The Hexed DUB

by Chopper Franklin

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Post-Punk Monk Chopper, who plays the pawn in this game of woe, roared the song aloud like a man who knows that any aces he may have held were in games played in towns long abandoned and that the future at his door now holds only bleakness. Full review here: postpunkmonk.com/2025/05/19/chopper-franklin-back-with-a-new-dark-dub-single-the-hexed/
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“The Hexed DUB” is the latest creation from the Heathen Apostles’ Chopper Franklin (The Cramps, Mau Maus); it’s his gothic dub remix of his original song “The Hexed”. This single is from his upcoming EP “Darkness in Hymn and Dub Vol. 1”; it also features his Heathen Apostles bandmate Mather Louth on co-lead vocals.

Chopper cut his teeth in the early days of the Los Angeles punk rock scene, a world that was infused by the post-punk dub sounds of Public Image Limited, Bauhaus and Killing Joke (among others). The roots reggae dub revolution that was lead by Lee “Scratch” Perry, King Tubby and Scientist was also prevalent, and plays a heavy influence on this project.

Check out the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVfwZzAQPDg

lyrics

THE HEXED
(lyrics & music by Chopper Franklin)

She said, join our order, as a friend, or a lover
She took my soul, wrapped it around her
It’s said, the moon’s her lover, she had a dream about a powder
I took a dose, fell down beside her

He’s the hexed, brought down by the best
He’s the hexed, and you know the rest

She said, abide me brother, took off her robe, made of rubber
Then mixed our blood, brought on another
We bled, often hidden, Christ saken, and God forbidden
Lost and low, and bed-ridden

He’s the hexed, brought down by the best
He’s the hexed, and you know the rest

Poisoned sleep will come tonight
To take your lover dead
So find your sword in shadows cast
And track the wolves instead

Murdered kings who’ve yet to come
To see the flames they fed
For those who wave the blackened flags
Would rather end up dead

He’s the hexed, brought down by the best
He’s the hexed, and you know the rest

© 2025 Ratchet Blade Records

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released May 16, 2025
Vocal and instruments by Chopper Franklin
Vocal by Mather Louth

Produced and Mixed by Chopper Franklin

Cover photo by Chad Michael Ward

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Heathen Apostles Los Angeles, California

"If there is such a thing in the current fringe roots genre as a supergroup, it would certainly be the Los Angeles-based dark roots and gothic country band Heathen Apostles, who includes ex-members of Radio Noir (Mather Louth), The Cramps (Chopper Franklin), Kings of Nuthin’ (Thomas Lorioux) in its ranks. That is one hell of a lineup." - No Depression Magazine ... more

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