The Ghost Wolves are deeply rooted Texas rock n’ rollers, relentless creators, indestructible sonic voyagers who started their band in a damp Austin shack 13 years ago and have since grown it into a globally recognized musical force.
Their sound is transgressive, ferocious, and primarily based in blues, punk rock, rock n’ roll, early American music, trash, and noise music
For the last decade they have worked relentlessly in the independent music world. Carley Wolf (guitar/vocals) and Jonny Wolf (drums/vocals) have played thousands of shows together, appearing in every nook and cranny that live music can possibly be hosted in – ancient Roman ruins, dungeons, caverns, gilded theaters, churches, massive Tokyo nightclubs, counterculture squats from Berlin to Milan, old wooden barns in the midwestern USA, steamy basement shows around the world and huge open air festival stages.
In 2019, Third Man Records released Crooked Cop/Day Will Follow Dawn, adding The Ghost Wolves to their roster of artists including luminaries such as Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn, The Stooges, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, as well as contemporaries like Dinosaur Jr., The Kills, The White Stripes and The Dead Weather.
Their fourth studio album, Consumer Waste, was released on October 31, 2024 on Saustex Records.
Today, Glide is excited to offer an exclusive premiere of their new tune “Pee-wee RIP” and its accompanying music video. If the title doesn’t give it away, the song is a tribute to the late Paul Reubens and his character Pee-wee Herman. For anyone who spent hours watching Pee-wee’s Playhouse growing up with its delightful oddball eccentricity, the song is like a crash course in his whackiness with numerous references and playful nods to the characters and moments that inhabited his wonderful world. Of course, this being the Ghost Wolves, all of this is done with a garage-punk soundtrack. The video also features the band playing on a makeshift version of his Playhouse set with plenty of visual tributes sprinkled throughout. Even with its raucous music, there is a touching sentimentality to the song that is sure to resonate with anyone who considers themselves a Pee-wee fan.
The duo describes the inspiration behind the song and video:
“We wrote this song the week after Pee-wee passed. The air was so charged with emotions when he died. And then this song seemingly fell out of the sky into our laps..it felt like it wrote itself. Paul was a huge influence on us as kids. He made it cool to be artistic, creative, strange, and fun all at the same time. It’s a mega feat when your work speaks to both kids and adults on so many levels. We just wanted to write a song for him in memory of him and his prolific contributions to the cultural world.”
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