Death & Taxes…East-Coast Hard-Ass Street-Rock
Death & Taxes features Jeff Morris on vocals and guitar, Mike Savitkas on bass and Steve Toland on drums.
Death & Taxes was formed in the wake of the successful September 2005
Bruisers reunion by original Bruisers guitarist/songwriter
Jeff Morris and new Bruisers bassist, Mike Savitkas along with scene vet
Steve Toland on drums.
In October of 2005 Death & Taxes started playing shows in Boston and haven’t
slowed down since, playing several shows a week
since from Boston to Brooklyn.
Death & Taxes live shows have earned them respect alongside bands like
Darkbuster, Joe Coffee, Three Blue Teardrops, Ducky Boys,
Big Bad Bollocks, Tommy & The Terrors, Rat City Riot, Michael Graves, Far
From Finished, Welch Boys and many more. The band’s
musicianship and songwriting carries across typical genre boundaries and
allows them to excel in live performances alongside bands
playing punk rock, roots rock, hardcore and even folk rock. Stints of
acoustic shows in Boston have proven that Death & Taxes is just
as powerful stripped-down, and in fact many fans have stated that the
acoustic shows are even more powerful given the intimacy
and emotional content of the songs performed.
In April of 2007 the band entered famed Outpost Studio in Stoughton,MA and
recorded 10 new original songs with Jim Siegel,
engineer/producer for bands like the Dropkick Murphys, Unseen, Slapshot,
Blood for Blood and many more. This 43 minute disc
shows the power of Death & Taxes songwriting and sound.
Next in line for Death & Taxes will be a Fall 2007 CD release on I SCREAM
RECORDS of Los Angeles and Belgium.
Jeff Morris – Vocals, Guitar
… band history…
N.P.D. 1986 to 1988 – Newburyport based hardcore band with future Bruisers
Scotty Davies and Dan Connors. Drummer Steve O’Sullivan would go on to play drums with SoCal punk legends TSOL. Also in the band bassist Al Quint of Suburban Voice zine.
Played several Boston shows at the Rat, Bunratty’s and more with Slapshot, Uniform Choice, Token Entry and others…
The Bruisers 1988 to 1996 – Guitarist and songwriter for Street rock band
from Portsmouth,NH area along with current Dropkick
Murphys singer Al Barr.. Recorded seven cd’s and countless 7″ EP’s, toured
Europe with Madball and Blood for Blood, played shows
all over the USA with some of the greatest punk and hardcore bands such as
Agnostic Front, Bad Brains, Murphy’s Law, Biohazard,
Sheer Terror and many more. In Sept. 2005 we reformed for a reunion show at
the Roxy in Boston.
For more info visit www.thebruisers.net
ZFE 2000 to 2006 – Guitarist and songwriter for
instro-trio with the same lineup as Death & Taxes,
Mike Savitkas on bass and Steve Toland on drums.
ZFE were an experimental instro band in the
vein of Sonny Sharrock meets Jimi Hendrix.
Played many shows from Maine to Boston and
recorded and released 4 cd’s that were sold
worldwide on Medallion Records, the band’s own label.
Mark Lind & The Unloved 2006 to present -
Guitarist with Mark Lind’s new band (Ducky Boys,
Sinners & Saints, Dirty Water) featuring Mark Lind
on vocals and guitar, Mike Savitkas (Death & Taxes)
on bass and Jay Messina (Ducky Boys) on drums.
The Cadillac Hitmen 1996 to 2005 – Guitarist and songwriter for instro-rock
band Cadillac Hitmen based in Newburyport,MA
along with ex-Bruisers guitarist Robert Garceau and future Death & Taxes
drummer Steve Toland. Recorded three cd’s that sold
worldwide, played with bands such as Ronnie Dawson,
Los Straitjackets and many others.
For more info visit www.cadillachitmen.com
Mike Savitkas – Bass guitar
…band history…
ZFE 2000 to 2006 – Bassist for instro-trio with the same lineup as Death &
Taxes, Jeff Morris on guitar and Steve Toland on drums. ZFE were an experimental instro bandin the vein of Sonny Sharrock meets Jimi Hendrix. Played many shows from Maine to Boston and recorded and released 4 cd’s that were sold worldwide on Medallion Records, the band’s own label.
Death & Taxes 2005 to present – Bassist
For more info visit www.myspace.com/deathntaxesband
or www.deathntaxes.net
The BRUISERS 2005 reunion show bassist
Mark Lind & The Unloved 2006 to present -
Bassist with Mark Lind’s new band (Ducky Boys, Sinners & Saints, Dirty Water) featuring Mark Lind on vocals and guitar, Jeff Morris (Death & Taxes) on guitar and Jay Messina (Ducky Boys) on drums.
Steve Toland – Drummer
Band history
ZFE 2000 to 2006 – Drummer for instro-trio with the same lineup as Death &
Taxes, Jeff Morris on guitar and Mike Savitkas on bass. ZFE were an experimental instro band in the vein of Sonny Sharrock meets Jimi Hendrix. Played many shows from Maine to Boston and recorded and released 4 cd’s that were sold worldwide on Medallion Records, the band’s own label.
Death & Taxes 2005 to present – Drummer.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/deathntaxesband
or www.deathntaxes.net
The Cadillac Hitmen 1996 to 2005 – Drummer for instro-rock band Cadillac
Hitmen based in Newburyport,MA along with ex-Bruisers guitarist Robert Garceau and future Death & Taxes Singer/guitarist Jeff Morris. Recorded three cd’s that sold worldwide, played with bands such as Ronnie Dawson, Los Straitjackets and many more.
For more info visit www.cadillachitmen.com