Death From Above 1979 was a Toronto based Canadian indie rock duo. The members were Jesse F. Keeler on bass/synths and Sebastien Grainger on vocals/drums. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused dance-noise on the drum and bass combination alone. They were signed to Last Gang Records in Canada, Vice Records in the U.S. and 679 Recordings in the U.K.
As of August 3, 2006 the band is officially dead. Jesse F. Keeler posted this on the official Death From Above 1979 forum:
"i know its been forever since i wrote anything on here. im sure by now most of you assume the band isnt happening anymore since there are no shows, no work on a new album, etc. well. i wanted to let you know that your assumptions are correct. we decided to stop doing the band... actually we decided that almost a year ago. we finished off our scheduled tour dates because there were good people working for us who relied on us to make a living and buy christmas presents and pay rent etc. we couldnt just cancel everything and leave them out to dry... plus i think we wanted to see if we would reconsider after being out on the road. our label was really hoping that we would change our minds, so they asked us to keep quiet about the decision for at first. well, its been quite awhile now and we are still very sure the band wont happen again, so i guess its time to say something. (...)"
- Taken from Wikipedia (not O.P.)
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Anonymous2006-08-15 22:37
i am sad :O(
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Anonymous2009-03-18 2:47
The word pirahna, is all I can think of that rhymes with marijuana