Heavy Psych Rock from Southern Arizona.

A four-piece combining desert rock, psychedelia, doom, and progressive arrangement.

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Smear Merchants

Fourth studio album · Desert Records · March 21, 2025 · No. 5 on the March Doom Charts

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Written and produced independently, Smear Merchants marks Fuzz Evil's expansion into a four-piece: heavier, stranger, more progressive, and more atmospheric without losing the riffs and forward drive at the center of the band.

Recorded / mixed / production: Joseph “Joey” Rudell
Mastering: Mark Milbourne
Label: Desert Records

Vinyl, cassette, CD and digital on Bandcamp ↗

Proof of life

Watch Fuzz Evil live.

Featured live video · 2025

The Black Dread

191 Toole · Tucson · opening for Pentagram

Live in Los Angeles

Wanderer's Wake

Permanent Records Roadhouse

From the borderlands outward

A high-desert valley band with regional gravity.

Formed by brothers Wayne and Joseph “Joey” Rudell, Fuzz Evil has become a prominent Arizona presence in heavy desert, stoner, doom, and psychedelic rock. The band supports major touring artists across the region while building shows and community from Sierra Vista outward.

Wayne drives vocals, riffs, booking, press and future planning. Joey handles bass, recording, mixing, production and the visual world surrounding the band. Preston moves between baritone and regular guitar as lead/effects. Kenneth “Cajun” Adam anchors the band on drums with additional harsh vocals.

Wayne RudellGuitar · lead vocals Joseph Joey Rudell performing live

Joseph “Joey” RudellBass · backing vocals Preston Jennings performing live

Preston JenningsLead / effects · baritone + guitar Kenneth Cajun Adam performing live

Kenneth “Cajun” AdamDrums · additional vocals

Shared stages and festival bills

Eagles of Death MetalPentagramFu ManchuSleepAcid KingDead MeadowTruckfightersYawning ManFatso JetsonMothershipNik Turner’s HawkwindCrobotUriah HeepThe Atomic Bitchwax

Fuzz Evil also co-created and organized Borderland Fuzz Fiesta, bringing underground heavy and psychedelic music to Southern Arizona.

Borderland Fuzz Fiesta 2016 flyer — Borderland Fuzz Fiesta · 2016Co-created and organized by Fuzz Evil

Critical signal

Press on Smear Merchants

“Darker, more complex and better thought out than anything the band have attempted to date.”
Desert Psychlist

“An organic arrival at a moment of realization and self-reflection.”
The Obelisk

“You are witnessing a band pushing themselves further than ever before.”
Slightly Fuzzed

“Original and fully immersive like nothing I have heard before.”
Jam Yeti

Screen placement

NCIS: Los Angeles

Season 11 · Episode 8 · “Human Resources”

Booking · press · advance

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fuzzevilaz@gmail.com 520 227 9849 Stage plot ↗

Wayne Rudell handles booking, press and general advance. Technical production questions route to Joey Rudell.