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The Dead C

The Dead C
Origin	Dunedin, New Zealand
Genres	Experimental rock, noise rock, free rock, drone music, garage punk
Years active	1986–present
Members	Bruce Russell Michael Morley Robbie Yeats

The Dead C are a New Zealand based music and art trio made up of members Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats.^[1][2] Russell plays electric guitar, Morley sings and plays electric guitar or laptop, and Yeats plays drums. They have been called one of the most interesting bands in the world by Thurston Moore, and have been cited as influences by Bardo Pond, Flying Saucer Attack, Labradford, and Pavement.^[3]

Overview[edit]

Formed in Dunedin in 1987,^[4] the group is known for its lo-fi guitar soundscapes and improvisational take on rock music.^{[citation needed]} Their first Auckland show was in 1989 at Russell Crowe's Venue, by which point they had already released two albums on Flying Nun, who Russell had been doing copywriting work for.^[5] They became known internationally through their releases on the Philadelphia record label Siltbreeze, especially the 1992 double LP Harsh 70s Reality. Early, pre-Siltbreeze albums such as Eusa Kills and DR503 found the group still drifting between song-based work and the experimental free rock found in later albums including The White House and Tusk. Recent albums have seen the group add electronics and samples, yet still maintaining their origins in trademark hazy guitar chaos.^{[citation needed]} Their records are typically all improvised, and not recorded in a standard professional music studio.^[6]

The group performs infrequently outside of New Zealand, although they did travel to the US in March 2002 to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival (curated by Sonic Youth), as well as a couple of gigs in Los Angeles and San Francisco. They also performed for the first time in Europe in May 2004 at Le Weekend, a new music festival in Stirling, Scotland and returned to the UK to play at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival again in December 2006.^[7] In 2008, they played a short tour in the United States, and returned to the UK to play All Tomorrow's Parties in December 2010. In September 2016, they played a few US dates including Cropped Out festival in Louisville, Kentucky

A compilation album covering their first 18 years entitled Vain Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005 was released on the Ba Da Bing label in 2006.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Release date	Title	Label
1988	DR503	Flying Nun Records
1989	Eusa Kills	Flying Nun Records
1990	Trapdoor Fucking Exit	Precious Metal
1992	Harsh 70s Reality	Siltbreeze[a]
1992	Clyma est mort	Siltbreeze[b]
1992	Metric	Majora
1995	The White House	Siltbreeze
1996	Repent	Siltbreeze
1997	Tusk	Siltbreeze
2000	The Dead C	Language Recordings
2001	New Electric Music	Language Recordings
2003	The Damned	Starlight Furniture Company
2007	Future Artists	Ba Da Bing
2007	Untitled Split LP (with Hi God People)	Nervous Jerk Records
2008	Secret Earth	Ba Da Bing
2010	Patience	Ba Da Bing
2013	Armed Courage	Ba Da Bing
2016	Trouble	Ba Da Bing
2019	Rare Ravers	Ba Da Bing
2020	Unknowns	Ba Da Bing

EPs[edit]

Release date	Title	Label	Format
1989	The Sun Stabbed	Xpressway	7"
1990	Helen Said This¹	Siltbreeze	12", 33 rpm
1994	The Operation of the Sonne	Siltbreeze	12", 33 rpm
2005	Split Series 18 (with Konono Nº1)	Nervous Jerk Records
2013	The Dead C vs Rangda (split with Rangda)	Ba Da Bing
2015	Palisadas	I Dischi Del Barone
2020	All Goodbyes	Language Recordings

Cassettes[edit]

Release date	Title	Label
1987	The Dead See Perform M. Harris	Diabolic Root
1987	43 Sketch for a Poster	Diabolic Root
1988	The Live Dead See	Xpressway
1989	Perform DR503B	Xpressway
1990	Runway	Precious Metal

Compilations[edit]

Release date	Title	Label
1995	World Peace Hope et al.	Shock
2006	Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005	Ba Da Bing

Notes

^a 1500 copies made

^b 450 copies made

Singles[edit]

Year	Single
1991	"Hell is Now Love/Bone"
1991	"Power/Mighty/Peace"
1994	"The Dead C vs. Sebadoh"
1994	"Metalheart"
1995	"Metalheart" (reissue)
2000	"Stealth/The Factory"
2006	"Relax Fallujah Hell Has Come"
2008	"Golden/Canine"

References[edit]

1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Dead C: Harsh 70's Reality > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
2. ^ Sprague, David (2007). "Dead C". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
3. ^ "Dead C". Flying Nun Records. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
4. ^ "The Dead C". Beat Magazine. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
5. ^ "The Dead C Finds Life in the Shadows". Consequence. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
6. ^ "In Praise of Miscompetence: Noise Icons the Dead C Remain Mysterious as Ever". Observer. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
7. ^ "The Dead C". RNZ. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

External links[edit]

• Archive of the Dead C. fansite with coverage of the fanzine era.
• Biography and Discography at allmusic.com
• Michael Morley interview on MonsterFresh.com Aug. 2010