History It’s that plunkety-plunk of the clawhammer banjo, the giddy grizzliness of those blues guitars; it’s that persistent, mentally unstable boom! of the bass drum. It’s that voice, too: screaming like Janis Joplin on crack, purring like a thoroughly martini’d lounge chanteuse, and harmonizing as if it was Art Garfunkel’s top muse. This is DJ Duh, the nineteen-year-old chick from the sticks of Northern Minnesota. From the opening track of her self-released/produced/performed debut album, “DIY,” one senses that Duh (nee Lindsey Nelson) is more than just your typical Girl With, Like, Guy Problems solo act. “Tonight’s a bit different, ’cause tonight I’m spinnin’ my life - part of it, anyway,” she quips on the intro, “We got the alt-rock, hip-hop, the bop, blues, bugaloo, doo-wop, and disco; slow tempo or fast; tongue and cheek, social critique. . .or serious speak.” The next fourteen cuts are exactly that, as Duh deftly fuses a kaleidoscopic of exotic styles with a classic-rock sensibility, all whilst retaining her crazy-as-Mary-Hartman wordplay and vocal phrasing. The self-described “one-woman entourage” scratches wax and skewers fake MCs on “Bubble-Gum Wrapper” (“I rap about crap and then kill a thousand people/Treat women like animals and it’s encouraged by the label”), pays homage to the vintage vibe of the ’60s and ’70s on the soft-pornish funk of “Old-School Stereo Flow” (“It’s about the Murphy beds/Paisley print threads/Don’t gimme no slicked-backed look/I want a frizzed-out nappy head”); Nelson even takes the rock en espa�ol plunge on “Revoluc�on Nuevo,” a smooth bossa nova track with a live-room ambiance that kindly reminds listeners it’s time for a peoples’ revolt. Although there are plenty of memorable corporate-America bashings and booty-shaking hoedowns, Duh says “DIY” is more than just politics and C’monGetFunky! moments. “This is my life, warts and all - it’s a concept album of sorts. Everything on ‘DIY,” whether it’s a perfectly executed guitar rhythm or a mixing botch, is intentional. Even in the liner notes, I left punctuation errors as-is. I‘m saying that life frequently entails striving for perfection and screwing up at almost the same rate. The sooner you realize this premise, the sooner you can effectively deal with daily disasters. And baby, there are a lot of daily disasters.” Whatever happens with the album, she says, is fine with her. “If I sell ten copies, that’ll be as inspirational as going platinum, but just in a different sense. All I really want is a smidgen of acknowledgment and a gig or two. Maybe a few free kiddie cocktails. Then, I can move on.” Let “DIY” take you into DJ Duh’s domain. This is a world of freakout fantasia, Technicolor butterflies, teenage confusion, and veteran rockstar wit; a world where the entrance doors are sprayed with graffiti and the streets are covered with glitter. Slip-ups aren’t encouraged or glamorized, but it’s OK if they happen (because, invariably, they will). Come in, get in the groove, and get Duh’d.

Group Members One chica.

Instruments Guitars, psuedo-bass, drums, percussion, trumpet, banjo, harmonica, vox

Albums DIY hits the streets on June 25, 2003

Press Reviews "She is obviously one sick, disturbed individual to speak/sing/rap about subjects that are politcally incorrect. Although her allegations are based on fact, it's quite inappropriate to discuss them in a humane way. No wonder she can't get a record deal." -Charles M. Stephstopholies, The Washingtonian Money-Stealer

Location Remer, MN - USA

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