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How did Dead Corpse form? Dead Corpse began as just another pipe dream in the everyday grind of teenage life, when a certain round-headed boy from Leicester suggested to a certain large-headed boy from Ireland that they should be in a band called, for no real reason, Dead Corpse. This grew into something of a running joke, with the original band line-up including Stephen Hawking, Truck Ass, Guy Giraudeau and Leonie Parkins, as well as Jim on a guitar that wasn't plugged in and Tom standing in a coffin moaning (not too far removed from the current state of the band...). Things later became a bit more serious, with Joe and Matt of EFD ostensibly joining the band on bass and drums respectively, and a Mersea mudstomper named Toby on rhythm guitar. A lack of stylistic coherency soon emerged, and Matt and Joe returned from whence they came, while Toby took up the bass. After a brief split, later exposed as a publicity stunt, the band solidified into what some regard as the classic line-up, with Jim on guitar, Toby on bass and Tom doing, somewhat impractically, both drums and vocals. The band finally started rehearsing in the autumn of 2001, with the first only gig in January '02 a resounding hit with the audience, if not the band themselves. The fall-out from the gig was fairly devastating, with Jim's guitar falling to pieces (well, he lost one of the screws...), Tom deciding he wanted to do just vocals and Toby adopting the physical appearance of a tramp or vagrant. A year passed, with a potential solution to the drummer problem, Rory Watts, coming and going, and EFD eclipsing their fellow deathers. However, as the year came to a close and 2003 dawned, things looked to be coming together again. With the split of EFD, Tom "Brian Mayhem" Harburt joined the band, officially as rhythm guitarist but filling in temporarily on drums, and with Jim's guitar on the way to being fixed and rehearsals being arranged, 2K3 could well be the Year of the Corpse.When will I be able to hear Dead Corpse? Hmm, see above. We played our first gig, at the Twist, back on January 17 2002, supporting EFD, as you should already know. We have a repertoire of evil cover songs we're honing to evil perfection, and we've already written a lot of lyrics and music for our own material, with two full songs completed, to make up the forthcoming album "Flesheater Rodeo." However, since the gig there's been little action, so it's a case of "watch this space" at the moment. Go on, watch it! How did the band members get their their ridiculous pseudonyms? Quite simple really. Tom O adopted the name of Tom Possessed because Sepultura, Nailbomb and now Soulfly vocalist Max Cavalera was known in the early days of Sepultura as Max Possessed, and Possessed is a cool surname, Jim is now Chainsaw because of the violent style of his guitar playing (when it's fully assembled), Toby became Inhumatus, which is Latin for "unburied," and kind of sums up his physical appearance, and Tom H became Bryan Mayhem both to distinguish him from the other Tom and because it is surely the greatest pseudonym in rock n' roll history, better even than Cannibal Corpse's George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. Is there any DC merchandise available? To be blunt, no. We hope to produce some DC shirts in the near future, and there will also be a demo tape / CD, hopefully before the century's out, followed by "Flesheater Rodeo," the eagerly awaited debut album. If you have any other ideas for merchandise, don't hesitate to email us. Who runs this site? Tom Possessed does most of the website, in between downloading porno and pictures of famous celebrities wearing gloves, but the other band members also contribute in some form or another. Can I be part of the DC Road Crew? Of course! If there's one thing we need, it's a proper bo-ass crew. If you really want to, email us, the more the merrier, but remember to bring some clean pants cos you'll crap yourselves when you hear this shit. Do you have any political affiliations? Affiliation to us is just another excuse to hit the ground running with another juggernaut riff. Stat. What equipment do the band use? Chainsaw wields a hefty Jackson "Kelly Star" KS2 axe, one of only 3 in this country, christened "The Bitch" for obvious mind shredding reasons. For those of you who haven't seen it, it's big, black and very spiky, as is Inhumatus' bass, a Jackson KBX. Tom and Bryan use a Yamaha Stage Custom kit, with Sabian cymbals, Zildjian sticks, Bryan has a purple Ibanez guitar, and Tom has a Squier Strat and a Goodman's £8 microphone. Winner. Amplification comes in the form of Chainsaw and Bryan's twin Peavey Bandit 112's, Inhumatus' Commando and Tom's 10 watt Squier Shit Amp. Why aren't there any lyrics or tabs on this site? There aren't any tabs on the site because we've only finished the music for 2 songs so far, but as you may have noticed there are now a few sets of lyrics, which are property of Dead Corpse and any motherfucker who tries to steal them will be dipped in a vat of boiling sild. The full list of songs for which lyrics/music have been written is as follows, although some of these may not make the final cut: Six Feet Under And Rising All Hope Is Lost Soldier Of Fortune Flesheater Rodeo Fundamentally Scum Holy Shit Open Fire The Scream Which bands are Dead Corpse influenced by? DC are very much in the vein of old school thrash and death metal bands like Slayer, Sepultura, Pantera, Metallica and Megadeth, but other influences include Deicide, Morbid Angel, Diamond Head, Black Sabbath, Napalm Death, Biohazard and even grind/death/gorecrust heavyweights Spandau Ballet. For a more compreshensive list, check out the links on the home page. Where does the name "Dead Corpse" come from, and isn't it a bit Satanic? Ah, the name. As you may have noticed, the phrase "dead corpse" is kind of stating the obvious, and the name just kind of came out of Chainsaw's mouth one day and was instantly embraced. It's a satire on generic death metal band names, a reference to zombies and the fact that they are living corpses, it's a reflection of the Earth, an already crippled planet that people keep abusing, an already-dead corpse, it's a name that's catchy and easy to remember, and of course it's the name that was chosen for the band by Satan himself. Don't take that the wrong way though, the band aren't Satan-worshippers, and we aren't trying to encourage people to fuck around with corpses or anything (leave that to us, ahahaha). We just write songs about death and zombies and stuff, but like the band EFD once said, "if you think about it, death is all around us." We do write about serious stuff too- "Fundamentally Scum" was written in the aftermath of September 11th, and is a criticism of the stupid idea of killing in the name of religion; "Soldier of Fortune" documents how a soldier is dehumanised and driven insane by the horrors or war; and "Flesheater Rodeo" pretty much sums up the messed up state of the World today. So don't go accusing us of being a bunch of death-obsessed, disrespectful Satanists! Death-obsessed, disrespectful atheists maybe...
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