Artist Info: Dredd Foole

Dredd Foole is the name used to designate the music of Boston-area vocal/guitar artist Dan Ireton. He (aka Dan Ireton) is the Boston equivalent of Los Angeles' Wild Man Fischer. His spaced-out vocals engage sloppy rhythms in Cramps-ian garage-rock numbers. He used to lead a band under the name Dredd Foole & the Din, recording two mostly neglected albums in the 80s for labels known as Homestead and PVC. It was commonly known that his band was one of the only Boston bands worth seeing post-Mission of Burma (who backed him up actually [read more...]