Merging the menacing spirit of a John Carpenter score, the potent force of a Trent Reznor beat, and the macabre imagery of classic horror, unconventional musician/songwriter Greg Meister (the Wheelers, the Slats) and accomplished multi-instrumentalist and electronic composer Phil Young (Annalibera, Tires, the Wheelers) create a hair-raising multimedia experience that will make you wish Halloween lasted all year long.
Night Stories began where many spooky things do — in a dark, damp basement. Phil was taking a leak in the toilet behind Greg’s furnace when he suddenly heard the ominous swell of sinister organ music. His palms sweating, Phil frantically shook off, zipped up, and discovered to his relief that the unsettling sounds were not an indicator of his imminent demise at the hands of a psycho, but merely Greg tinkering around on the keys.
The sick pleasure Phil felt from his brief moment of terror led him to suggest the two longtime musical collaborators form a scary synth band to rattle unsuspecting teenagers in sleepy Midwest towns. Although Phil was partly joking, lifelong horror aficionado Greg was full steam ahead, arranging terrifying tracks faster than a scream queen can run up the stairs in a foolish attempt to escape the killer.
And so, Night Stories were on the loose.
The duo scooped up their first show just a week later when the talented, yet surprisingly unscary, Surf Zombies declined an offer to score the 1922 silent horror masterpiece, Nosferatu. Night Stories stepped up to compose and polish a 94-minute set in less than three weeks to deliver an electrifying performance to a packed house — and they’ve been thrilling awe-struck audiences ever since.
Experience the thrill for yourself with Night Stories’ debut release, Vol. 1, which features soundtracks to two gruesome films that exist only in their twisted minds. Night Stories emerge only in the month of October and on Friday the 13th throughout the year. So catch them live before they…catch you.
September 28
Death March 2
(Slaughterhouse Kick Off Party)
Fox Brewing
Des Moines, IA
6:30PM-8:30PM
October 25
Black Sheep
Des Moines, IA
DJ Set
10PM
October 26
Vaudeville Mews
Des Moines, IA
w/ Traffic Death + Glass Ox
9:30PM
October 29
The Lift
Des Moines, IA
Horror Movie Screening + Live Set
7PM
October 31
Replay Lounge
Lawrence, KS
HALLOWEEN PARTY
w/ Strobobean, Don Babylon, JC & The Nuns + DJ Cyrus D
9PM
COSTUMES ENCOURAGED FOR ALL EVENTS
E-MAIL: tellyournightstory@gmail.com