The Wattingers

Altern8 Metal DJs after the bands

Created in 2008 by Martin Wattinger, The Wattingers are a 3 piece act performing against a backdrop of synchronized videos.

The music is simply described as 'Slaughterhouse Blues', stripped down to the bare bones, inspired by old blues and prison 'hollers', Musically The Wattingers are influenced by The Birthday Party, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Bad Seeds, Gallon Drunk, Howling Wolf, The Butthole Surfers, the Beasts Of Bourbon, Jawbone, Captain Beefheart, and Tom Waits to name but a few.

The Wattingers embrace the wild diversity of industrial gothic steam western steam punk and other subcultures that exist and strive against narrow and restrictive definitions. We discriminate against no-one in our slaughtering, you are all equal...