
v506 - Dead Ending - "American Virus"
“Jeff said, ‘Let’s do a new record—we’ll call it American Virus’ – Sounded good to me. He wanted to do a Clash cover too--which I didn’t like.  I was wrong.†– Vic Bondi, Dead EndingStemming from conversations between vocalist Vic Bondi (Articles of Faith) and guitarist Jeff Dean (Airstream Futures, All Eyes West, The Bomb) about the obvious politicization of the pandemic, Dead Ending’s latest release on Alternative Tentacles Records, “American Virusâ€Â presents two screaming new tracks; the title track “American Virusâ€Â and “Walter Benjamin At The Borderâ€Â with a digital bonus cover track “Complete Controlâ€Â by The Clash. “I was watching the press conference when Trump called COVID-19 the Chinese virus, and watching him double down on it, when journalists were calling him out like some giant spoiled toddler, made me want to throw my TV out the fucking window!â€Â Dean says, “I started trying to figure out logistically if we could even