Dadaism and Scheissters

Similar to Punk Rock, Dadaism erupted from a social outburst. The art movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, poetry, and sculpture. Critics often regarded Dadaism as nonsensical, however, its creators felt a dire responsibility to deconstruct societal norms and traditional beliefs. Marcel Duchamp, an emblematic artist during the Dadaism movement, rejected painting because it was made for the eye and not the mind. Conterminously, Punk, and Dadaism champion themselves as being critical and tumultuous 

“In the way that Dadaism is an art movement that questions what makes art good. Our music is very loose and breaks the rules.” Austin Doty of Scheisster explained about their music “For instance there are a lot of songs where I’m not really playing a note or really playing a fret. I’m just hitting my guitar trying to get out all of the weird-ass sounds out of it.” 

The trio behind Scheissters, Austin Doty, Alan “Spanky” Iglesias, and Noah Taube describe their music as “straight-ahead punk” a sentiment that is echoed in their whimsical sound. With salacious song lyrics and rhythmic pulsing guitar riffs, Shceissters harbors eccentric energy that the Salt Lake City music scene often lacks. “A lot of the music in Salt Lake’s scene is a lot softer or more psychedelic driven. We’re kind of just playing rock and roll, bass guitar and drums.” Austin Doty elaborated on their sound.  

Scheissters are expected to release their debut single imminently. Meanwhile, catch them on Salt Lily Magazine Presents on July 24th, at 7 pm MST. Their live set will be broadcasted on our Facebook page in conjunction with our Instagram.