Death Camp

Formed in the fall of 1995, Death Camp is a five piece guitar/ bass/ drum/ vocal combo that is based out of their hometown of Bronte, Ontario, Canada.

Singer Glen Berg explained his understanding of deteriorating culture in a 1995 interview.

"If you take a look around at what the big companies are promoting as being hip or relevant you can see that they are operating from the premise that people are becoming less literate and more base aesthetically. In the past this was done under the guise of appealing to the underlying "folk" reference points inherent in the received oral tradition. But that is no longer real due to the pervasive generational impact of television. Parents who play guitar don't play songs for their children that were taught to them by their own ancestors. Due to copyright restrictions and the media saturation that is necessary to make a "hit", most compositions have a very limited lifespan.

There is very little continuity because it is important for those people who have made music into an industry to create new products to be bought. Another way that this is done is through technological change. The switch from vinyl to the CD has destroyed the ability for future generations to understand the flow and decline of western civilization from the values of its heyday to that of the present day. In some respects, if you have a solid grounding in history, this is a good thing because you can sell old ideas as new, but it spoils all your fun when you make a joke and no one understands it."

Listen to "Out in the Street"

Their second release surveyed the boundary between truth and fiction.

"Some people just have too much perspective," explained vocalist Glen Berg. "I don't think that anyone wants to hear some lugan drone on about all the mistakes that he's made in his life. "I should have done this, If only I had said something, Why did it have to happen?" If you're looking for a sympathetic ear, you'd better look elsewhere."

Listen to "As Sault Peter Burns"