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A noisy experimental band with "improv tendencies," AIDS Wolf initially played gigs with the Unicorns, Wolf Parade, and others in the Montreal indie scene, but their chaotic sound has much more to do with Whitehouse, PRE, and An Albatross, bands they've also shared the stage with. After touring across Canada, AIDS Wolf kicked off their first European tour in early 2006 as their debut, The Lovvers LP, was being jointly released by Skin Graft and Lovepump United. Next, they challenged members of Athletic Automaton to a "versus" record and the result, Clash of the Life-Force Warriors, landed on the Skin Graft label in early 2007. A split album with Night Wounds was recorded for the Nail in the Coffin label that year, then the band entered the studio with avant hero Weasel Walter to record the 2008 release Cities of Glass. In 2009, the band released Pas Rapport on cassette only, as well as the EP Dustin' Off the Sphynx. In 2010, AIDS Wolf released the seven-tune March to the Sea, their final album as a quartet. The band followed up quickly, releasing its first album as a trio, Ma Vie Banale Avant-Garde, in 2011. Members Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau also run the printing/design studio Seripop, which has been designing posters since 2001.
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AIDS Wolf were a Canadian noise rock band, who debuted on Pasalymany tapes but moved to Skin Graft Records and Lovepump United. The band received critical attention for their albums The Lovvers LP and Cities of Glass.Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).
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According to singer Chloe Lum, the name "AIDS Wolf" comes from an urban legend wherein wolves carry AIDS and pass it to house pets who then pass it on to people:
"We didn’t come up with AIDS Wolf as a concept. The idea has been floating around in the public psyche for a while. In urban legend, wolves transmit AIDS instead of rabies; in depressing college towns, street gangs spray-paint ‘AIDS Wolf’ on the side of buildings."
The band has given other answers to similar questions, however:
"My partner and I were on a road trip in Ohio, and it just came to us. It was a universal message. It's a combination of our spirit peers in An Albatross (animal) and The Sick Lipstick (R.I.P.) (illness). It fits, because we're a little bit no–wave and a little bit hardcore, like each of those bands. It's also a message that we as humans must take care for our animal siblings as their health is a barometer of our own survival."
The band broke up in March 2012.Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).
