Puerto Muerto

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Puerto Muerto was supposed to be a bar. You know, the kind of place the lowest forms of humanity could meet, drink and occasionally engage in revelry. Tim and Christa decided it was much easier to start a band than open up a tavern. So instead of serving clients liquor and beer, they decided to intoxicate those same folks with the songs that they had envisioned them singing there. Tim Kelley (vocals/ guitar) brings a hefty dose of The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, The Pogues, The Kinks and Buddy Holly to the table, while Christa Meyer, inspired by Nina Simone, Kurt Weill, Nick Cave and anything dusty and neglected, sashays her mezzo soprano front and center. Their debut release “Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore” (2001) is now a cult classic and the band band continues to surprise and enthrall critics and audiences alike with their ingenuity and inventiveness. In 2005 the pair released a supplemental soundtrack to the original slasher film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and toured performing live with the film in the US and UK. Their 2008 release “I Was A Swallow” won critical praise by showing the duo’s more intimate and subtle qualities. Currently the band is working on their next album; a bombastic, revolutionary affair that will cause the patrons of the fictitious bar Puerto Muerto to flood the streets and wreak havoc.

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  • Dezstruction78

    Haha I you looking for this because of me? I know it must be me. I love this band so much too bad they broke up. I will have to find it for you. =)

    3 Jul 2012 Reply
  • ClassyMusicSnob

    It would be nice if I could find there music somewhere.

    12 Jun 2012 Reply
  • H-A-G

    Last Puerto Muerto's album is so powerful.

    13 Dec 2010 Reply
  • dis_balance

    великолепная меланхоличная музыка

    28 Sep 2010 Reply
  • wackojacko1979

    I saw them in a small bar called Bar Academy in Birmingham UK in about 2004/05. People were sat on the floor right at the front mesmerised by Christa's vocals. The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end for the entire set It was utterly spell binding. Spoke to them both after the gig and they were really nice people too!

    7 Sep 2010 Reply
  • olenina

    чертовски хороши

    21 Feb 2010 Reply
  • mascaramascara

    first heard them live, and bought a cd they burned thmeselves, with a homemade cover that's quite endearing. struck me then and strikes me now how unusually good they are. glad to see they have continued making music and that people continue to support them!! yay!

    7 Oct 2009 Reply
  • verabaxter

    New song - Found Footage video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NvySn-JTso&feature=channel_page

    20 Jul 2009 Reply
  • snuus

    ooooo mm i llike

    9 May 2009 Reply
  • verabaxter

    Hola gente, hemos subido 2 temas más de los que formarán parte de nuestro 3er. CD , "La tercera parte de la noche". Pueden escucharlos aqui en lastfm. www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter saludos a todos

    6 Apr 2009 Reply
  • ladydjune

    cabaret???? please... I dont find this cabaret at all!!! but is still amazing...

    22 Jan 2009 Reply
  • otherotherother

    :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

    10 Dec 2008 Reply
  • isakatana

    Woah, my first ever time being the top listener. Which is kind of sad for such a good band, because I didn't really listen to them a whole lot.

    10 May 2007 Reply
  • Brentley_11

    These guys rock socks.

    13 Apr 2007 Reply