Weird Old America

. . . With a live show that'll blow the roof off of Madison Square Garden, Weird Old America is preparing to remind the world that rock and roll is still very much alive . . . - The Deli Magazine.com

"I AM" was the featured video on Plateau Magazine's website the week of 10/1/08. - Plateaumagazine.com

"Devil In A Dream" was track of the day on Garageband.com 8/1/08. - Garageband.com

Weird Old America adopts the sound of many classic rock bands to make a memorable debut . . . “Devil In A Dream” plays like an amped-up Santana song . . . the frantic pace and sliding guitar melodies of “Pocket Change Blues” deliver a song that’s a cross of Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top . . . Vaudeville displays an impressive repertoire of styles for Weird Old America . . . Weird Old America delivers a raw, passionate rock album.
-Chris Homer - MuzikReviews.com

guitarist nick diaz is a musical chameleon who negotiates his cinematic shifts and twists with passion and purpose . . . - Michael Molenda

- Guitar Player Magazine

t’s rare to find young blues guitar demigods who are embodying the spirit of the music, not just aping it, and rarer still to find one who’s savvy and talented enough to incorporate other styles into the mix. fortunately for us all, transplanted texan nick diaz and his power trio deliver on all of the above . . . . his stylistic breadth is impressive, too, covering the entire history of blues-rock . . . . smart guitar wizards are hard to come by. - Robert Fontenot - Offbeat Magazine

. . . . guitarist nick diaz piles enough led zeppelin riffs to build several houses of the holy. - Adam Harrington - Whisperin and Hollerin

By Beeb Ashcroft

Modern rockers with vintage sensibilities: Weird Old America's Vaudeville is the new classic rock. With a decidedly blues-rock sensibility, the band pay tribute to their heroes of the 60s and 70s. The first few cuts hearken to the days of Cream and The Guess Who, while the remainder of the album has more of a Lynyrd Skynyrd vibe with its country-rock twang.

Kicking things off with a minute-long Latin-flavored intro, Weird Old America whets your appetite for "Devil in A Dream," a powerhouse song with Santana-worthy guitar solos. The title track is next, a fantastically catchy piece that is arguably the best on the record. You'll have your lighters out for the power ballads "Sooner or Later" and "Carry Me Away," while the second half of the record has an especially Southern Rock drawl with cuts like "Checkpoint Charlie" bringing to mind the Allman Brothers.

Vaudville is an excellent effort – the songs are well-crafted and the performances are stellar. My only wish is that the sonics had more of a vintage feel. Although they mixed it from tape after putting the the tracks through a vintage Studer machine, the album was recorded digitally and retains an altogether too-clean feel for this type of music.

Weird Old America's idols, Hendrix and Zeppelin, would record as a unit, as opposed to today's standard method of recording each band member's performance individually. Since Pro Tools didn't exist then, those bands had to keep entire takes without being able to edit or fix anything later. For Weird Old America's next effort, I would just love to see them take this (now-radical) approach to recording, since it would lend a raw authenticity that I think would sound amazing. But if my only complaint is that they sound too perfect, that's pretty good. - Indie-Music.com

Drummer: Matty Amendola

Weird Old America packs quite a punch with a dose of their blues infused alternative rock music. Hailing from New York City, fans of Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Eric Clapton are in for a real treat as the band combines scorching guitar riffs with catchy vocal hooks to create a sound of their own. Keep an eye out for this release. - Drumhead Magazine