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) (drums, Axel Grinders, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Constant Pain, Duane Zarakov, King Loser, National Sex Grid, Revolution 10, Rhythm Doktor, Say Yes to Apes, Semolina Island, Space Dust, The Elephant Tranquilisers, The Hi-Tone Destroyers, The Hitone Destroyers, The International Telepaths, The Picnic Boys, Thee Hellfire Club, Wolfskull)
- Martin Henderson (aka Brother Love) ( Bass / Guitar / Vocals, Ape Management, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Space Dust, The Axel Grinders)
- Celia Patel (aka Celia Pavlova / Celia Mancini) (Guitar / Vocals, Celia Black and the After Dinner Mints, King Loser, Mothertrucker, Revolution 10, Snapper, Snort, The After Dinner Mints, The Axel Grinders, The Stepford 5, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Celia Black and the After Dinner Mints, Celia Mancini, King Loser, Mothertrucker, Revolution 10, Snapper, Snort, The After Dinner Mints, The Axel Grinders, The Stepford 5)
- Mick Elborado (Keyboard / Guitar, Alien, Gas, Minus 2, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, The Palace Of Wisdom, Alien, Alpaca Brothers, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Drowning Is Easy, Gas, Minus 2, Negative Nancies, Projekt Mauve, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, Scorched Earth Policy, Space Dust, The After Dinner Mints, The Axemen, The Palace Of Wisdom, The Shallows, The Terminals, Thee Hellfire Club, Trillionaires)
- Hadyn Jones (bass, Cease to Exist, Celia Black and the After Dinner Mints, Revolution 10, The Axemen, The Renderers)
Discography
- Get Off The Sidwalk! (1991, Sourpuss Tapes, CTE001)