Wax<\/a><\/p>\nL.A\u2019s favorite Death Rock outfit from 1980, with the charmingly named Dinah Cancer on the vocals, and various Germs members helping out.<\/p>\n
Great bit of American thrash this record from 1981, not entirely sure what happened to them, sorry. As our U.S. cousins do this stuff so damn well I reckon I may upload the first Christian Death album on Frontier Records soon, although a law suit could possibly follow\u2026Watch this space!<\/p>\n
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The band was founded by Paul B. Cutler in Los Angeles, California during the punk rock movement, formed alongside another band with almost the same line up called Vox Pop, which produced two singles. Its original line up consisted of Dinah Cancer (formerly of Castration Squad) on vocals, Cutler (formerly of The Consumers) on guitar, Rob Ritter (also known as Rob Graves, formerly of The Bags and concurrently of The Gun Club) on bass, and Don Bolles (of Germs and Nervous Gender) on drums. The name, according to Bolles, derives from a mysterious button he found at a thrift store that said \u201cWE DIG 45 GRAVE\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 1980, 45 Grave recorded their first released song, \u201cRiboflavin Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood\u201d, included on the Los Angeles Free Music Society compilation album, Darker Skratcher. The song was a cover version of novelty song originally performed by Don Hinson and The Rigamorticians on their 1964 album release Monster Dance Party. The 45 Grave recording (as with the original, produced by Gary S. Paxton of Skip & Flip) achieved cult status and became a signature song of the band\u2019s live sets.<\/p>\n
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Early on, the band began by playing the Consumers songs that Cutler had written, with lyrics changed to fit Cancer\u2019s singing style, before concentrating on composing new material like \u201cBlack Cross\u201d (issued as a single in 1981, featuring Pat Smear of Germs on guitar on the B-side \u201cWax\u201d) and a fast-paced punk song called \u201cPartytime\u201d (which was later slowed down and reworked on their 1983 debut album and sole studio release, \u2018Sleep in Safety\u2019. Another signature 45 Grave track, \u201cEvil,\u201d was featured on MTV, and band members appeared as extras in Ridley Scott\u2019s Blade Runner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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