Deadbolt are one of those rare cases that happen to music lovers once every five or so years; they just crashland on you out of nowhere making you wonder where the hell they'd been hiding for so many years before they become a band that defines a considerable percentage of your musical identity as a listener. It was 11-12 years ago when I accidentally stumbled upon them, and I've been a die-hard fan ever since. When this happened, they had already released the greatest portion of their discography which mainly took place in the '90s. Of course, the first step was to get ahold of their albums, which tortured exclusively my speakers exclusively for many days.
Deadbolt (otherwise and at times called "the scariest band in the world") are from San Diego, CA and they play a strange mix of surf/psychobilly which usually moves within lazy rhythms, but the element that makes them stand out are the spoken and usually off-beat vocals, always narrating a story; crime, prison, deadly clowns and voodoo practices are some of the themes that appropriately dress the dark musical background. At times, the band used to feature two bass players on live gigs, who were called "the Wall of Thunder". They have changed numerous lineups during the 25 years they exist as a band. Their discography is anything but diverse but this as a whole is a sound that, if you're into it, you're just into it and you just can't get enough of it, with repetition being anything but a problem.
As far as band activity goes, Deadbolt haven't been heard from since 2011 when they released Voodoo Moonshiner and Buy a Gun, Get a Free Guitar (with the latter consisting mostly of re-recordings of most songs off the former) and nothing is known for certain about their status as a band nowadays. That is if you don't count the vinyl re-releases of their classic albums coming out one by one the last years, with Zulu Death Mask's turn in 2019.
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