DEIR GOODBYE TOUR
Jeff Davies, leader and vocalist of the English death metal band DEIR (Do Evil In Return / Pagarás Con Maldad) was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2072.
Davies, 37, became a legend when at the start of the GOODBYE TOUR last year, he revealed on his social media that he was mute from birth. By then DEIR had released 17 best-selling albums and starred in massive concert tours, until that date, without anyone noticing that Davies was incapable of pronouncing not just a note, but even a word.
“It wasn't necessary for me to do it. His stage projection revealed more than the unpronounceable, deep and guttural voices (growls) of any other singer in the genre”, said Tommy Jones, critic of Rolling Stones magazine, who coined the title in a memorable article with the that Davies would be known from then on: the Rock Mime.
“His pale face distorted in a paroxysm of agony, violent and flashing breaks in on himself, together with the powerful distorted guitar riffs and dizzying percussion (blast beat) of his bandmates, made Davies and DEIR must-sees. death metal since “Fuck You, Satanas,” their 2055 debut album and subsequent tour,” Jones recalled in his article, in which he candidly acknowledged that even reading the lyrics to the songs on the Internet knew that despite the title , the album was mostly about the defense of Nature.
During the ceremony held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, Davies thanked him in his own way for the honor he was given, imitating the pose that would become iconic from the cover of "Fuck You, Satanas!" –reproduced on hundreds of thousands of t-shirts in the year 2055, fashionable again by the GOODBYE TOUR, and which you can buy here–, in which he raises the fist of his left hand and displays the middle finger in an insolent close-up that shocked, at the time, the good consciences of the United Kingdom.