CARLO VAN PUTTEN - VOCALS
RALF AUSSEM - GUITARS
PETE BROUGH - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
SVEN-OLAF DIRKS - BASS
PATRICK SCHMITZ - DRUMS
Question?
What have producers Dave Allen (The Cure), Mick Glossop
(Van Morrison, Waterboys) and Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode) got in common?
Answer:
Their devotion to pop music crafted in Germany and a
band that marked its debut 20 years ago – TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING (Phonogram
UK). Each of them produced an album for 12DD, arguably the most innovative
German band of the ’80s.
In 2003 Pete Brough, one of the founder-members
of German band TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING, and Ralf Aussem, guitarist from the
original 12DD cast and mastermind behind the hugely successful band SUN, joined
forces with vocalist Carlo van Putten and collectively gave life to DEAD
GUITARS.
In 2007 they have been joined by Patrick Schmitz – Drums and Sven-Olaf Dirks – Bass Guitar. Both are immaculate
musicians and fit so very nicely into the DEAD GUITARS family
In
addition to being a principle writer and lead vocalist with German band THE
CONVENT, Carlo van Putten also had a flourishing partnership with the late
Adrian Borland, mastermind behind the British cult band THE SOUND, under the
name WHITE ROSE TRANSMISSION and has worked with various others over the course
of the years, including Marty Willson Piper of THE CHURCH and Mark Burgess of
THE CHAMELEONS.
DEAD GUITARS are an amalgamation of exhilarating
downbeats, saturated electro-acoustic guitar work, and vocals that reflect an
incisiveness and emotional intelligence.
DEAD GUITARS are the
resurrection of authentic pop, the reincarnation of sweeping, melancholic
ballads, the renaissance of the “wall of sound”, those filigree, towering guitar
riffs that make Ralf Aussem such an exceptional guitarist, and the surreal way
his licks blend with clear song structures, shattering the listening habits of
the pop genre – finally!
DEAD GUITARS do pop, not pap. Their music is
crafted, not production-line, original, not synthetic, a healthy alternative to
the nursery rhymes that currently mob the singles charts. It is emotionally
charged and vibrant. Songs like “Name Of The Sea” or “Crash” are,
unpretentiously post-modern: honest, grounded, rising above the fleeting trends
and toe-curling embarrassment that haunts the current “pop idol” generation.
The Chameleons, The Sound, Echo & the Bunnymen, Comsat Angels, The Cure, The Church, The Convent, Twelve Drummers Drumming, White Rose Transmission, Adrian Borland
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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