Official animated music video for Hazmat Modine’s third studio album “Extra-Deluxe-Supreme”. Music by Wade Schuman, Erik Della Penna & Steve Elson, Lyrics Wade Schuman & Erik Della Penna. Video by Mattias Gordon, Hellofilms. ”The song is about my father, Nick Della Penna who lives in upstate New York on a meadow of grass and apple trees. He is a man possessed by angels and demons (like most of us). About twenty-five years ago, on his meadow, he began to construct a labyrinth of stonewalls and sculpture. Some of the structures are fifty feet tall. Some are covered with mosaics depicting the folly of humanity. Niches in the walls contain small demonic terra-cotta sculptures. He works like a spider spinning a web, as if programmed by his DNA. He does not rest and continues to this day. A few years ago Wade suggested we write a song about my father, and so we did. Wade enlisted Mattias Gordon to put together a video of his animation to represent the song, that depicts the maze of stone that my father is building.” - Erik Della Penna "It was inspiring to find people dedicated and willing to collaborate, first with Erik and Steve on the music, and then Mattias on the video…I also liked working with someone far overseas in Sweden, who could still express the strange essence [...]

2016 is the year in which Hazmat Modine is touring 10 years in Europe. An anniversary tour that will lead the band through 6 European countries. After the release of their new CD EXTRA-DELUXE-SUPREME in autumn 2015 Hazmat Modine toured late last year for the first time in Brazil and Mexico. 2016 started with concerts in Australia and New Zealand, where they had a huge success and were placed in the Top 40 album charts! In addition, the band has received the Prize of the German Record Critics. Line-Up 2016: Wade Schumann - Diatonic Harmonica, Guitar, Banjitar, Lead Vocal Erik Della Penna - Lead- und Background Vocal, Banjo, Guitar Charlie Burnham - Violin, Background Vocal Jon Sass - Sousaphone Kevin Garcia - Percussion, Drums Steve Elson - Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax, Clarinet, Duduk, Flute Michael Gomez - Acc.- & Electr. Guitars, Banjitar, Steel Guitar Pamela Fleming - Trumpet, Flugelhorn Tourdates Anniversary Tour 2016: Hazmat Modine draws from the rich soil of American music of the 20′s and 30′s through to the 50′s and early 60′s, blending elements of early Blues, Hokum Jug band, Swing, New Orleans R&B, and Jamaican Rocksteady. A pointer to Hazmat’s methodology can be found in the band’s configuration. Schuman’s guitar, diatonic harmonica and intensely earthy vocals set the tone. A solid [...]