Deja Voodoo was a Canadian garage rock band, formed by Gerard van Herk (guitar and singing) and Tony Dewald (drums), who combined 1950s horror imagery with rockabilly and country musical influences.

Van Herk's guitar only had the top four strings and he sang in a deep voice, whilst Dewald's drum kit had no cymbals, which resulted in a low-treble rock style they termed "sludgeabilly."

[2] As Deja Voodoo was embarking on its first performances, Montreal was receiving an influx of immigrants from Western Canada, and independent record labels were starting to spring up.

The turning point for Deja Voodoo came with van Herk and Dewald launching Og Music in 1982 with a second pressing of their debut single "Monsters in My Garage."

Cemetery was the first Deja Voodoo album to be sold in vinyl form, selling widely across Canada and even to some small [stores?]

[5] Earlier in 2024, Gerard announced on the band's Facebook page that they had signed a contract with the Montreal label Return to Analog Records to reissue their first five albums.

In 2011, Mark Davis and Lorrie Matheson collaborated on a cover of Deja Voodoo's "Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die" for the first Have Not Been the Same charity compilation.