12 May 2013

According to their website, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is an American, Southern band formed in 2004 from Alabama. In 2005, MASOD penned with Mono vs. Stereo and let loose their their self-titled album. Wikipedia notes “The band name and concept are based on the legend of the criminal gang of Ma Barker and her sons, noting that evil lifestyles will be met with “divine justice”

In an interview, Dallas Taylor said: “What has always struck me about the Ma Barker story is how much it symbolizes the idea of ‘what goes around, comes around.’ Divine justice is unavoidable. When I was a kid, I would see re-enactments of the Barker shooting in Ocala every year with my Grandpa, and it was as if Ma Barker and her sons were still screaming their story to anyone who would listen. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is made up of five dudes who play the role of the Barker sons, and in these songs we speak as though we were them, telling any who would listen that a life lived unjustly will meet divine justice on the other side. We also wanted to think of the most crazy backwoods theme possible for this band. Since Ma was backwoods, and we are backwoods, this is the way it had to be.”

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster – Step Up (I’m On It)

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