A British four-piece comprising Rita Blazyca
(guitar), Sam Ireland (vocals), Debbie Quargnolo (bass) and lone male
member Andy Semple (drums), Die Cheerleader play chunky, punk-edged,
hard rock, featuring feisty, semi-surreal songs about relationships and
life’s many downturns. In the process they have managed to straddle both
the heavy metal and indie genres, attracting the attention of
journalists from both camps and securing a publishing contract with poet
and punk legend Henry Rollins. Tours with well-regarded punk and rock
acts Terrorvision, Bad Religion and Iggy Pop helped to establish their
reputation as a hard-working, talented live act. Filth By Association
collected their well-received first three EPs (D.C.E.P. , Saturation
and69 Hayloft Action) in updated form, along with two new tracks to
complete the package. Rollins later sought to launch them in the USA by
arranging a contract with London Records, who released the US-only Son
Of Filth, an album split between old material remixed by Rollins and new
songs produced in London with Steve Mack (ex-That Petrol Emotion).