Dan Melchior
live - DM, Letha Rodman Melchior and Maritza Waldo Molina
Influences
stuff which is sounds good TODAY
the dream syndicate - down there ep
sunny and the sunsets - death cream
greg ginn's playing on footage of black flag live in 84
pink reason - hey girl
steve young - the white trash song
jim shepard - the voices of men - etc -etc
dolphins into the future
sparks - propoganda lp
frankie lee sims
royal trux
the mirrors
nothing people
kevin coyne - marjory razorblade
sun ra - of mythic worlds
moby grape - murder in my heart for the judge
the 13th floor elevators
ghost hospital - D+
Here are buttons to buy a few releases,
All these records are available from the labels who put them out. (apart from the columbus discount singles club 7" and the dullknife single)
Dullknife 7' - Terrible shame/Ghost of a flea pt 2 $6.50 (price reflects expensive packaging)
Mr Oblivion 7" (Columbus Discount)$4.50
'Thankyou very much 2XLP' (SS Records) $15.00
'Dim Are The Lights' 7 Inch (Convulsive Records) $5.00
'Christmas For The Crows' (Daggerman) $10.00
(prices do not include shipping)
REVIEWS -
I'd done lost track of Dan Melchior, pretty much tossin his baby out w/the bathwater left by Billy Childish & Holly Golightly. I know, I sound like a Goddamn sour puss but jesus, how much of that Kent/Medway sound do you have to buy before it becomes an old dog? And when I ask that I mean to them's who don't sport a wallet chain, cuff their denim jeans or wear pork-pie hats at a jaunty angle. Like me. Fuck it, the answer don't matter, hey, the main thing is this Dan Melchior und das Menace lp don't seem burdened by the trappins of click uniformity. You can take a fella outta Kent, but I reckon you can't take Kent out the fella. 'Christmas For The Crows' surely exhales great plumes of hempish wry from the Hangman chillum-like a spit & polish take on that old rapscallion, Sexton Ming-but also devours w/great success lost tins've indica laced biscuits purloined from stash mongers pining for tunesmithery & pluck that harkens back Syd Barrett, Viv Stanshall or that Oliver fella. So you might say I got a bit of egg on my face in regard to ol' Dan Melchior. But that's okay, he can pelt me with'em by the dozen so long as he keeps makin records of this caliber. -Roland Woodbe, Siltblog
No matter what group he's fronting, Dan Melchior always produces a very dapper brand of snot - - - the new Dan Melchior Und Das Menace single is out, and it's the shotgun blast to the belly we expected: a two man effort that combines keys with Melchior's murk to great effect. Hear what happens when someone calls Dan a hippy. It's groovy! - Byron Coley, The Wire
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace - Christmas For The Crows
LP (Daggerman)
I believe the reason Herr Melchior has been on seven
hundred record labels is that despite whatever it is
that makes him not be on any of these record label for
too long (an unresponsive public? a bristly
personality? Who knows?), basically anyone who fancies
himself a music label dude that gets delivered an
album as unfuckingbelievably awesome as this one is
going to release it regardless of logic, business
sense, or any other factor. That these ghostly,
genre-free (but not unrelated to blues garage, but not
actually identifiable as such) creepy musical
explorations are so instantly catchy is downright
eerie. How can something so dark and oddball bore
into your brain like a chewing gum jingle. Melch Ado
About Something! Roctober Magazine.
Dan Melchior’s career, post-Broke Revue, shifted to North Carolina and the fringes of the current garage/punk scene. He’d left a band, a life, and a struggle to be noticed amidst NYC’s now-forgotten Class of ‘01 behind, as well as an unreleased double album that could have singularly launched him far beyond the middle rungs of the In the Red roster and one-time compatriot of Billy Childish and Holly Golightly. Sadly, that’s not how it turned out; regardless, Christmas for the Crows serves not only as a comeback, but his finest album to date. From the looks of things, it’s just Melchior alone in the studio, every bit the songwriter he’s always been, and approaching a level of world-worn sorrow and blind determination once mounted by Vic Godard, where gentle arrangements of Medway parlor-blues-folk rise up and float into the attic. I’m somewhat haunted by the fifteen songs here, as they don’t leave my memory for days after playing this one through (and I have played it through far too many times, given the volume of submissions staring back at me every time I turn to the record player). It’s the sound of folly and regret, and the realization that what you have around you is all you can use to get you through to the next day – love and regret, hand in hand. This’ll be standing proud beyond the end of the year, one of those records you hold onto forever. Ironically enough, only 1000 of you can make that claim. Hurry.
Doug Mosurock - Dusted Magazine.
When people throw the term "songwriter" around nowadays I start to wretch inside. If I could send Jeff Tweedy fans adrift without hopes of return, I would have no regrets. So if this is the case who the fuck writes a good SONG in this day and age? The answer is clearly Dan Melchior Und Das Menace. If you want to find out what cult stars he's played with or with which famous rock stars he's shared stages, go look on the internet [Ed. You're already looking on the internet.]. If you want to hear rock and roll delivered like Doc Boggs, Mark E. Smith and Gene Vincent wrapped together then I suggest you go purchase Dan's new 7" on Daggerman Records immediately. The A-side "Elev to Mezz" is classic Melchior with all the bitterness, spite and humor that only he can muster - Steve Lowenthal, The Fader
Dan Melchior's never made a bad record, but his last few have been so incredible. My enjoyment and intrigue are ratcheting up to a whole new level even as he becomes seemingly more prolific. The Elev to Mezz and Pink Scream EPs are top-notch, comprising eight of the best examples of songcraft you may hear in 2007, and there's a new EP on Plastic Idol just around the corner. Plans are also coming together for Dan und Das Menace to tour, hitting the west coast in the first week of November. Surely, it's been said too often by lazy reviewers that Dan's music is "like the Country Teasers," and while I'd definitely recommend these records to any Teasers fans, such a one-sentence review is not a fair summation, and it does little to alleviate the confusion that exists about the man's music.
Most recordgeeks became familiar with Dan when the Broke Revue was anointed briefly as an up-and-coming "it" band in NYC, shortly after the time that Dan came to the States from his native England, where he had worked with Billy Childish and related projects such as Holly Golightly. The Revue even opened for much-hyped midmajor stars as Interpol, and my guess is that it looked like too much too soon for cred-conscious scene-honchos to hitch up to the bandwagon. I was skeptical, too. Probably a year or more went by before I learned that the Broke Revue's album on the In the Red was actually really good! And there were a buncha other records that came out around then by Dan which for me got lost in the shuffle, never bought, never heard. I thought I had him pegged as a bluespunker. I respected him for the raggedy edge and a unique singing voice, but I was afraid he was a little too prolific, and I felt late to the party after missing so many records.
Nowadays, Dan's music has become even more diversely influenced, and while it surely seems to share many influences with the Country Teasers, I also get the sense that Dan's got a subscription to the Messthetics series because The Pink Scream and Elev to Mezz sound as if they'd fit right into that (albeit, his music's blues edge is still more palpable than any of those British DIY bands of 1978-1980). There's keys and synths in there in places, even the occasional disco beat, but it's never the least bit cheesy, and like the Teasers' main man Ben Wallers (here's where the comparison does indeed ring very true), Dan's lyrics are enthralling enough to command close attention.
Rick Ele - Art for Spastics/KDVS
DISCOGRAPHY -
holly golightly/dan melchior/bruce brand - your love is mine/laughing to keep from crying - flapping jet 1997
dan melchior -wrong inside/crow jane 45 - hangmans daughter 1998
billy childish and dan melchior - devil in the flesh LP - sftri 1998
dan melchior's broke revue - this love is real CD - sftri 1999
the broke revue - oldtime futureshock LP - milou 1999
holly golightly and dan melchior - desperate little town LP- sftri 2000
dan melchior - instant love/that's no way to get along 45- smartguy 2000
dan melchior's broke revue - bad for my soul/art machine 45 - in the red 2000
dan melchior's broke revue - heavy dirt LP - in the red 2001
dan melchior's broke revue - andover,duluth,london 12"EP - version city 2002
dan melchior's broke revue - bitterness, spite, rage and scorn - in the red 2002
dan melchior - this is not the medway sound LP - smartguy 2002
dan melchior's broke revue - remote control/garage obituary 45 - tmu 2003
dan mel -key -ore's broke revue - gudbye ta sluggo CD EP - plastic records 2004
dan melchior's broke revue - o clouds unfold double LP - (never released) - 2004
dan melchior - the covert stomp LP - hate records 2005
dan melchior - hello I'm dan melchior CD - shake it records 2005
dan melchior - fire breathing clones ..ular phones CD - plastic records 2006
dan melchior - span of attention/to the river 45 - ssld records 2006
dan melchior und das menace - your lousy floor ep 45 - bughouse records 2006
dan melchior und das menace - elev to mezz/gravy train and ice cream truck/hippy! - daggerman records 2007 dan melchior und das menace - PINK SCREAM ep - -shake appeal records - 2007
dan melchior und das menace - back in the village/dog love - disordered records - 2007
dan melchior und das menace - madame nu/so real - plastic idol records - 2007 dan melchior und das menace - christmas for the crows lp - daggerman records 2008
world's lousy with idea's vol 5 - w catatonic youth and christmas island - almost ready 2008 dan melchior und das menace - she's so blank/certainly 14th st 45 - Almost ready records 2008
Mr Oblivion/Piledriver nitemare 2 - Columbus Discount records - 2009
Columbus discount singles club - The post office line/Tourists - Columbus Discount - 2009
Thankyou very much - double lp - SS records - 2009
Dim are the lights/I don't want to be nice 45 - on Convulsive records - 2009
It's a terrible shame/Ghost of a flea pt 2 45 - on Dulknife records - 2009 COMING SOON
Split with the Fresh and onlys on Volar records
archeological resurrection of "O CLOUDS UNFOLD' by hook or crook
'Obscured by fuzz' LP on Topplers- - -
2010 -double vinyl singles collection on Plastic records
10" on Kill Shaman
Album on SS
Single on Damaged Goods
A LOT OF THE ABOVE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE AT -
danmelchior.net
DAN MELCHIOR und das menace's Friend Space (Top 35)
Thanks for the add. Now that I got your latest album I know what to wear if I ever end up at a party in Williamsburg. Hope to see you in Europe someday. a-b
You hereby receive our high quality label "FAVORIT 2008" for making one of the best albums of 2008. We've been airing two songs of you in our December's show.
sorry for the audio quality, that always happens when i film there(check out my INTELLIGENCE videos) but the show was great, and threw Christmas for the Crows on my turntable as soon as i got home....the album is amazing..thanks for coming to lafayette!!!
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