A veteran of the Winnipeg punk scene, Paul ‘Twist’ Schaeffer has been playing guitar in punk
outfits for over 30 years.
Armed his signature white Les Paul, adored with a picture of Bettie Page, he is certainly an
onstage presence! Engaging the audience with a relentless barrage of power chords, screaming
licks and vertical aerials, putting the “bird” in the Murder Birds, his latest band.
Twist plays loud. Really loud!! When asked to turn down, he never does. In fact, inevitably, he
will turn his amp up. It seems almost apropos that he should be nominated for guitarist of the
year by the Manitoba Loud Music Awards, a group that advocates and recognizes the
achievements of purveyors of “loud” music.
As cofounder and guitarist of The Murder Birds (2021, 2022 & 2023 recipients of MLMA’s ‘Cover
Band of The Year’ award and the first ever winners of the MLMA’s Powerhouse award), he
continues to pay homage to the punk rock music that has encompassed his life for the past four
decades.
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