"...though I'm sure it's not the first
time they've been in the New Haven
Advocate, just the first time I
remember seeing one of my photos
used. Not that I was given a photo
credit or anything, though that's not
a big deal. Like the Advocate was
supposed to know; they think The
Reducers are still punk rock.
Support your local fuck-ups!
Listening to Murdervan takes me back
 to the Connecticut hardcore scene
circa '86, when the scene elders wanted
everyone to believe that bands like Bad
Attitude (battitude!) and the reformed
C.I.A. were going to move beyond thrash
into something heavier, and show us all
how to rock. That didn't happen, obviously,
but I think Murdervan are finally pulling off
what those bands were trying to accomplish
-- heavy rock that's a step or two beyond
hardcore, but still very, very good.
"The Scraping" is probably the best song
off Murdervan's most recent CD, or at least
it's my personal favorite, especially live when
it takes on a whole new form of punishment."
---Dave Zukauskas





"On Friday night, just as it was starting to snow
pretty bad, I saw Murdervan take the stage down
at Wallingford's charming hole in the wall, Cherry
St. Station. The scene was hauntingly familiar.
Their singer, dressed in a plaid-print shirt,
stomped on a pedal board was literally a slab
of wood from which his pedals fell off and got
kicked. Their burly, sweaty drummer flung himself
at a kit that was being held in place by a length
of 2x4. They took heavy rock songs and pulled them
apart like taffy into droning, wailing chunks of
elastic feedback. Suddenly it struck me: this is
grunge. Pure, unabashed, un-retro, neither an
homage nor an anachronism. I can only approximate
— I was a tween trading in his dad's Allman Brothers
tapes for Pearl Jam when the first wave of grunge hit
— but I have a sneaking suspicion that catching Green
River or Tad in a divey Seattle club had the same
wonderful rock 'n roll reek."
--Dan Barry, Hartford Advocate




----"I'm almost willing to bet that Murdervan
own a couple of records by Black Flag, and
maybe "Total Recall" too.....Any rock this
straight-up heavy that reeks of bad pot
(but in a good way) yet still isn't so completely
full of it own shit is worth keeping around for any
number of reasons, not the least of which is,
Murdervan sound friggin' great when played good
and loud through a car stereo.
This isn't really stoner metal, though-- more like
Leatherface meets Thin Lizzy (okay, so maybe that
does describe stoner metal), and if someone asked me
 which Connecticut band I like the most out of the
ones from right now, I'd probably say Murdervan."
- BRUSHBACK




"Murdervan are a grunge band. I don't think there's
any denying that. It's as if they were somehow sent
here through some time/space vortex from Seattle
1990. They are good, though. Even when falling down
drunk by the end of the set."


--King David




----"Murdervan wasted no time after a brief 30-
second soundcheck, saying "Can we just start playing
now?", and then immediately tore into a shortened
set that was fast and loud as hell. Like the guy from
Beware The Hippie Menace said, Murdervan almost
always sound like they're ready to fall apart. For a band
that can build a pocket about as well as anybody,
they have this way of playing extremely loose, while
still sounding incredibly tight... yeah, whatever that means.
If you go see 'em, you'll find out."

-  onebaseonanoverthrow.blogspot.com






"I personally didn't like the opener "Murdervan."
They really really really really sucked."


--Eagles Of Death Metal fan. hahaha






"Murdervan: Dumb name, great band. It's a winning
mix of Motorhead's velocity and grit, punk's who-cares
attitude and a smidge of psychedelia."


-Columbus, OH Dispatch






"I would have to say that Murdervan’s new EP
is a gem, well, maybe a piece of coal on its
way to becoming a diamond. Its a very tight
yet rough sounding recording, its crisp. The
lyrical content is slightly reminiscent of CKY
and in some instances the sound reminds me
 of old school Soundgarden, and is nostalgic
of all that good heavy rock bordering hardcore
punk that you grew up listening to, it even has
a metal feel at times; as you see I don’t know
what genre to attempt to put this one in. Regardless,
Shauns wailing guitar riffs and vocals, backed by
Andre’s solid bass lines and Adonis’ drums, make
for a very pleasantly heavy listening session.
The band actually asked me to knock them a bit
in the review when I asked if it would be ok to do
one, but its hard, I refuse to review a band that I
don’t enjoy listening to. You guys are much better
at what you do in my opinion than a lot of other
“punk rockers” around here. Cheers! give “Jaundice”
a listen."


--we have no idea who wrote this review






"MurderVan is a bit too much for myself as well....
The drummer has a short fuse. I would hate for him
to think I was giving him a cross look and end up
catching a drumstick in the eye or something...."


- Some tool on the Breakfast.info message board...hahaha