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AIDS Wolf was a Canadian noise rock band, who debuted on Pasalymany tapes but moved to Skin Graft Records and Lovepump United. Name According to singer Chloe Lum, the name "AIDS Wolf" comes from an urban legend wherein wolves carry AIDS and pass it to house pets who then pass it on to people: "We didn t come up with AIDS Wolf as a concept. The idea has been floating around in the public psyche for a while. In urban legend, wolves transmit AIDS instead of rabies; in depressing college towns, street gangs spray-paint AIDS Wolf on the side of buildings." http://www.new-noise.net/now_209.html The band has given other answers to similar questions, however: "My partner and I were on a road trip in Ohio, and it just came to us. It was a universal message. It's a combination of our spirit peers in An Albatross (animal) and The Sick Lipstick (R.I.P.) (illness). It fits, because we're a little bit no wave and a little bit hardcore, like each of those bands. It's also a message that we as humans must take care for our animal siblings as their health is a barometer of our own survival." http://discorder.citr.ca/features/05octaidswolf.html The band broke up on March 22nd, 2012. [1] Political ethos On 25 February 2010, members of AIDS Wolf signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.[2] Discography See also References External links fr:AIDS Wolf nl:AIDS Wolf
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