Death in Vegas
Death in Vegas is a company incorporated in London, Great Britain 1994 British band whose sound elements of pop, psychedelic rock, big beat and dub included.
Band History
Death in Vegas was founded in 1994 by Richard Fearless and Steve Helier under the name of Dead Elvis and shortly thereafter received a recording contract with Concrete Records. Due to reservations of the heirs of Elvis Presley, they were forced to rename the band Death in Vegas; However, Dead Elvis was the name of her debut album appeared in 1997. The songs on this album were heavily influenced by dub, techno and sometimes big beat and trip hop. Steve Helier left the band shortly after the album's release and was replaced by Tim Holmes, who has been involved in the production of Dead Elvis.
1999 appeared the album The Contino Sessions, increased real instruments and first guest singer came on the used. So were on this album Dot Allison, Iggy Pop, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream ) and Jim Reid (Jesus and Mary Chain ) on. The sound was now more influenced by rock; but electronic elements were still clearly present. Due to the success of the song Dirge, which was used in a commercial for Levi 's, the band became known to a wider public. In 2000, Death in Vegas have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
The album Scorpio Rising was released in June 2003 and marked a partial return of the band to their electronic roots. The album title is inspired by the eponymous film by Kenneth Anger. As on the previous album, The Contino Sessions but also real instruments and turn as guest singer Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller and Hope Sandoval were used. The song Girls was also found on the soundtrack to the movie Lost in Translation. Scorpio Rising was the last album for the label Concrete Records, of which Death in Vegas separated after ten years.
Once they had established their own record label Drone Records, was released, according to an article for the remix series Back to Mine, their fourth album Satan 's Circus. In contrast to the previous two albums were here before any guest vocalists; the music had now again a much more electronic impact, reminiscent in part to the power plant. Satan 's Circus was released as a special edition with an additional live CD, which was recorded on the Scorpio Rising tour at Brixton Academy in London.