Orange County California punk band, derived from an acronym that changes from album to album, most notably standing for “Doggy Intercourse”. Rikk Agnew (Christian Death) played with the band for some time. D.I. can be seen in the 1983 Penelope Spheeris film ‘Suburbia’ performing their classic “Richard Hung Himself”.
Related: Christian Death, California, Punk, Rikk Agnew, Suburbia
Rozz Williams band post Christian Death. The Daucus Karota project emerged from a renamed incarnation of Shadow Project. Though the lineup changed several times over the years, Rozz Williams and Eva O (Super Heroines) remained it’s core members. Jill Emery (Super Heroines), Paris, William Faith (Wreckage, Mephisto Walz, Faith & The Muse, Bellwether Syndicate and notable producer) and others played in the band at various times.
Links:
Discogs.com: https://www.discogs.com/artist/94646-Shadow-Project
Related: Christian Death, Super Heroines, Rozz Williams, Daucus Karota, Eva O, Jill Emery, Paris, William Faith, Wreckage, Mephisto Walz, Faith & The Muse, Bellwether Syndicate
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1978-1980
xx.xx.1978 – The Asexuals – Private Party, ?, California
xx.xx.1980 – Christian Death – Toxic Shock, Pomona, California
xx.xx.1980 – Christian Death – Arts Building, Pomona, California
13.12.1980 – Christian Death – Hong Kong Cafe, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
1981
04.01.1981 – Christian Death – Arts Building, Pomona, California
20.01.1981 – Christian Death – P.A.L. Boxing Gym, Pomona, California
14.02.1981 – Christian Death – P.A.L. Boxing Gym, Pomona, California
19.02.1981 – Christian Death – Vex Club, Los Angeles, California
18.08.1981 – Christian Death – Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
08.09.1981 – Christian Death – Little Theatre, Upland, California
19.09.1981 – Christian Death – Bard’s Apollo, Los Angeles, California
22.10.1981 – Christian Death – Cuckoo’s Nest, Costa Mesa, California
23.10.1981 – Christian Death – Atlantic Theatre, Long Beach, California
30.10.1981 – Christian Death – Al’s Bar, Los Angeles, California
31.10.1981 – Christian Death – Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
13.11.1981 – Christian Death – Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
14.11.1981 – Christian Death – Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
20.11.1981 – Christian Death – Fairmount Hall, San Diego, California
22.12.1981 – Christian Death – The Gallery, Ontario, California
26.12.1981 – Christian Death – Al’s Bar, Los Angeles, California
xx.xx.1981 – Christian Death – Brave Dog, Los Angeles, California
xx.xx.1981 – Christian Death – Cuckoo’s Nest, Costa Mesa, California
1982
19.01.1982 – Christian Death – Cathay de Grande, Los Angeles, California
12.02.1982 – Christian Death – Cathay de Grande, Los Angeles, California
12.02.1982 – Christian Death – Godzillas, Los Angeles, California
25.02.1982 – Christian Death – Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
10.04.1982 – Christian Death – Vinyl Fetish, Los Angeles, California (OTOP Release Party)
xx.04.1982 – Christian Death – Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
23.04.1982 – Christian Death – Adams Avenue Theatre, San Diego, California
29.04.1982 – Christian Death – On Broadway, San Francisco, California
21.05.1982 – Christian Death – Al’s Bar, Los Angeles, California
24.07.1982 – Christian Death – Al’s Bar, Los Angeles, California
14.08.1982 – Christian Death – King’s Road Cafe, San Diego, California
26.08.1982 – Christian Death – Anticlub, Los Angeles, California
03.09.1982 – Christian Death – Mr. Bufu’s, Fullerton, California
24.10.1982 – Christian Death – Al’s Bar, Los Angeles, California
30.10.1982 – Christian Death – S.I.R., Los Angeles, California
13.11.1982 – Christian Death – Anticlub, Los Angeles, California
03.12.1982 – Christian Death – Cove Theatres of Music, Hermosa Beach, California
1983-1984
18.12.1983 – Christian Death – KPFK, Studio Zzzz, Los Angeles, California
22.12.1983 – Christian Death – Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, California
xx.01.1984 – Christian Death – Media Blitz, Anaheim, California
20.01.1984 – Christian Death – Lhasa Club, Los Angeles, California
03.02.1984 – Christian Death – Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley, California
04.02.1984 – Christian Death – On Broadway, San Francisco, California
06.02.1984 – Christian Death – Club Lingerie, Los Angeles, California
16.02.1984 – Christian Death – Rathskeller, Boston, Massachussetts
17.02.1984 – Christian Death – Danceteria, New York City, New York
21.02.1984 – Christian Death – Les Bains-Douches, Paris, France
23.02.1984 – Christian Death – La Sabale l’Opera, Paris, France
28.03.1984 – Christian Death – The Batcave, London, England
04.04.1984 – Christian Death – The Batcave, London, England
14.05.1984 – Christian Death – Theatre du Forum Des Halles, Paris, France
15.05.1984 – Christian Death – Exo 7, Rouen, France
17.05.1984 – Christian Death – West Side Club, Lyon, France
07.06.1984 – Christian Death – ?, Berlin, West Germany
08.06.1984 – Christian Death – Le Bouffon, Geneva, Switzerland
13.06.1984 – Christian Death – Le Bikini, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
xx.06.1984 – Christian Death – ?, Freiburg, West Germany
22.06.1984 – Christian Death – LVC, Leiden, The Netherlands
23.06.1984 – Christian Death – Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
30.06.1984 – Christian Death – Okie Dokie, Neuss, West Germany
01.07.1984 – Christian Death – Kir, Hamburg, West Germany
xx.xx.1984 – Christian Death – Haus Der Jugend, Dusseldorf, West Germany
20.10.1984 – Christian Death – Berwin Entertainment Center, Hollywood, California
25.10.1984 – Premature Ejaculation – Lhasa Club, Los Angeles, California
09.11.1984 – Christian Death – Fender’s International Ballroom, Long Beach, California
10.11.1984 – Christian Death – Whiteslug Records, Los Angeles, California (Catastrophe Ballet Release Party)
xx.xx.1984 – Christian Death – Cathay De Grande, Los Angeles, California
1985
30.03.1985 – Christian Death – The Farm, San Francisco, California
01.04.1985 – Christian Death – Club Graffiti, San Francisco, California
05.04.1985 – Christian Death – Fender’s International Ballroom, Long Beach, California (Ashes Release Party)
06.04.1985 – Christian Death – Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, California (Ashes Release Party)
1986-1988
15.02.1986 – Christian Death / Daucus Karota – Fender’s International Ballroom, Long Beach, California
09.05.1986 – Christian Death / Daucus Karota – Big Johns, Anaheim, California
01.08.1986 – Christian Death / Daucus Karota – The Farm, San Francisco, California
10.06.1988 – Christ Death – Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, California
11.06.1988 – Christ Death – Zombie Zoo, Los Angeles, California
1989
29.10.1989 – Christian Death – Hollywood Live, Los Angeles, California
15.12.1989 – Christian Death – Helter Skelter, Los Angeles, California
22.12.1989 – Christian Death – Dreamerz, Chicago, Illinois
23.12.1989 – Christian Death – Unicorn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
xx.12.1989 – Christian Death – Apocalypse Club, Toronto, Canada
27.12.1989 – Christian Death – Foufoun Electrique, Montreal, Canada
30.12.1989 – Christian Death – CBGBs, New York City, New York
1990
xx.01.1990 – Christian Death – Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia
03.01.1990 – Christian Death – 4808 Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
04.01.1990 – Christian Death – Beacham Theatre, Orlando, Florida
05.01.1990 – Christian Death – Ritz Theatre, Ybor City, Florida
09.01.1990 – Christian Death – The Axiom, Houston, Texas
11.01.1990 – Christian Death – The Venue, Dallas, Texas
13.01.1990 – Christian Death – Atomic Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico
14.01.1990 – Christian Death – Mason Jar, Phoenix, Arizona
16.02.1990 – Christian Death – Meadowlark Country Club, Huntington Beach, California
13.07.1990 – Christian Death – Helter Skelter, Los Angeles, California
20.12.1990 – Christian Death – Helter Skelter, Los Angeles, California
1991
10.01.1991 – Christian Death – Helter Skelter, Los Angeles, California
18.01.1991 – Christian Death – Spanky’s, Riverside, California
19.01.1991 – Christian Death – Spanky’s, Riverside, California
12.06.1993 – Christian Death – Patriotic Hall, Los Angeles, California
Location: USA – Los Angeles, CA
Active: 1979 – current
Hailing from Los Angeles California in 1979, founding members Rob “Graves” Ritter, Don Bolles, and Paul Cutler relocated from Phoenix, AZ (Cutler played in The Consumers, Ritter and Bolles in The Exterminators) added Dinah Cancer (formerly of Los Angeles’ Castration Squad) and emerged as one of that city’s first punk bands with a the dark, tongue in cheek aesthetic that is synonymous with what would become ‘deathrock’. After arriving in LA, Bolles initially played as drummer in LA’s keystone punk band The Germs and also participated in Nervous Gender, while Ritter played with The Bags and The Gun Club. 45 Grave eventually drew Paul Roeseller (formerly of The Screamers) into the fold. 45 Grave was a sort of nexus and galvanization point for those with a taste for more eclectic tastes than strictly hardcore punk, not to mention black dress and gothic humor. Bolles project Vox Pop was formed towards the end of his Germs career; Dinah Cancer would also be involved in Vox Pop which remained active during 45 Grave’s 1980s existence.
45 Grave’s full length album ‘Sleep In Safety’ is one of the earliest bricks in deathrock’s foundations. Along with their singles, they appeared on the Hell Comes To Your House compilation, firmly cemented next to it in the very same foundation (along with Christian Death) and the equally regarded Return of the Living Dead soundtrack (alongside legends like The Cramps and The Damned, with TSOL, The Flesheaters, Jet Black Berries and Roky Erickson – all of whom have been talked about on this site over the years). In 2004, Dinah Cancer reformed a new 45 Grave after fronting the heavy punk band Penis Flytrap (1997-2001), releasing ‘Pick Your Poison’ in 2012, and as of 2024 are still active.
Links:
https://45gravemusic.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.discogs.com/artist/232625
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_Grave
Related: The Consumers, The Exterminators, Castration Squad, The Cramps, The Damned, The Gun Club, The Bags, TSOL, The Screamers, Nervous Gender, The Germs, Penis Flytrap, Return of the Living Dead, Dinah Cancer, Vox Pop
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Location: Orange County, California
Active: 1978-1980
Der Stab was a punk band from California, with Joe Wood on guitars, who would go on to front the more hard rock incarnation of TSOL, and the vocalist Keith Walsh played keyboards to ‘Only Theatre Of Pain’ era Christian Death. Ward Dotson also appears in their lineup, prior to joining Gun Club, and Rikk Agnew (Christian Death, Adolescents, D.I.) contributed guitars to Der Stab’s sole recorded single, ‘Tracers/It’s Grey’, produced by Mike Patton of fellow OC punk band Middle Class.
Links:
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1718600-Der-Stab
Related: TSOL, Christian Death, Gun Club, Adolescents, D.I., Middle Class, Rikk Agnew, Joe Wood , Ward Dotson
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One of the earliest bands in the US and Los Angeles punk movement. The Screamers (along with bands like Monitor, Nervous Gender and others in LA) utilized electronic instruments and a drumset, a departure from the traditional guitar-bass-drums formula of rock bands of the time.
They began in Seattle as the Tupperwares with singer Tomata DuPlenty, Rio de Janeiro and Tommy Gear. While in Seattle, the Tupperwares collaborated with members Bill Reiflin (Blackouts, Ministry) and Eldon “El Duce” Hoke (Mentors). DuPlenty and Gear would relocate soon to Los Angeles and re-emerge as The Screamers, bringing in K. K. Barrett and David Brown (Dangerhouse Records) who was soon replaced by Paul Roessler (45 Grave, Nervous Gender).
The Screamers never released officially, though several demos and live recordings exist and have been released posthumously. They even made a cover version of fellow punk pioneers The Germs’ Sex Boy’. While they existed they did play prodigiously including gigs in New York (CBGBs) and San Francisco. By 1980 the Screamers had ceased all activity.
Tomata Du Plenty continued as a visual artist. He passed away in August 21, 2000, in San Francisco. His remains were cremated, and his ashes are interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in a niche in the Chapel Columbarium not far from the remains of Rozz Williams (Christian Death).
Related: Nervous Gender, NON, 45 Grave, The Germs, The Blackouts, Ministry
Links:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screamers
Discogs.com: https://www.discogs.com/artist/65390-Screamers
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