Wet Dog is an international group featuring Stephen 'Vom' Ritchie from German rockers Die Toten Hosen and Richard Searle from Acid jazz band Corduroy and the Bohemian Underground Movement. Both Ritchie and Searle were original members of British chart-toppers Doctor and the Medics. Wet Dog also features Anna Donarski, who has played for Damo Suzuki from Can and German punk rock outfit Fehlfarben.
Fancy You, the first release by Wet Dog, appeared on an Acid Jazz Records compilation called Old School New Cool in 2005. The track was inspired by a scene from the film Get Carter, in which Michael Caine has phone sex with Britt Ekland.
The band's debut album Perfect Crime was released through Drumming Monkey Records / Rough Trade Records on August 31, 2007. It featured 14 tracks, covering such styles as funk, punk, pop, rock and soul. A single from the album Heart was released on August 10, 2007.
Famous quotes containing the words wet and/or dog:
“Here in the centre stands the glass. Light
Is the lion that comes down to drink. There
And in that state, the glass is a pool.
Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws
When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“All you’ve got is the word of a fool dog. It’s been my experience that a bloodhound is the foolishest dog that is. I don’t remember of anybody ever keeping a bloodhound for a yard dog. They’re such dad blasted fools.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)