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Toronto, Canada (2001 – 2006, 2011 – present)

Death from Above 1979 are the Toronto-based duo of Jesse F. Keeler on bass/synths and Sebastien Grainger on vocals/drums. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused on the drum and bass combination alone. Originally named just “Death From Above”, the duo changed their name after a legal dispute with New York City label Death From Above (known as DFA Records since the September 11, 2001 attacks). “Death from above” was written on a helicopter in the movie Apocalypse Now, which was copyrighted in 1979. However, Grainger says this is simply a coincidence; 1979 was chosen as it was, amongst other reasons, “the year I was born.”

Death From Above 1979 had planned on recording the follow up to its debut full-length You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine. There were plans to release it in three versions: the traditional bass/drums lineup, a full-band lineup with musicians assembled by Grainger, and a remix album. The albums featuring a full band and remixes were supposedly to be released on the band’s official website.

In 2005 the video for “Romantic Rights” won a VideoFACT award at the MuchMusic Video Music Awards.

On August 4, 2006, the band announced they had decided to split “almost a year ago” due to the strained relationship between the two - claiming they only talked during interviews and just before shows - not to mention the fact that they had achieved all their aims after the record went gold in their native Canada.
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  • nnnienke

    New album pls (2)

    16 May 9:06pm Reply

  • nnnienke

    Like an elephant

    16 May 9:06pm Reply

  • si13n7

    New album pls

    12 May 2:01pm Reply

  • CorrodeThem

    pls come to England [2]

    11 May 1:33am Reply

  • EmiliaQue

    ¿ Pueden ser ustedes más perfectos y encantadores ? No, no lo creo. ¡ Aplastadores !

    8 May 1:41am Reply

  • sicksixsuck

    pls come to England

    4 May 8:21pm Reply

  • EmiliaQue

    Oh, fuck yeah ! Orgasmic

    27 Apr 5:40pm Reply

  • KaidoKapp

    СУКАБЛЯДЬГРЕНЖЕРЗАПИЛИЛМНЕАЛЬБОМБИСТРАБЛЯДЬ

    12 Apr 6:10pm Reply

  • maxpavlenko

    зачем новый альбом? мне и так старых хватает!

    8 Mar 6:27pm Reply

  • GreenGobleen

    Isaaaaaak no need to even tour. JUST. RECORD. SOMETHING. NEW!

    5 Feb 9:27pm Reply

  • Isaaaaaak

    get your asses in gear and release something new already. then tour.

    3 Feb 8:22pm Reply

  • KaidoKapp

    Matt_Bennett Март 2013

    3 Feb 12:10pm Reply

  • Matt_Bennett

    они заебали уже. они что никогда новый альбом не запишут? который год идет уже

    31 Jan 2:50am Reply

  • KaidoKapp

    DMITRII_GHETTO найди похожие группы

    29 Jan 10:26am Reply

  • maryann2version

    I KNEW YOU FUCKING DICKS WOULD REUNITE.

    27 Jan 5:17am Reply

  • GreenGobleen

    DMITRII_GHETTO они лучшие в совем жанре, к тому же оба участника по истине выдающиеся личности. Это как если бы Beck начал петь с Ty Segall если конечно ты знаешь таких.

    20 Jan 7:34pm Reply

  • DMITRII_GHETTO

    почему они считаются каким-то суперофигенными? Самая обыкновенная группа же, ничего выдающегося.

    20 Jan 2:24pm Reply

  • CorrodeThem

    DFA have called a blackout over them and there'd only be live recordings of them... can't find them, but I haven't really looked.

    15 Jan 6:54pm Reply

  • Twinuts

    Where the heck all these new songs, that everybody talking about? Somebody link me [2]

    11 Jan 9:07pm Reply

  • GreenGobleen

    Where the heck all these new songs, that everybody talking about? Somebody link me

    27 Dec 2012 Reply
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