Deadsy

'Deadsy are an American band, often categorized as Undercore or Synth rock. They are fronted by Elijah Blue Allman, son of Cher and Gregg Allman. The other members of Deadsy are Creature (Bass), Renn aka Dr Nner (Synths), Alec Püre (Percussion) and Carlton Megalodon (Synth guitar). Jay Gordon of Orgy has also made several contributions to Deadsy. Gordon was the former bassist for Deadsy in the very beginning. Numerous people like to say Deadsy is an Orgy rip-off, however, Deadsy existed way before Orgy ever came about (hence, Jay Gordon was their bassist).

Contents

1 History 2 Musical Style and Themes 3 Visual Appearance 4 Fans 5 Discography 6 External Links

History

Deadsy formed in the early 90's. Elijah recorded several demos (Including Dear and the cover Texas Never Whispers in the bands manager Josh's garage. Elijah then sent Renn Hawkey a demo tape and a Juno 106 synth, and Renn joined as Dr. Nner. Alec Puro (drums) later joined as Alec Püre.

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Musical Style and Themes

Deadsy are often compared to Type-O Negative and Gary Numan.

The band has categorized themselves as being "Undercore", a low and dissonant style of music. While most would simply label the band as being a mixture of goth, new wave, and rock, others would agree that Deadsy is rather unique in the genre. Elijah's low and bass-like singing style, down-tuned guitar riffs, coupled with Dr. Nner's synths give the music an almost surreal quality.

"We wanted to make something that was transcendental, really rule-defying, and very against the grain. And when people listened to it at first, it would just feel very like a sense of foreignness, like almost watching a David Lynch film." - Elijah Blue

The lyrics and imagery of the songs sometimes focus on many subjects in either religious, magical or popular culture. Occasionally one notices obscure references to Secret Societies, the Urantian religion, Star Wars, and the novel Dune, by Frank Herbert. In fact, many of their songs seem very esoteric, given that only a few would understand just what the lyrics are talking about.

Visual Appearance

Elijah has often called the band an "art project", or "art movement". Complete with a manifesto (available on their site), and visual iconography, "Deadsy is an institution that was developed to purify and primify the human solution of sound and vision." Each band member represents one element or "Entity" that drives human society. Each entity is also represented by their own color and unique appearance.

Blue - Academia (Elijah)

Yellow - Science & Medicine (Renn)

Green - Leisure (Alec)

Grey - War (Carlton)

Red - Horror (Creature)

During the "Commencement" era, their visual appearance took on a "prep-school" theme. Or more so, a very strange, spooky, and spacey prep-school. This really set the group apart from other bands in the genre as well. Unlike the usual "gothy" aesthetics of other groups, Deadsy's style was a bit more colorful. This, and their music made them a very interesting act to see live on-stage.

In April 2004, at the Troubadour in Hollywood CA., Deadsy unveiled their new look for the upcoming "Phantasmagore" album. The new logo was revealed - a television test pattern containing the Entity colors. No longer present were the usual zombie/schoolboy uniforms that the fans had become familiar with. The band emerged on stage in black tattered robes and opened with a new song, "Sands of Time". In June 2004, at a show following the previous one, Josh, Deadsy's manager announced enthusiastically, "Deadsy legions! Are you ready for the next level of UNDERCORE?!"

The band's familiar website also went through a transformation, and the message board was brought back after a long hiatus.

Fans

Deadsy fans are referred to as the "Legions". They are encouraged to promote and spread the word on the band. They are often seeing as being very supportive, probably even more so because Deadsy has a great reputation for being very supportive of them. As gratitude for each other's continuing love, the band will often meet up with the fans after their shows to thank each other, or just hang out. Deadsy legions are often seen sporting white chains.

Discography

• Deadsy (1996)
• Commencement (1999) (This was not an official release)
• Commencement (2002)
• Phantasmagore (2005) (To be confirmed)

External Links

• The official Deadsy website (http://www.deadsy.com/)
• The official Deadsy Myspace community (http://www.myspace.com/deadsy)
• The official Deadsy Livejournal community (http://www.livejournal.com/users/deadsy_scrolls/)