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4 users heart off Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
4 users heart off Death From Above 1979 - Blood on Our Hands
4 users heart off Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month
4 users heart off Death From Above 1979 - Little Girl
4 users heart off Death From Above 1979 - Turn It Out


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Romantic Rights
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Freeze Me
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Trainwreck 1979



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Death from Above 1979 are the Toronto-based duo of Jesse F. Keeler on bass/synths and Sebastien Grainger on vocals/drums. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused dance punk on the drum and bass combination alone. Originally named just “Death From Above”, the duo changed their name after a legal dispute with New York City dance-punk label Death From Above (known as DFA Records since the September 11, 2001 attacks). “Death from above” was written on a helicopter in the movie Apocalypse Now, which was copyrighted in 1979. However, Grainger says this is simply a coincidence; 1979 was chosen as it was, amongst other reasons, “the year I was born.”
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Last Edit by jackyboo
12th Mar 2021

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