The Dead C ‎– Secret Earth

The Dead C are a New Zealand based music/art trio made up of members Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats. Most often, Russell plays electric guitar, Morley sings and plays electric guitar or laptop, and Yeats plays drums.
Formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1986, 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. 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]
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. 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]

Date of ReleaseTitleLabelChartedCountryCatalog Number
Albums
1988DR503Flying Nun Records--
1989Eusa KillsFlying Nun Records--
1990Trapdoor Fucking ExitPrecious Metal--
1992Harsh 70s Reality²Siltbreeze--
1992Clyma est mort³Siltbreeze--
1995The White HouseSiltbreeze--
1996Repent‡Siltbreeze--
1997TuskSiltbreeze--
2000The Dead CLanguage Recordings--
2001New Electric MusicLanguage Recordings--
2003The DamnedStarlight Furniture Company--
2007Future ArtistsBa Da Bing!--
2008Secret EarthBa Da Bing!--
2010PatienceBa Da Bing!--
2013Armed CourageBa Da Bing!--
2016TroubleBa Da Bing!--
Cassettes, singles & EPs
1987The Dead See Perform M. Harris - cassetteDiabolic Root--
198743 Sketch for a Poster - cassetteDiabolic Root--
1988The Live Dead See - cassetteXpressway--
1989Perform DR503B - cassetteXpressway--
1989The Sun Stabbed - 7" EPXpressway--
1990Runway - cassettePrecious Metal--
1990Helen Said This¹ - 33rpm 12" EPSiltbreeze--
1991Hell Is Now Love / Bone - 7"Siltbreeze--
1991Mighty / Power / Peace - 33rpm 7" EPForced Exposure--
1994The Operation of the Sonne† - 33rpm 12" EPSiltbreeze--
1994Metalheart - 7"Precious Metal--
2005Split Series 18 (with Konono Nº1) - 12"Fat Cat Records--
2006Relax Fallujah - Hell Has Come - 7"Ba Da Bing--
2007Split LP (with Hi God People)Nervous Jerk Records--
2013The Dead C vs Rangda (split with Rangda)Ba Da Bing!--
Compilations
1995World Peace Hope et al.Shock--
2006Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005Ba Da Bing!--
  • ²1500 copies made.

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