Dead Guitars
| Dead Guitars | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Mönchengladbach , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Rock , indie rock |
| founding | 2002 |
| Website | www.deadguitars.com |
| Founding members | |
| Peter Brough | |
| Ralf Aussem (until 2019) | |
| Carlo van Putten | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Carlo van Putten |
Acoustic guitar |
Peter Brough |
bass |
Kurt Schmidt |
Drums |
Hermann Eugster |
| Interim members | |
bass |
Sven Olaf Dirks |
Drums |
Patrick Schmitz |
Drums |
René Puetz |
bass |
Raudi Granderath |
bass |
Peter Korfer |
Dead Guitars is a German indie rock band.
history
| Performances 2008–2017 (selection) |
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The band was founded in 2002 by Peter Brough (formerly guitarist with Twelve Drummers Drumming ), Ralf Aussem (previously co-founder of Twelve Drummers Drumming and Sun ) and Carlo van Putten. With Hermann Eugster and Kurt Schmidt, two more musicians from Twelve Drummers Drumming now complete the band's line-up.
Carlo van Putten is also the singer at The Convent , who also form the core of In2TheSound , to play with Mike Dudley (original drummer of The Sound ). Furthermore, van Putten continues the project White Rose Transmission after the death of Adrian Borland (The Sound) with many changing artists; of particular note are Mark Burgess from The Chameleons and Marty Willson-Piper from The Church . The band name obviously comes from White Rose Transmission: In 1999 the album 700 Miles Of Desert was released and the last track on it is titled Dead Guitars and was written by Adrian Borland .
“Peter Brough and I met after I heard from a friend of Peter that he loved my singing. Peter liked The Convent, but especially White Rose Transmission, where I also did the vocals. For my part, I liked 12 Drummers Drumming where Peter played guitar. So it made sense to do something together. "
The Dead Guitars' debut album Airplanes was released on June 1, 2007. In spring 2008 the band accompanied the group The Mission on their European tour as support . So it came to a cooperation with their frontman Wayne Hussey on the album Flags , which was released at the end of 2008 and contains the song Isolation (also represented on the sampler 100% Rock Duets ). On March 28, 2009 the Dead Guitars played in the Tower (Bremen) and The Convent appeared as the opening act. Carlo von Putten often combines his projects; on November 21st, 2009 the Dead Guitars played in Messajero ( Mönchengladbach ) and White Rose Transmission appeared here as the opening act.
In 2011, the album Stranger followed , on which Michael Dempsey , the former bassist of The Cure , played.
From around 2011 to 2015 the Dead Guitars also went on occasional minimalist summer tours, which van Putten then went on with White Rose Transmission .
“It was like magic, not just for the audience. We had unbelievable fun in this atmosphere and the fans were absolutely thrilled .. [..] .. Of course a certain popularity is nice, but the future is clearly directed towards the further development of our music. I don't really care whether the setting is a big stage or the living room at home. We have always been and always will be an independent band, but we still notice that our audience is very diverse. "
The band has been on pause since mid-2018; however, Aussum, Brough, Eugster and Schmidt appeared without van Putten as "The Wide" with their own material and Brough as a singer.
"Carlo wanted a break and we were eager for a sequel .. [..] .. Over the years we have written a lot of songs that didn't seem particularly suitable for the 'Deadies' repertoire"
Peter Brough and Kurt Schmidt contributed to the 2020 EP In June by White Rose Transmission. Ralf Aussum now lives in Berlin and The Wide are looking for a new guitarist who should also become the guitarist of the Dead Guitars.
Discography
Albums
- 2007: Airplanes ( Echozone , Bob-Media)
- 2008: Flags (Echozone, Sony Music )
- 2011: Stranger (Silverbird Music)
- 2015: Shelter ( Sireena Records )
EPs and singles
- 2008: Feel Allright ; Bob Media; this EP was released on February 28, 2008 ( download only ).
- 2011: Mesmerized ; Silverbird Music (SBM05052011); this limited edition was released on June 18, 2011. The female singing voice comes from Crystin Fawn, the piano in You and I from Thomas Kessler . The trio Aussem, Brough van Putten had brought in Peter Körfler (bass) and Hermann Eugster (drums) as a rhythm group. Both are not shown on the cover (uncredited); Körfler is an ex-member, Eugster a member of the Twelve Drummers Drumming .
Reviews
“CONCLUSION: Whether WHITE ROSE TRANSMISSION, DEAD GUITARS, THE CONVENT or BORN FOR BLISS; all these bands play a variant of dark, disturbing and beguiling music that has nothing to do with standardized gothic rock. "
"DEAD GUITARS are the resurrection of authentic indie pop, the reincarnation of great, melancholic wave ballads, the renaissance of the atmospheric" Wall of Sound ", those filigree piled effect guitars that made Ralf Aussem an exceptional guitarist. Also because they blend into clear song structures in an almost surrealistic way and so not only create a timeless sound intensity, but also break with the listening habits of the pop genre - finally! "
Web links
- Official website
- Dead Guitars at laut.de
- Dead Guitars at Discogs (English)
- Works by Dead Guitars in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ "Airplanes" by Dead Guitars - laut.de - album , accessed on March 11, 2013
- ↑ Rainer Guérich: DEAD GUITARS - Only the dead fish swim with the flow (interview with Carlo van Putten). In: inMusic. 2007, accessed July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Messajero Archive 2009: Messajero Event Archive . In: Messajero, Mönchengladbach. 2009, accessed July 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Lars Fischer: Dead Guitars play in the region: Big musicians in small clubs. In: Weser Courier. July 26, 2011, accessed August 12, 2020 .
- ↑ xaf: Dead Guitars turn the pub into their living room. In: Weser Courier. July 11, 2015, accessed August 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Frank Hübner: DEAD GUITARS - ´Friends´ in the living room. In: Westzeit. September 1, 2011, accessed August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Horst Pawlik: "Dead Guitars" is dead - long live "The Wide". In: Rheinische Post . June 19, 2018, accessed July 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Horst Pawlik: Separation, chart topper and revival. In: Rheinische Post. November 20, 2019, accessed August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Jochen König: White Rose Transmission: Spinning Webs At Night (Review). In: musikreviews.de. May 19, 2011, accessed July 27, 2020 .
- ^ Eggs with Bacon Festival: Dead Guitars. In: Eggs with Bacon Festival. March 19, 2007, accessed August 12, 2020 .