Dead Brothers is another familly mafia thing. Geneva gypsy band. Circus Freaks. Born for playin’ funerals music… That’s a challenge. But death in a burlesque way sounds really up-to-date. Dead Brothers started at the first Electric Circus. There were two at the beginning as the reincarnation of these old blues charlatans selling bad alcohol. There were Dead Alain and Dead Pierre and some other Dead started to follow the orchestra.
Alain Meyer, first manager, electric circus inventer, little records co-manager
DEAD GUYS are as follows... dead christoph gantert uses hollow tubes to syphon the ether and pull spirits from the air, converting them into sound... dead pierre sucks, blows and twangs his way through imaginary versions of oiled songs...dead alain translates wayward mumbo jumbo into cold facts nailing the squirming worm of truth to the stage...dead delaney hits and shrieks melancholy at the bottom of a bucket...
The Dead Brothers saw Jean Philippe "JP Tornado" Geiser introducing the banjo and the heavy metal tuba in the band. Along with him was Frederic Schmutz on the tuba, trombone and polish trumpet. Marcel Salesse (Franck Zappa's cousin) was our first drummer. Then came Denis "out of focus" Shuller, Julien Israelian and Balthasar Boisseau.
Special guests included Mathias Wyder, Zoé Cappon, Joe Delachaux, Yves "Marcel Toupey" Massy, Mathias Lincke, Chessy Weaver, Bob Drake, Balts Niels, Resli Burri, Alain Porchet, JJ Pedretti amongs others....
De Chriggou und die Sophie were the drivers of our hearts
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the dead brothers, more or less what's left of a symphony orchestra after their car crashed today. some heavy metal wind instruments (Tubas, trombones and bass saxophone) a megaphone and a top hat, a nasty french accordion and some sweet lap steel country.
Bringing rock'n'roll back to Europe by exploring the musical roots that led to it's birth or what would the european music that led to rock'n'roll, sound like today?
They make Satie rhyme with Birthday Party, and the Saints singing Besame Mucho. They're a macabre rock'n'roll party and an old fashioned wedding at the same time. Need your sense of humour when they stage gruesome deaths singing Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. The Cramps wrote they liked their rendering of Human Fly. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Tom Waits got their records.Thomas Wydler of the Bad Seeds says their Tod Von Basel penned in the 16th century sounds pretty nasty. Toured tons with Bob Log III and England with T-Model Ford the tale dragger from Greenville, and they know personally the Reverend Beat-man himself. They are fans of The Kift, famous dutch surrealist jazz family. The Dead Brothers sing blues tunes out of ancient Europe (Totentanz) and famous cajun-core french swingh from Bombay. They've been called THE BEST FUNERAL ORCHESTRA along with tubas and electric guitar and the most bizarre act to have appeared in Europe. Felt at home in Russia, but go as much as possible to the swiss mountains.
Some say they are paradoxal. Difficult to get along with. Try good food.
They started staging a travelling doctor selling some potion from table to table, storming cafis with the well-named Cirque Electrique. They wrote a musical about ...death played on a boat during the swiss national exhibition in 2002, "Day of the Dead" featured Eleni Mandell, DJ Khan, Reverend Beatman and the whole dead family.
It is of course so rare, much too rare, to receive a letter from neverneverland. But some of the news does come through. We left you a note some years ago saying we we’re gonna travel across the world; and we did,
starting with a gig for "Radio Paradiso" on the swiss national radio and ending in the "Club Inferno" in Sao Paolo.
In the meantime we hooked up in Rotterdam with the great sound engineer, the one and only Joop de Dolder, we saw the brand new Patronaat in Haarlem, drank some bourbon sour mash (Wild Turkey please, and no ice) with our beloved bluesmen from T99, missed the Waterfront and Elvis much to our regret (next time we promise), played again the VPRO radio Show and got sick quickly in the cold weather.
Then Germany where the big bunker in the middle of Hamburg, Uebel und Gefährlich, was like a second home to us, broke a door in Berlin, hooked up with the great Clashs’dj Scratchy in Switzerland, thanks to wonderfull Karin from the great Sofa Agency, zoomed over London again to the stranger than paradise burlesque dancers, kissed Miss Amandas’ delightful hands and shake those of the Barracudas’own Robin Wills, ancient swiss national Alice Cooper came to our gig (Jean-Pierre Fournier is his real name) much to our honor. We saw the north of Germany where we visited Jens Truemmer and family in his hideout, hung out in Frankfurt with Mark Littler, played in his movie „a road to nod“, saw the great G.Rag and Los Patchenkos in Munich.
In Paris and Marseille we met the Lollipop records guys that reedited our Wunderkammer in France. Austria was good food, Vienna decadent and fun as usual, tried to play soft sets to rough crowds and scare quiet crowds with loud bursts of howling noises, and lied down in the Boston Arms the Dirty Water Club in London with the magnificent Flaming Stars, Swearing at Motorists and all the staff from Mojo magazine (salut mon ami!), to die once more.
We then took a trip to south America and played Nicolas Valles’ Buenos Aires Stomp! Festival, had a ball with The Mutants, real finnish freaks (Riapolla boys!), and Mister Valles’ own Motorama, went to Brazil to zoom all over Sao Paolo to see the gentle Allessandro Padovano and his new rock’n’roll club. The first night a fight broke out with skinheads in the small Club Berlin; we continued playing unamused by the scattering fights of the living. Good thing that Doctor Love was looking after us, better than he was looking after himself, and that Pedro Palhares, the film maker, taped the gig at Club Bela Fiori, an ancient Bmovie studio set in red velvet, in a bad part of Sao Paolo. The Butcher Orchestra recorded the stuff and Rastrillo Records, Argentinas’ best record label led by Mister Pirullo, will edit the stuff. Keep n’eye open.
Also, the wonderful Trikont label of Munich is bringing out a new compilation of La Paloma versions. At last the Dead Brothers’ la Paloma is also on there!
But as you may know if you've been well informed, The band split up early last year.
2007 saw Delaney return to New Zeeland, Alain have a baby, Christophe travel around and Pierre produce the Mama Rosin.
BUT BUT BUT...
2008 sees Delaney coming back to Europe to play gigs with his Ghost Orchestra, Christophe get around with his Knickerbockers, Alain reappearing with a new project: The Sweet String Orchestra and Pierre putting a new band together: The Tango Club.
Check it all out!
We really hope to see you all again soon as beautifull as the last time......
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..Hey Brothers & Sisters! We are proud to announce the biggest GYPSY HOTEL event ever at The HACKNEY EMPIRE, FRIDAY 3rd JULY.
THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE will be launching their long awaited debut album ‘Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop ‘N’ Stroll’ (in the shops July 6th!)…Joining them on this momentous occasion will be …
…The Fire Tusk Pain Proof Circus | Gawkagogo | The Cesarians | Empress Stah | Lady Ane Angel | The Texas Chainsaw Orchestra | Frank Sanazi | Lalla Morte | Missy Macabre | dj Scratchy | and maybe the odd surprise guest or two…
hello und salü! – come on and shake! …zum Knochenschütteln mit uns GHOULS – am Freitag, 17. April 09, in der Turnhalle im Progr, Bern – los geht’s ziemlich pünktlich um 22:00 Uhr, ab 23:00 Uhr gibt’s dann „Tanznacht“-Disco mit Madame Violence und El Tigre – veeery smoooth!!! Grosse Grüsse – j.
Man I wish you guys were still touring and such. Im wondering why there arent a lot of songs up...I have most of your albums, but I would love to stop by and always show some support!! Take care & have a great rest of the year guys!!! Gary
Clinkum Clank..s "FOLKSONGS & BALLADS" (3CDr) Henry My Son "SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE" (CDr) My Bones Itch " ETERNITY FOR A WHILE" (Vinyl only)
