Life After Death From Above 1979
“We stopped being friends essentially.“ Death From Above 1979's debut album was one of the best things that ever happened to rock'n roll, but after touring endlessly and a legal battle against James Murphy's DFA Records, they were history. Luckily they've just entered the spotlight again, a) with a new album by the name of “The Physical World“ and b) a documentary that chronicles their brief first run, their breakup, and their current return. Watch the trailer below.
“In 2001, after years of playing in various bands, living together, and bonding over a mutual desire to continue playing music while peers abandoned rock n' roll to follow more traditional career paths, Jesse Keeler (bass) and Sebastien Grainger (drums), started a band out of boredom and necessity. They hammered out their sound in an unfinished basement in the east end of Toronto, and the result is what many have described as "an elephant in your living room." (Forty)
“In 2001, after years of playing in various bands, living together, and bonding over a mutual desire to continue playing music while peers abandoned rock n' roll to follow more traditional career paths, Jesse Keeler (bass) and Sebastien Grainger (drums), started a band out of boredom and necessity. They hammered out their sound in an unfinished basement in the east end of Toronto, and the result is what many have described as "an elephant in your living room." (Forty)