Video: Pat Dull and the Media Whores: You!

New Additions: Gimme The Whores album by Pat Dull and His Media Whores

I got to see Pat Dull & His Media Whores, as well as the slightly alternate Media Whores, back in the late 90s/early 00s and always dug the power-pop sound they were putting out. Still, it took me until now to actually go out and get the album and I'm glad I did. Dull's melodies really shine, even if the recording sometimes isn't as hi-fi as it could be.

Know Yer Band: Pat Dull And His Media Whores

Band: Pat Dull And His Media Whores / Media Whores

Members
Pat Dull - Vocals/Guitar
J.D. Dallas - Guitar
Arturo DeLeon - Bass
Matt Goodwin - Drums/Milan Karcic

Releases
1998 - All Torn Up 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
1999 - Gimme The Whores album (Break-Up! Records)
2000 - It's About Time/Declaration 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
2001 - Feel It 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
2001 - 1984 7" single (Break-Up! Records)
2001 - Drunk On Pirate Radio promo live album (Break-Up! Records)
2002 - Master Of Pop Hits compilation album (Screaming Apple)

Alive 2012 Q&A: Artie DeLeon and JD Dallas

Unfortunately, not a whole lot of articles on Dogrocket to share this week, however there is a Columbus Alive interview with guitarist JD Dallas, along with Artie DeLeon of the Media Whores, Martyr Colony, etc., regarding the passing in 2012 of Mark Farmiloe of the Econothugs.

(Dallas) We’re a little bit more mature. We pay a little more taxes. We’re probably not in as many bar fights as we used to be. Not as many. The one thing I heard after that show, the next day there was this silence. Everybody was like, did that really happen? Yeah, it did. And we actually took pictures this time. Everybody was like, I’m so glad there’s more to come because how depressing would it be if that was it? 

(DeLeon) I’m sure there were people who thought this was going to be a traipsing through the past and they were going to go through the motions. But every band that went up there went for the throat. It was totally for the jugular. Every band that went up there just punched everybody in the teeth. And it was succulent and you were showered in it. It was really electric and everybody went bananas for it.

New Additions: The More You Get, The More You Want by Dogrocket

By the time I moved to Columbus in late 1998, Dogrocket was done, with the members having moved on to various other bands such as A Planet For Texas and Pat Dull's Media Whores. This was right around the time I started getting into some of the "action rock" coming out of Sweden, and was looking for bands skirting the line between the aggression of punk and melody of power pop. I heard that was Dogrocket, and at some point I got some of their music via MP3 and enjoyed it, but it wasn't until recently I was able to track down their lone album, 1996's The More You Get, The More You Want via eBay.