{{Short description|Canadian garage rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Demon's Claws | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alias = | origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | genre = Garage rock | years_active = {{start date|2003}}–present<!--{{end date|2003}}--> | label = In the Red<br>Norton<br>Rob's House | associated_acts = The King Khan & BBQ Show<br/>Black Lips | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | current_members = Jeff Clarke, Pat Meteor, Ysael Pepin, Piero Ilov, Serge Gendron also known as Skip Jensen, Brian Hildebrand | past_members = }} The '''Demon's Claws''' are a Canadian garage rock band from Montreal. They are known for blending a trashy 1960s punk sound with raw folk and country melodies.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p862194/biography}}</ref> The band is signed to In the Red Records.
==Biography== The Demon's Claws emerged from Montreal's thriving punk underground, playing a gritty mixture of folk-rock, country, and blues. According to AllMusic writer Mark Deming, the band has been compared to the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things, as well as punk-blues pioneers The Gun Club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demon's Claws, Biography & History AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/demons-claws-mn0002319432/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=11 February 2018}}</ref>
The Demon's Claws was founded in 2003 by Jeff Clarke (aka Lester Del Ray and Rudy Stanko), a former member of The Cut Offs<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Clarke|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2005321-Jeff-Clarke|website=Discogs|accessdate=11 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> and The Normals.<ref>{{cite web|title=THE NORMALS AND JEFF CLARKe 7", by /// The Normals|url=https://sebnormal.bandcamp.com/album/the-normals-and-jeff-clarke-7|website=Seb Normal|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> The band was named after a sharply turned piece of track that came with a toy racing car set Clarke owned as a child. Also featuring Pat Meteor on guitar, Ysael Pepin (aka Le Lutin) on bass, and Serge Gendron (aka Skip Jensen) on drums, the Demon's Claws released their first single in 2005 for the German P. Trash label, with a self-titled full-length album appearing on the same imprint later that year.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
The New Zealand-based Perpetrator Records issued the band's next single,<ref>{{cite web|title=Perpetrator Records|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/38886-Perpetrator-Records|website=Discogs|accessdate=11 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> and in 2006 Serge Gendron left the band, with Brian Hildebrand (B-Man Le Duke) taking over on drums; the same year they also added a keyboard player, Piero Ilov. The band toured Canada frequently and made occasional trips to the United States, where they formed a mutual appreciation society with manic Atlanta garage punks the Black Lips, who took the band on road as an opening act and shared the Norton Records Stones tribute 7" with them. Along with a single for Rob's House Records, the Demon's Claws released their second full-length album in 2007, ''Satan's Little Pet Pig'', which was distributed by the noted garage punk outfit In the Red Records.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
In September 2010, the band offered a track for the compilation album ''Daddy Rockin' Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & the Diablos'' - they recorded a cover of the 1950s Detroit doo-wop "Try Me One More Time". The Wind Records, along with Norton Records, released the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/new-tribute-album-celebrates-forgotten-detroit-rb-star-nolan-strong.html |title=New tribute album celebrates unsung Detroit R&B star Nolan Strong |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2010-09-10 |accessdate=2012-03-19}}</ref>
The band released "The Defrosting of..." on In The Red in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dusted Reviews: The Demon's Claws - The Defrosting Of...|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6006|website=www.dustedmagazine.com|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>
==Discography==
===EPs=== *"Demon's Claw" (7") - P. Trash Records, 2004 *"Fucked On Ketamine" b/w "Always Be My Friend" (7") Rob's House Records, 2008 *"Weird Ways" (7") Rob's House Records, 2009 *"What To Do" (7") Norton Records, 2009
===Albums=== *2005 ''Demon's Claws'' (Dead Canary Records / P. Trash Records) *2005 ''Live In Spring Branch, TX'' (Hook Or Crook Records) *2007 ''Satan's Little Pet Pig'' (In The Red Recordings) *2008 ''Demon's Claws'' (re-press Radio 81 Rec. with a different cover) *2010 ''The Defrosting Of...'' (In The Red Recordings)
===Tracks appear on=== *''Gonerfest2'' (DVD + CD) - Goner Records, 2006 *''Our Boy Roy'' (LP, Album, Compilation, Ltd) - Telephone Explosion Records, 2010 *''Killed By Trash'' (Compilation) *''Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos'' (LP) - The Wind Records, 2010
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *All Music Guide [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p862194/biography|pure_url=yes}} Band Bio] *Village Voice [https://web.archive.org/web/20080921214513/http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-03-20/music/atonal-amoral-garage-rock-at-its-finest-trashiest/ Demon's Claws feature] *Dusted Magazine [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3780 Review] *In the Red Recordings [http://ww.intheredrecords.com Bio]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *LA Times [https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/new-tribute-album-celebrates-forgotten-detroit-rb-star-nolan-strong.html Nolan Strong tribute]
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