Death in Vegas

Death in Vegas is a British band founded in London ( Great Britain ) in 1994 whose sound includes elements of pop , psychedelic rock , big beat and dub .

Band history

Death in Vegas was founded in 1994 by Richard Fearless and Steve Helier under the name Dead Elvis and shortly thereafter received a recording contract with Concrete Records . Because of reservations from Elvis Presley's heirs , they were forced to rename the band Death in Vegas ; however, Dead Elvis was the name of their 1997 debut album. The pieces on this album were heavily influenced by dub , techno and partly also big beat and trip-hop . Steve Helier left the band shortly after the album was released and was replaced by Tim Holmes, who was already involved in the production of Dead Elvis .

In 1999 the album The Contino Sessions was released , on which more real instruments and guest singers were used for the first time. Dot Allison, Iggy Pop , Bobby Gillespie ( Primal Scream ) and Jim Reid ( Jesus And Mary Chain ) appeared on this album . The sound was now more influenced by rock; electronic elements were still clearly present. Due to the success of the song Dirge , which was used in a commercial for the Levi's company , the band became known to a wider public. In 2000 Death in Vegas were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize .

The album Scorpio Rising was released in June 2003 and marked a partial return for the band to their electronic roots. The album title is inspired by the film of the same name by Kenneth Anger . As with the previous album The Contino Sessions , real instruments and guest singers like Liam Gallagher , Paul Weller and Hope Sandoval were also used. The song Girls was also featured on the soundtrack for the film Lost in Translation . Scorpio Rising was the last album for the Concrete Records label , from which Death in Vegas parted after ten years.

After they founded their own label Drone Records , their fourth album, Satan's Circus , was released after contributing to the remix series Back to Mine . In contrast to the two previous albums, there were no guest singers here; the music now had a much more electronic touch, which is partly reminiscent of Kraftwerk . Satan's Circus was also released as a special edition with an additional live CD that was recorded on the Scorpio Rising tour at Brixton Academy in London .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
1997	Dead Elvis	UK52 silver (1 week)UK
1999	The Contino Sessions	UK19th gold (22 weeks)UK
2003	Scorpio Rising	UK19th silver (4 weeks)UK
2011	Trans-Love Energies	UK57 (1 week) UK

More albums

• 2004: Back to Mine
• 2004: Satan's Circus
• 2005: Milk It
• 2007: Best Of Death in Vegas
• 2016: Transmission

Compilations

• 2004: Back to Mine Vol. 16
• 2005: Milk It: The Best of Death in Vegas
• 2005: FabricLive . 23
• 2007: The Best of Death in Vegas

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
1996	Dirt Dead Elvis	UK79 (1 week) UK
	Rocco Dead Elvis	UK51 (3 weeks) UK
1997	Rekkit Dead Elvis	UK91 (1 week) UK
	Twist And Crawl Dead Elvis	UK81 (1 week) UK
	Dirt (Slayer mix) Dead Elvis	UK61 (1 week) UK
2000	Aisha The Contino Sessions	UK9 (5 weeks) UK	feat. Iggy Pop
	Dirge (Slam mix) The Contino Sessions	UK24 (3 weeks) UK	feat. Dot Allison
2002	Hands Around My Throat Scorpio Rising	UK36 (2 weeks) UK	feat. Nicola Kuperus
	Scorpio Rising Scorpio Rising	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	feat. Liam Gallagher

More singles

• 1999: Dirge (feat. Dot Allison)
• 1999: Neptune City
• 2000: One More Time (feat.Bobby Gillespie)
• 2016: You Disco I Freak ( feat.Sasha Gray )
• 2018: Honey (feat. Sasha Gray )

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

Web links

• Death in Vegas on Myspace
• Death in Vegas at Allmusic (English)
• Death in Vegas at Discogs (English)
• Death in Vegas at laut.de