Funk-infused, Crust-Punkin’, Math-rockin’, emotional-Hardcore (Holy-Hell!)

Put another way: Punk Rock with outsider-art sensibilities.

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The music collective known as ‘Don’t Shoot… I’m With God’ (or D.S.I.W.G., for brevity’s sake) arose from the ashes of a few different lauded, local bands (‘Blue Owl Circus’, ‘Slater’, and ‘The Ninjas’), to become the beautifully-ugly, raw-yet-oddly-mesmerizing, funky-bastard-step-child of the South Bend Punk Rock/ DIY scene. 

Not content to follow the nearly religious laws of traditional punk-rock-genre-parameters, the members of D.S.I.W.G. (Nate Trimboli, Dusty “Dontshoot” Philipson, Paul Vellner, Mark Onyx, Phil G., Shaggy and a few other key collaborators) forged their own path and left many stunned, & wondering what Holy Hell they just witnessed. 

With a live show that, at times, included multi-media elements, weird-spontaneous-dancing & an-almost-harrowing emotional gusto... to see the band play live was a unique-&-rapturous experience all it’s own. 

The band’s sound? A hodge-podge of influences: 
funk infused, BIG MUFF’d-bass riffs; death metal screeching, Holy Ghost chanting, and emo-core chorus vocals; 
progressive drumbeats; 
weird tape loops and keyboard noodling… 
... all this with out a single six-string guitar in sight! 

The band’s initial run was from 2000 to 2003; however, the haunting-yet-joyous legacy they left behind is undeniable.

Now begins an archival-project of ‘Don’t Shoot’s’ history (a project that also gives a candid overview of the then-thriving South Bend, IN - DIY Music Scene in the late 90s/ early ‘00s).

Keeping the lights on, you know? Then, whoosh! Why??? One cross-country trip later, I loaded out for the stars. Still doping that all out. Would love a Redneck Deluxe Cheeseburger.

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