RIGHT ARM OF WYOMING (or "RAW" for short) is a one-man libertarian-anarchist hardcore punk/industrial rock band from Casper, Wyoming.
Songwriter/lyricist/guitarist/bass player/drummer/producer Michael W. Dean says "I moved out of California after buying my first gun." He believes that "California would be a beautiful place to live, if it weren't for all those damn Californians."
Michael W. Dean sang and played bass in the 80s and 90s in the San Francisco band Bomb (Warner Brothers). He played guitar in the early 80s hardcore punk band The Beef People, and sang and played bass in the mid-80s post-punk band Baby Opaque.
This is his first CD since Bomb. He's spent the interim directing the films D.I.Y. or DIE: How to Survive as an Independent Artist and Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow, and being the author of the books $30 Film School, $30 Music School, $30 Writing School, Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women, The Simple Pleasures of a Complex Girl, and co-authoring the books DIY NOW! Digital Audio and YouTube: an Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts.
ABOUT THE BAND NAME: Michael says, "You may wonder, what does the name Right Arm of Wyoming mean? Well, it does NOT mean 'right wing.' I'm libertarian. I relate with the right wing more than the left wing, but I'm NO-wing. Right Arm of Wyoming is a take-off on the phrase, 'Right arm of the free world', a description of the world-famous battle rifle, the FAL. I like FALs. That's my FAL (and my bass guitar) in the logo photo."
(Web links below promo pix.)
PROMO PIC of Michael Dean and of CD cover. (Grab web version below, or click on these web-rez small RGB version below for large print-rez CMYK version. Photo credit Debra Jean Dean. Both low-rez and high-rez versions of photo are covered by Creative Commons, attribution and share-alike license (Cc-by-sa) license 3.0.). Photo taken July 9, 2009 in Buffalo, Wyoming.:
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Listen to songs and get more info at the Website: www.RightArmOfWyoming.com
Order the CD: www.rightarmofwyoming.com/cd.htm
Read the lyrics: www.rightarmofwyoming.com/lyrics.htm
MySpace: www.myspace.com/rightarmofwyoming
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/rightarmofwyoming
Hang out: http://forums.conservativepunk.com/forums/
Solo blog: www.StinkFight.com
Blog with friends: www.LibertarianPunk.com
Podcast: www.nestlandia.com
All songs copyright 2009, Michael W. Dean. All songs written and recorded between August 6, 2009 and October 26, 2009. CONTACT: PO Box 1142 Casper, WY 82602. e-mail: rightarmofwyoming@gmail.com
RIGHT ARM OF WYOMING is Michael W. Dean: SINGING, WORDS, MUSIC, GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, DRUMS, GUNS, MARIMBA, ALL ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION.
Mrs. Dean: ADDITIONAL VOCALS, and back cover photo of Michael W. Dean.
Officer Huttskew: Guitar on "My Gun Keeps You Honest" and "Liberty in Shards"