Black Static by Bad Actors

Bad Actors had booked a day at Archetype Recording just so we could have some demos to send out or whatever. But it grew and grew from there and eventually it became this record.
It took a while, though - Covid had come along and was putting all our plans on hold, but at the same time I was mixing some of the first tracks at home and starting to get excited about how they were cleaning up. Better than expected! Also somewhere around that time we added Shawn Ruth on bass and the songs evolved and got even better.

And then it settled in to A LITERAL YEAR of mixing haha … Shawn Tracy spent 2020 in his basement, doing almost nothing else.

Some of the songs were straight-ahead rockers: just add piano and done! But others— like Backfire, Pale Rider, and especially Cold Mercy—we really went down the rabbit hole, adding layers and layers, all kinds of things. There’s weird sounds and secret noises scattered around here and there… some obvious (like the coyotes at the end of Pale Rider), others subliminal.

Now it’s finally done and we're really stoked with how this record turned out, especially considering its humble origins - and grateful to Ryan at Sioux Guitars for putting it out on vinyl, honored to be a part of that! And most of all I hope this record is fun to listen to, full of good songs with great lyrics. And if one or two make you want to jump up and shake something… just go with it

Bad Actors are: Thad Sand (Vocals & Guitar) veteran of gritty Sioux City underground scene with Shawn Tracy (Guitar) formerly of NYC Die Monster Die (Roadrunner Records) with Shawn Adams (Drums) and Tammy Sand (Bass). Bad Actors draw from the spirit of the Stooges, Rolling Stones, Ramones & MC5. Rock n Roll stripped of artifice.