High Energy Stoner Rock

with plenty of Raw Fuzziness from the 70's !

Coming from Arizona's Sierra Vista the brothers Wayne & Joseph Rudell are not really newcomers in the Heavy scene, even if we're here premiering a killer track from their self-titled debut album with Fuzz Evil out next week, September 30, on Battleground Records.

Yup, you might already have heard of their other fuzzy project called Powered Wig Machine, in which their new drummer Daniel Graves also fulfills the same role in Fuzz Evil. And the fuzz worship doesn't stop here with these 2 brothers ! They're even organizing together what seems like an awesome stonerheads reunion for the 3rd year in a row, the Borderland Fuzz Fiest F﻿﻿estival, still in their fiefdom of Arizona, in Bisbee to be exact.

And last but not least, Wayne the guitarist has a severe addiction to fuzz pedals, which he shares with us below 😉

Difficult to be Fuzzier than that !

Stream "Odin Has Fallen"

from Fuzz Evil debut album below : Odin has entered a deep sleep, and it is Thor’s responsibility to protect Odin from his enemies while he’s defenseless. This song sets the scene of Thor’s failure and Odin’s Death. ‘Odin Has Fallen’ is our favorite track on the album. This song is heavy and melodic and we feel that this recording is a perfect incarceration of the mood we sought to depict. Joseph Rudell

Fuzz Evil Bassist Back to Fuzz Evil now. First any band name with "FUZZ" in it raises a green flag in my head, as Fuzz junkies ourselves at More Fuzz, it's difficult to not give an hear with such a name 😀 But it's quite an easy move to arouse me I must admit. Now the music needs to be GOOD ! Well fuzzers, let me tell you Fuzz Evil clearly won on that side too ! Those 6 fuzz-driven tunes will most certainly deli ght the fans of, let's be honest, simplistic but extremely efficient fuzzy riffs ala Black Rainbows (or even more their side project Killer Boogie). There is also a strong 70's flavor in their sound, of course Black Sabbath and MC5 comes to mind listening to Fuzz Evil. But I'll add another 70's band to this list of references, one that is way too underrated and which I urge you to listen to (after you listened to Fuzz Evil of course 😉 ), called "The Wi﻿﻿cked Lady". Wayne's blazing wah-wah-propelled guitar solos are definitely in the same good vibe 🙂 Pre-order "Fuzz Evil" on Battleground Records Follow Fuzz Evil on Facebook

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Read Wayne's Addiction Problems

to Fuzz Pedals below...

I have always had a love of fuzz pedals, how each one could change the feel and overall sound of a song. From Zeppelin to Blue Cheer simply by going from a Tone bender mKII to a Univox Super Fuzz. When I choose fuzz pedals I look for "texture" in sense . Haha you have to almost taste the ripping fuzz.

With Powered Wig Machine on the song "At The Helm of Hades" I used rare Chinese pedal called the "Fuzz Machine" which I believe was a clone of a Zvex Fuzz Factory. The reason I choose the pedal was because this pedal had crazy parameters where the pedal would just "take off" on this velcro ripping insanity. The song is a slow shuffle and I wanted the fuzz to drag sonically. You can hear how it take off at 4:34 at the end of the song.

In 2014 my Fuzz addiction so bad that it birthed a new band you now know, Fuzz Evil, who sole purpose was to blast the nastiest fuzz pedals ever made. I used a few of my favorite pedals to make this record. On most of the songs I have used one my of favorite pedals, The Univox Super Fuzz. Pete Townsend made this pedal famous then you had more modern acts like Fu Manchu's Scott Hill who made this a stoner rock holy grail. The pedal is very old and expensive 🙂 so I don't take it on the road. Instead I use the Boss FZ-2 which is a great substitute. The Boss FZ-2 is better know for its evil work on most of the Electric Wizard records. You can hear the thick biting fuzz of the Univox on our free single on our Bandcamp "Born of Iron". Here is a sample of the FZ-2 live at Southwest Terrofest . It is really hard to hear the difference between the two :

One of the other mainstays on my pedal board is The Rat distortion with LM308 chip. I use this pedal on a song on the new record called "Good Medicine". This pedal gained it notoriety from Jeff Beck and Joe Walsh. This pedal has been stoner rock/ grunges go to pedal for thick fuzz/distortion for decades. I have owned both types of Rats, with and without the LM308 and the ones with are just warmer with a more tube-like break up . If you handy with a soldering iron, it is very easy to swap the chips out. If you look on ebay people are always selling LM308 chips.

You can't have a favorite fuzz pedal list without mentioning The Electro Harminox Big Muff PI. I use many different version of this pedal and clones to get different thick fuzz tones. Some of my favorites versions are the Ram's Head, and Civil War. If you are interested in the different variants over the years there is a great Big Muff History site here. Stomp Under Foot makes a great version of the Civil War Big Muff. I personally like a pedal builder out of Phoenix,AZ version of the Ram's Head called Sound Sounds Ram's Horn. I use it on the song "The Black Dread" on our new album.