The Halley De Vestern Band.

"You've got the biggest pipes I've heard on a babe in a long time." - Bonnie Bramlett

REVIEWS OF THE NEW CD "SUPERHERO KILLER" (scroll down for reviews of Halley's other CDs)	LOG-ROLLING, FAN FEEDBACK & OTHER PHAT QUOTES	FEATURE ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
"Superhero Killer gives you ample doses of everything you've ever loved about DeVestern, including ballsy howling vocals, crisply written songs with hard-hitting lyrics, a strong backing band, and decent production values as an added bonus.  Several of these tracks are flat-out outstanding...  This CD gives a very satisfactory taste of what all the fuss has been about." - Richard Hughes, Good Times Click the image to see the famous "Reincarnation of Janis" Good Times cover. "Halley Devestern has a big, ballsy voice and knows how to use it.  She's got the funk too!... harkens to the great Maria McKee and Lone Justice." - Ear Candy "The next Janis Joplin is Halley DeVestern... Not only can Halley channel he ghost of Janis into her vocal chords, "Five Minute Love Song" sounds a bit like a Natalie Merchant track, "Cancer of the Mind" has a classic 60s R & B feel and "I'm Dead Too" impresses with her ability to use all octaves of her remarkable vocal range." - Ben Montgomery, CDReviews.com "A much more raw and edgy Halley.  Halley sounds mad, angry and tough.  She's toured with Janis's old band, Big Brother, and it shows.  The end result is an album with female vocals in the same lines of Janis's rough hewn blues, but with an even more raw and even more edgy quality." - The Celebrity Cafe "Superhero Killer is an intense juxtaposition of serious tone and catchy music...  Don't expect to be uplifted.  Don't pick this out if you're looking for an entertaining sound with amicable lyrics.  This is an album with depth that will challenge your perceptions." - C. Nathan Coyle, Rambles "I can think of many a night where this CD could have talked me down from a ledge or given me the courage to jump…I guess it would depend on the track... I can confess to the desperate desire to be first in line for their next live show because I have to experience this music to believe it. Is everyone in the band okay?  Do you need somebody to talk to?" - Anne Deming, Collected Sounds [A] theatre BFA from Boston U. now living in Brooklyn, [DeVestern] shows her background with songs that are often visual and rich with subtext.   Like these influences, DeVestern can offer up big melodies and intimate ballads.  She can be lyrically dark and psychological, and often marries upbeat melodies with lyrics that range from eerie to terrifying.  Titles like 'Strangled in the Park' only hint at the territory DeVestern is willing to tread. 'Hey I'm a Man' is a peek of the Pixies, an imagined conversation with Patti Smith.  'It's a Girl' and 'Glow in the Dark Baby Jesus' are both unmistakably theatrical and as I found after the CD ended and I ran errands, melodically hooky.  The song went with me through my afternoon out of town in Virginia Beach.  Singing the lyrics to 'It's a Girl' there, however, where 'offensive language' can get you a quick ticket and even a night in jail wouldn't have been a good idea.  Refusing to face such uncomfortable images doesn't prevent the events and uncomfortable images from playing out everywhere in the world.  That's an irony DeVestern might note with clear eyes and sharp tongue. DeVestern's voice is striking and flawlessly restrained in 'New York City Happy Song' and it's with little chagrin that she sings, 'You're never gonna be thin enough to fit in the TV set.' There's no question that DeVestern has a powerful voice.  She's toured with Big Brother and the Holding Company by their invitation.  But her restrained performance in 'I'm Dead Too' is affecting. So many releases by strong vocalists are that of 'The Vocalist' and 'supporting band.  Superhero Killer comes across as a group of accomplished musicians who regularly play together because that's what they are.  It's a quality that can't be manufactured and it's a pleasure to hear.  Jimi Crespo, Jon Sobel, Ray Crespo, and the late Dijana Derkac add their talents to Superhero Killer and to the live show.   Sobel and Crespo share songwriting credits with DeVestern on a few tracks and Sobel wrote the ominously mournful 'Seashell.'  DeVestern created the painting that adorns the CD. Superhero Killer offers plenty of darkness, but not for shock.  DeVestern's got more than that to throw at us and I want to listen." - Cesca Waterfield, Expository Magazine "From the declarative first cut 'Sugar Free,' DeVestern shows a big voice that's a cross between Maria McKee and Janis Joplin, along with a scathing writing style that walks the emotional extreme.  Some will find DeVestern's unvarnished approach too provocative or uncomfortable to be their cup of tea; others will find her a refreshing clearing of pop niceties from their musical palate.  The songs here are filled with caustic social commentary ('The poorer you are the fatter you get/You're never gonna be thin enough to fit in the TV set')... But even though she takes a nasty R-rated blowtorch to objectification with 'It's A Girl,' DeVestern also adeptly handles emotional bleakness on 'I'm Dead Too' and can take a tablespoon and still drench 'Five Minute Love Song' with erotic meaning." - Dan Thomason, Amplifier "Halley DeVestern's third CD, Superhero Killer, rocks as hard as we expect from Halley DeVestern.  Her combination of blues, rock, and funk with high energy vocals and raw power make this CD a keeper.  DeVestern is widely known for her vocal power and has even toured with Big Brother and The Holding Company, the band that made Janis Joplin famous.  This CD combines hard-hitting, in your face rock, with bluesy ballads, and unrestrained power to give the listener eleven songs that will leave them wanting more.... She has the ability to show a restrained elegance as well.  Especially on 'I'm Dead Too' and 'New York City Happy Song' where Halley shows her range and just how delicate her voice can be when she chooses so. The musicianship on this release should not be overlooked while concentrating on DeVestern's vocal power.  It is apparent that this band has been working together for a good bit of time.  Denise Barbarita's abilities as a producer are also clear." - Best Female Musicians	"Halley DeVestern is of course a goddess of western civilization." - Women in Musica "Halley DeVestern could give Janis Joplin a run for her money in the wild blueswoman category."  - Bern Rappold, The Julia Set "Halley sings the thoughts in my head!!  She can rock and she is a powerhouse of musical emotion."  - Thaelo Blue, WEFT-FM, Champaign IL If you can't cut it live, you can't cut it period.  And she cuts it like the knife fight in West Side Story." - Bill Ribas, NYRock "Compelling, direct, passionate music to rock your soul."  - Richard Fox, WCUW, Worcester MA "Damn, that girl kicks ass!"  - Holly Figueroa, founder of Indiegrrl "Halley's voice can bowl you over from 50 paces away.  There are very few vocalists, either male or female, who can sing with the fire, intensity, passion and finesse that Halley can."  - Aaron Childs, WCSR, Michigan "This CD has had a permanent spot in my CD player since I purchased it a couple of months ago.  Raw, organic and real: this CD has everything that's missing in today's sterilized pop music.  Halley's vocals are top notch, the musicians are first-rate and the arrangements are perfect.  Particularly striking on this album is Halley's tremendous talent as a lyricist: there is a direct, dark humor here that is both poetic and distinctive."  - Allison Tartalia	THE CITIZEN (Auburn, NY):  "Janis Joplin lives?  Well not exactly, but the next best thing is taking the country by storm."  Read the full text. THE LONG ISLAND VOICE: "If Natalie Merchant lost her pretension and got soused on Southern Comfort instead of herbal tea, she might be DeVestern."  Read the full text. THE ITHACA TIMES: "The [Big Brother and the Holding Company] tour also enabled her to understand the undying devotion that people still have for Janis.  'Sometimes people would come up to me in tears and say 'you brought it all back,"' recalls DeVestern."  Read the full text. NEWSDAY: "How does a nice Rockville Centre girl like Halley DeVestern make us believe that she's got the brains, teeth and smell of an animal?  That she's got a 'bloody screaming jones' and 'digs a moonlit howl?'"  Read the full text. THE ITHACA JOURNAL: "Sounds like Janis, writes like Alanis.  That's the easy way to label Halley DeVestern, an up and coming singer from Brooklyn.  But a listen to her debut CD, Sugar Free, offers convincing evidence that she's far more than the sum of those clichés."  Read the full text. MTV ONLINE: "HALLEY DEVESTERN deserves to be judged on her own merit.  Forget the comparisons and similarities to some of music's most influential women; Halley might one day join them, but it will certainly be on her own terms."  Read the full text. Halley interviewed by The Celebrity Café Halley interviewed by Committment.com Halley interviewed by NewBeats