Grateful for the Dead

Bio:

(Also see my other projects "Primadonahue" www.myspace.com/primadonahue and "Repulsar" www.myspace.com/repulsar.) Using electronic sound shaping tools, I am producing audio collages that are comprised exclusively of sampled material from dead musicians. Any appearance from a living musician is purely incidental. These mash-ups are like a visit to rock and roll heaven. I will continue to post new tracks and also put the sample credits for each of the songs on the blog space. Grateful for the Dead is a tribute to the departed heroes of Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, Hip Hop, etc., and is also my opportunity to boss around the greatest artists the world has ever known. And there's nothing they can do to stop me because they are all dead. I am available to DJ your next Halloween party! ..You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM's MySpace Profile Editor!..

Member Since:

November 28, 2007

Members:

DJ Squid Viscus: Laptop Computer

Influences:

Ronnie James Dio, Alex Chilton, Teddy Pendergrass, Bruce C. Allen, Les Paul, Michael Jackson, Bob Bogle, Lux Interior, Ron Asheton, Jimmy Carl Black, Jerry Reed, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Buddy Miles, Ike Turner, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, Brian Jones, James Brown, Jeff Buckley, Snakefinger, Janis Joplin, Bon Scott, Spike Jones, Benjamin Orr, Bob Marley, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Django Reinhardt, Sid Vicious, Buck Owens, Miles Davis, Robert Johnson, Buddy Holly, Stiv Bators, Tupac Shakur, Hank Williams, Nico, Jaco Pastorius, Marc Bolin, Thelonious Monk, Laura Branigan, John Bonham, Kurt Cobain, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Roy Orbison, GG Allin, Freddie Mercury, Wesley Willis, Patsy Klein, Charles Mingus, Ian Curtis, D. Boone, Bob Stinson, Karl Mueller, Muddy Waters, Jim Croce, Joe Strummer, Mama Cass, John Phillips, Woodie Guthrie, Elvis, Hilil Slovak, Link Wray, Marvin Gaye, Sterling Morrison, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Bing Crosby, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chet Baker, Sonny Bono, Otis Redding, Elliot Smith, Lead Belly, Keith Relf, Easy E, Dexter Gordon, Bobby Darin, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Eddie Cochran, Lowell George, Ray Charles, John Denver, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Al Bryant, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Dennis Wilson, The Big Bopper, Billie Holiday, Layne Staley, Rory Gallagher, Del Shannon, Charlie Parker, Johnny Thunders, Willie Dixon, Michael Karoli, Frank Sinatra, Biggie Smalls, Albert Ayler, Richard Manual, Rick Danko, Barry White, Brad Delp, Joseph Spence, Mark Sandman, Louis Armstrong, Michael Hutchence, Warren Zevon, Dean Martin, Rick James, Curtis Mayfield, Shannon Hoon, Graham Parsons, Mick Ronson, Lee Hazelwood, Selena, Buddy Rich, Dimebag Darrel Abbott, Dan Fogelberg, Johnny Cash, Sun Ra, Cliff Burton, Howlin' Wolf, half of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Randy Rhodes, Ritchie Valens, Nat King Cole, Syd Barrett, Duane Allman, Frank Zappa, Tiny Tim, Arthur Lee, Bryan MacLean, Jerry Garcia, John Coltrane, Brian Connolly, Mick Tucker, Robert Palmer, Tom Cora, Nick Drake, Karen Carpenter, all the drummers from Spinal Tap, all the beats played by that Def Leppard guy's decapitated arm, etc... If I forgot anyone let me know.

Sounds Like:

Heaven and Hell

Record Label:

Stucco Discs