Duncan Wilder Johnson Profile Page on Nextcat.com

ON SPOKEN WORD:
Walking a frayed and swinging tightrope between traditional spoken word and straight out comedy, Duncan shifts fluidly from frantic and rabid verbal assaults to mid paced story telling to slower laid back musings. All of it holds the attention well and quite a bit of it is very funny, provoking anything from chuckles to guffaws. The material is as diverse as myspace, rednecks and Ramones, a Maiden, Motorhead and Dio concert and construction accidents. Unique and highly entertaining, you could do a lot worse than lend an ear to this.
-Michael Ballue (Hellridemusic.com)

Where Duncan really shines, however, is on disc 3: DWJ Has A Short Guy Complex: Spoken Word #4. I began laughing aloud less than 60 seconds into the first track, and the rest of the disc's a good ride as he rants about Muzak, reality TV, MySpace, frat antics, "cool" kids, and many other things worthy of verbal abuse and humorous discussion. I'm not an expert on spoken word, but Duncan's self-effacing sense of humor combined with his OTT adrenalized delivery and unabashed love of all things metal makes for a totally worthwhile listen that I will return to whenever I need a hearty laugh. Herein are some of the best pieces he's served up to date. As the 3-disc set is priced $11.99, this third disc alone is worth the admission price. Consider the first two discs bonuses to this.
-Mark Fields, gaspetc.com

... his frantic, lunatic, old-time punk personality was filled with acidic vitality and caustic enthusiasm. These were performance pieces, not poems. Duncan delivered his work with dynamic body language and vehement rage that most front men should take note of.
-The Northeast Performer

Think spoken word has to be about sensetivity and women's issues? Think again, Duncan Wilder Johnson is a spoken word artist and he's pretty metal.
-San Francisco Weekly

ON DESTRUCT-A-THON (Metal Band)
Destruct-A-Thon boasts the bigger sound, a bludgeon of sorts forged from the hardest strains of metal and hard-core. Destruct-A-Thon is unforgiving in its sound and message, which amount to steady waves of mayhem and venom. This is no Tenacious D-style inside joke; this is legitimately skull crushing.
-Scott McLennan, Worcester Telelgram and Gazzette



Heavy Metal Part 2: Slayer (Spoken Word Excerpt)

Heavy Metal Part 3: Ozzfest (Spoken Word excerpt)

Nosejob (Spoken Word Excerpt)

9 Squares (Music with Destruct-a-thon)

Michele 1 (Music with Destruct-a-thon)

Bring The Knife (Music with Destruct-a-thon)

Duncan Wilder Johnson is a workaholic.

Destruct-a-thon was a band that Duncan fronted from 2001-2004. They reformed in 2006. Inspired by Slayer, Black Flag, and Kyuss, the quartet was hailed as having one of the best live shows in the Northeast and opened for acts including The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Bronx, Tree, Seemless, Harlow, and Cracktorch.

When Destruct-a-thon disbanded, Duncan and drummer Eman Pacheco formed a two-piece project called "Kill It All Away" which picked up where Destruct-a-thon left off. This time the music is even heavier! The forthcoming EP features crazed time changes, huge riffs, and some of the best vocalists in New England metal Jet from Sam Black Church, Jonah from Only Living Witness / Raw Radar War, Chico from Closed Casket and more.

Meanwhile, Duncan has turned loud rock fans onto his speaking performances. He has played the Boston Freedom Rally (audience of 60,000 people), performed with Jim Carroll (author of The Basketball Diaries), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Marky Ramone (The Ramones), Lydia Lunch, Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Overcast, Sam Black Church, and Scissorfight. Presenting spoken word performances is a daunting endeavor; few can stomach the anxiety of being alone onstage in front of an often-unenthusiastic group of club goers. Armed with brutal honesty, Duncan has been critiquing and dissecting rock culture since 1995 with an infectious energy that blends the sensibilities of Bill Hicks and Headbanger's Ball.

THIS IS NOT SLAM POETRY. THIS IS NOT SENSETIVE ESOTERIC CRAP. THIS IS METAL WITH JUST ONE GUY ON A STAGE.

He has released 3 CDs to date - On Tour Without A Band (1998, 1-900-EAT-Redbackack), with Rich Mackin, Clay Fernald, and Tony Flacket, Heavy Metal Spoken Word (2000, Wonderdrug / Redbackpack), DWJ/Destruct-a-thon split, aka The Orange CD (2001, Wonderdrug / Redbackpack).

From 1995-1999 Duncan attended Massachusetts College of Art where he majored in Photography and SIM (Performance, Interrelated Media). He has regularly taught photography and shown photographs in Boston and New York.

On December 6, 2004 Duncan and his father, Stephen C. Johnson suffered a terrible construction accident. The two men fell 25 ft. when a support poll snapped in half on some scaffolding. Stephen broke his left leg in three places and fractured his sternum. Duncan broke his right wrist and suffered 4 hairline fractures of his pelvis and one hairline fracture of his sacrum. "When you almost die, all you want to do is live," Duncan said recently. He is currently working on three CD projects to be released simultaneously: Destruct-a-thon "Es Muerto" full length, THE KILL IT ALL AWAY EP (a two piece project with Eman Pacheco), and DUNCAN WILDER JOHNSON HAS A SHORT-GUY COMPLEX: SPOKEN WORD NUMBER 4.

-Written with the tremendous help of Mr. Mike Baldino