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May 13, 2009 Interviews DETROIT ROCK, PAYBACKS, WENDY CASE. FOREWORD: The Paybacks are just another solid-bodied garage band from Detroit. Jarring lead singer, Wendy Case, battling back from years of drug abuse, became the hardest rockin’ chick in the midwest. By ’02, her bands’ rough ‘n ready Knock Loud zoomed forward in overdrive.
Wendy Case’s voice sounds like Chrissie Hynde turned into the Hulk, retaining enough subtlety to prevent Paybacks records from being overheated shoutfests while making a case for the most powerful bellow in rock — male or female. That bellow is the centerpiece of the group’s lean, ragged and bruisingly tuneful sound on Knock Hard by Case ...
Wendy Case ruminates backstage after a show at Beachland.
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Oct 1, 2002 · Wendy Case's ex is probably contemplating suicide. The Paybacks combine loud, energetic music with lyrics that are disarmingly compassionate and profoundly desperate. But "Knock Loud" is...
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Apr 22, 2002 · Written by singer/guitarist Wendy Case and guitarist Marco Delicato, the album has a directness that keeps the whole affair lean and fast-paced. Case 's rough voice and confident approach invites Joan Jett / Chrissie Hynde comparisons, but she adds a biting shot of personality that makes it distinctly her own.
Nov 14, 2006 · The third time really does seem to be the charm for Wendy Case and her latest lineup of the Paybacks -- their third album, Love, Not Reason is the band's tightest, hardest, and most satisfying effort to date. Made after Case 's self-confessed retreat from a longtime alcohol addiction, Love, Not Reason has a tight focus and sense of discipline ...
Nov 13, 2006 · With a shit-hot pop punk and hard rock hybrid driven by the sleazy stylings of the whiskey throated Wendy Case, The Paybacks emerged in 1999 as an almost supergroup of the underground Detroit garage rock community. Members previously played with acts such as The Hentchmen, Rocket 455 and The Muggs.
