Review
Wheezing Maniac
Shade Through The Night Door

Puto Jefe (2023) Christopher D

Wheezing Maniac – Shade Through The Night Door cover artwork
Wheezing Maniac – Shade Through The Night Door — Puto Jefe, 2023

Breathe In Breathe Out. Wheezing is often heard as a whistling sound primarily while breathing out but can also be heard when taking deep breaths. It is frequently attributed to the small Bronchial Tubes situated deep within the lungs. However, a maniac can often be seen as a derogatory term used in place of a lunatic, mad person, loony, wing nut, psycho, head case or screwball.

In this case, it can be determined that these fine gentlemen most likely have early signs of undiagnosed Asthma coupled with psychiatric issues.
These Wheezing Maniacs were like a meteor glowing in the night sky and burning into the atmosphere. They existed from 1987 to 1989 with a healthy exhausting output of three gigs and a handful of demos.

Wheezing Maniacs don’t wear flowerpots (domes) on their noggin but have that left-of-the-dial pulse much like when long hairs would want to beat the living cream corned shit out of the Punks often starting with “Hey Devo”. Short blasts of Minutemen with the good-humoured ice cream dripping down a loveable chubby brat's meat hooks and coming at ya with it like an Angry Samoan. Grrrrrrr. The Skating community picked up on these short blasts of punk/lo-fi/garage wonderful weirdness and laid down the decks skating around a Butthole like a Surfer but not too heavy on the ring toss.

Wheezing Maniac most likely did not want to be pigeonholed and only the great Kreskin could predict how they would have solidified over the sands of Dali dripping time. Putojefe has saved the day (put on subliminal shoulder-Hip Hip Hooray) and exposed a passage through the thick fog to another world.

Wheezing Maniac – Shade Through The Night Door cover artwork
Wheezing Maniac – Shade Through The Night Door — Puto Jefe, 2023

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