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An exercise in barely-extant low-fi scrape and dense ambience via cello(?) and guitar.
– Bruce Russel on the ‘Blessed’/’Tanks’ 7″

The duo of Danny Butt (Flies Inside The Sun) and Michael Morley (Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos / The Dead C Etc). Released three ultra-rare Peter King lathe-cut ep’s on the Dead C‘s Precious Metal inprint, along with an album and single on the Giardia label.

Drones and gets hazy and kind of scary via the same instrumentation, peaking with some nice moments of high-end skree and fucked, loose percussion.
– Bruce Russel on the The Ark

Discography (picks in bold)

  • Tknxm 8″ Lathe-Cut Ep [1993 Precious Metal Pm 26]
  • Annihilation Lathe-Cut 8″ Lathe-Cut Ep [1993? Precious Metal Pm 30]
  • The Burning House 8″ Lathe-Cut Ep [1993? Precious Metal]
  • ‘Blessed’/’Tanks’ 7″ [Giardia]
  • The Ark [Giardia]
  • Twelve Inches Heaven [Hells Half Halo]

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Biography

Dissonant, purposely Lo-Fi and exceedingly experimental Christchurch 3 piece built on Michael Morley and Bruce Russell’s guitar work and Robbie Yeats (The Renderers, Verlaines) pounding drumming.

Their initial recordings were exercises in tonal freak-outs – pushing the limits of how self-confessed non-musicians could make music, but their early masterpiece (the stunning Eusa Kills) is actually one of their most accessible releases.

All three members are exceedingly prolific musicians and scene figure-heads, with side projects such as A Handful of Dust, The Renderers and Gate keeping the trio busy.

Members

  • Michael Morley (Guitar/Vocals)
  • Bruce Russell (Guitar, Noise…)
  • Robbie Yeats (Drums)

Discography

  • The Dead See Perform M. Harris (1987, Diabolic Root)
  • 43 Sketch For A Poster ?(Cass, C30) (1987, Diabolic Root)
  • DR503 4 versions, (1988, Flying Nun Records)
  • The Live Dead See ?(Cass), (1988, Xpressway, X/WAY 1)
  • The Sun Stabbed 7″ EP (1988, Xpressway, XPRESSWAY VII)
  • Eusa Kills (1989, Flying Nun Records)
  • Perform DR503b (1989, Xpressway, X/WAY 12)
  • Runway (1989, Precious Metal, PM1)
  • Trapdoor Fucking Exit (1990, Precious Metal)
  • Helen Said This / Bury 12″ MiniAlbum (1990, Siltbreeze SB02)
  • Hell Is Now Love / Bone 7 (1991, Siltbreeze, SB06)
  • Mighty / Power / Peace 7″ EP (1991, Forced Exposure, FE-026)
  • Harsh 70’s Reality (1992, Siltbreeze)
  • Clyma Est Mort (1992, Siltbreeze/Xpressway)
  • The Operation Of The Sonne (1993, Siltbreeze, SB30)
  • The Dead C Vs Sebadoh 7″ (1993, Siltbreeze, SB25)
  • Metalheart EP (1994, Siltbreeze)
  • World Peace Hope Et Al. Compilation (1994, Shock, SX 027 CD)
  • The White House (1995, Siltbreeze)
  • Repent (1996, Siltbreeze, SB-66)
  • Tusk (1997, Siltbreeze, SB64)
  • Perform DR 503C Compilation (1999, Flying Nun Records, FNCD443)
  • The Dead C (2000, Language Recordings, Language Recordings 1 & 2)
  • Live U.S.A. 1995 (2000, No Frillz Records, NF015)
  • Stealth / The Factory 7″ (2000, Sub Pop)
  • Load (2001, MM, MM1)
  • New Electric Music (2002, Language Recordings, LR3)
  • The Damned (2003, Starlight Furniture Co., *21)
  • Konono No. 1* / The Dead C – Split Series #18 12″ EP (2005, FatCat Records, 12FAT050)
  • Hi God People* / The Dead C – Split LP (2006, Nervous Jerk, JERK002)
  • Relax Fallujah – Hell Has Come 7″ Single (2006, Ba Da Bing!, BING-049)
  • Vain, Erudite And Stupid (Selected Works: 1987-2005) Compilation (2006, Ba Da Bing!)
  • Future Artists (2007, Ba Da Bing!)
  • Secret Earth (2008, Ba Da Bing!)
  • Golden / Canine 12″ Single (2008, Ba Da Bing!, BING-065)
  • Patience (2010, Ba Da Bing!)
  • Armed Courage (2013, Ba Da Bing!)
  • The Dead C / Rangda – The Dead C Vs Rangda ?(2013, Ba Da Bing!, BING-081)
  • The Twelfth Spectacle (2014, Grapefruit Records (2))
  • Palisades 7″ EP (2015, I Dischi Del Barone, IDDB007)
  • Trouble (2016, Ba Da Bing!)

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