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DEK
LATE FOR (OLD) SCHOOL
Writer: Justin Hopper

Boner is a pretty childish title for an album; come to think of it, DEK (Don't Even Know) is kind of a toy as a band name. "Monsters Crash the Party," the first single from Boner, is two minutes of Misfits worship that gets as close to mature as this Seattle quartet's likely to come: "giant bunnies -- where have they been / faceless mummies -- they're back again ..." Then again, since the oldest member of DEK still won't be able to vote come November, why should they be singing about Social Security or the war? Hell, these Seattle kiddos won't be eligible for the draft for another few years, so let songs like "Naughty Neverland," about Michael Jackson's predilection for the likes of DEK, fly!

DEK isn't just any band of 15-to-17-year-olds, as you can tell by the band's current what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation national tour and CD-release gigs co-headlined with the likes of Agent Orange and The Weirdos. It takes more than being a decent band to get this cred: A lot of high school bands are good, even if DEK's thrashy-'80s West Coast punk is particularly well honed, including the can't-play/don't-care guitar solos. Fortunately for DEK, there's more than just a love for punk rock in the band's bloodstream. Twenty-five years ago, guitarist Mark Vraney's father, Mike, managed bands such as the Dead Kennedys and T.S.O.L. His connections, and a little bit of teenage-angst-fueled rock 'n' roll, got DEK signed to small punk indie Finger Records, a video produced by infamous left-coast artist Bad Otis Link, and a tour this summer with old school punks The Skulls. Just think what they'll do once they can drink.