Walter Schreifels

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Walter Schreifels
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Walter Arthur Schreifels[1] (born March 10, 1969) is an American rock musician from New York City.

Career

In the late 1980s, he played in many

Quicksand. Quicksand went on hiatus in the late nineties. He also collaborated with his former Gorilla Biscuits bandmates in the melodic hardcore band CIV, writing much of their first LP and one song on their follow-up LP despite not actually playing on the record. He went on to start World's Fastest Car, a relatively short-lived project. The band recorded a demo and an EP, neither of which have been officially released. The EP was supposed to be released by Revelation Records, but that never came to fruition due to their breakup. Later, he helped create the melodic indie rock-styled band Rival Schools. After Rival Schools' dissolution, he went on to form Walter and the Motorcycles, who recorded but never released a self-titled LP and played a few shows but quickly broke up. Walking Concert, his next project, was heavily influenced by classic British acts such as Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Syd Barrett, David Bowie and The Smiths. In addition to a new solo acoustic LP scheduled for release in 2008, Schreifels reformed Rival Schools in June 2008 with plans to release a new album. In October 2009, he appeared on "Memoria: A Tribute to the Alternative 90s" (Yr Letter Records) with "When You Sleep", a My Bloody Valentine cover. In 2014, Schreifels joined a blues rock band that would come to be known as Dead Heavens.[3]

On November 16, 2010, Rival Schools released the deluxe single for "Shot After Shot" on iTunes from the forthcoming record Pedals, which was released in March 2011.[4]

As a producer, he has worked with such hardcore-related bands as

Title Fight
's first full length titled Shed.

Solo

On May 4, 2010, Schreifels released his first solo album, An Open Letter to the Scene, on

covers of songs by Agnostic Front, CIV, and My Bloody Valentine
(vinyl version only). The CIV song he covered, "Don't Gotta Prove It", was written by Schreifels.

In an interview with Alter the Press!, Schreifels confirmed his follow-up solo record was 85% complete and would be titled Jesus Is My Favorite Beatle.

Discography

Schreifels in 2009

With Gorilla Biscuits

With Youth of Today

  • We're Not in This Alone (1986 Wishing Well Records/ 1988 Revelation Records)
  • Disengage (1990 Revelation Records)

With Quicksand

With Rival Schools

With Walking Concert

As Walter Schreifels

  • An Open Letter to the Scene (2010, Arctic Rodeo Recordings)

With Vanishing Life

With Dead Heavens

  • Whatever Witch You Are (2017, Dine Alone Records)

References

  1. ^ "ARTHUR LEE'S LULLABY". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  2. AMG
    . Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Self Defense Family, Walter Schreifels & Deep Pockets played the Iron Pier/BV showcase at Acheron during CMJ (pics)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rival Schools (Rivalschoolsunitedbyfate) on Myspace".

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