Biography
Named after a song by notorious cult-leading serial killer (and Beach Boys collaborator) Charles Manson – and not to be confused with the Auckland death metal band that formed slightly earlier (1989-1990).
One of Duane Zarakov, Celia Mancini and Brother Love’s many psychedelic rock acts – this time a Christchurch-based group who were around during 1991 (after the demise of The Axel Grinders, but before Space Dust and King Loser).
Cease to Exist was the product of immediate post-Axel Grinders jammin’ & trippin’ activity with the Brother… We taped stuff at my house in Sydenham, released a “concept” tape called “Green Acres” under a name I’ve temporarily forgotten – it’ll come back to me – and then another one as Cease to Exist
Duane Zarakov
The group broke up when Mancini went travelling to the United States and Zarakov moved North to Auckland. Zarakov believes they may have only ever played a single gig.
Brother Love later re-recorded the Cease to Exist songs ‘Opium‘ for the ‘Every Garden Grows One‘ LP and ‘Rock n roll ruined my life‘ with his group Brother Love and the Southern Gentlemen for the album ‘Delicacy‘.
Celia Patel passed away in September 2017 and Haydn Jones passed away in 2018.
Members
- Pat Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov, The Picnic Boys, Say Yes to Apes, Semolina Island, The Elephant Tranquilisers, Axel Grinders, Brother Love, King Loser, The Hitone Destroyers, Wolfskull, The International Telepaths, Constant Pain, Space Dust, Revolution 10, drums)
- Martin Henderson (aka Brother Love, The Axel Grinders, Space Dust, Bass / Guitar / Vocals)
- Celia Patel (aka Celia Pavlova / Celia Mancini, The Axel Grinders, The Stepford 5, Snapper, Mothertrucker, King Loser, Celia Black and the After Dinner Mints, Revolution 10, Guitar / Vocals)
- Mick Elborado (Drowning Is Easy, Scorched Earth Policy, The Shallows, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, The Terminals, Alien, The After Dinner Mints, Space Dust, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Minus 2, Gas, The Palace Of Wisdom, Projekt Mauve, Trillionaires, Negative Nancies, Keyboard / Guitar)
- Hadyn Jones (The Renderers, The Axemen, Celia Black and the After Dinner Mints, Revolution 10, Bass)
Discography
- Get Off The Sidwalk! (1991, Sourpuss Tapes, CTE001)