Dead Famous People are a New Zealandindie pop band formed in Auckland, active from the latter half of the 1980s onward. Dead Famous People are still active today, Savage using various collaborators, with a new album being recorded in Auckland New Zealand, following an extended break taken to raise her son, Harry.
"Looking at Girls" their first single on Fire Records (UK), was released on 24 October 2019. Their second single "Groovy Girl" was released on 12 February 2020, also on Fire Records. The ten-track album "Harry" was released on 9 October 2020 on Fire records. Their new album "Ballet boy" was released on May 29th 2023, recorded in Auckland, New Zealand It features 10 new tracks.
The band formed in 1986 and comprised Dons Savage (vocals), Elizabeth (Biddy) Leyland (keyboards and vocals), Wendy Kjestrup (guitar and vocals), Jenny Renals (bass guitar) and Robyn Tearle (drums).[1] After a couple of releases in New Zealand, including an EP on Flying Nun Records, giving them some success in their homeland, they relocated to London, where they signed for Billy Bragg's Utility Records label, with Gill Moon replacing Tearle.[2] Utility issued the band's Arriving Late in Torn and Filthy Jeansmini-LP in 1989, and it became the label's biggest-selling release.[2] They received regular airplay from John Peel and recorded a session for his BBC Radio 1 show in 1989.[3] Jenny Renals and Wendy Kjestrup left the band in 1990. Savage joined Saint Etienne on their cover version of The Field Mice's "Let's Kiss and Make Up", and subsequently recorded as a solo artist, as did Leyland.[1] Savage also provided backing vocals on The Chills' "Heavenly Pop Hit".[4]
The band contributed a version of "True Love Leaves No Traces" to the 1991 Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan.[5]
Savage continues with the Dead Famous People name, with various collaborators, and another album, Secret Girls Business, was issued in 2002, featuring six previously-unreleased tracks.
Dead Famous People released a 10-song album in 2020, titled Harry, which was recorded in Auckland and released on Fire Records.
Discographyedit
Singles, EPsedit
"Drive Away" (1987), Craft – split Flexi-disc with Screeming Custard
Lost Persons Area (1987), Flying Nun – 12-inch vinyl EP
"Looking at Girls" Digital single (24 October 2019)- Fire Records (UK)
Albumsedit
Arriving Late in Torn and Filthy Jeans (1989), Utility
All Hail The Daffodil (1994), La-Di-Da – 'best of' compilation
La Di Da..so far (1991), La-Di-Da: "With Wings We'll Soar The Heavens"
La Di Bloody Da (1994), La-Di-Da: "Desperate Orange Love Plunge"
25 Years Box (2006), Flying Nun: "Barlow's House"
"Ballet boy" (2023) Album.
Referencesedit
^ abStrong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN1-84195-335-0, p. 294
^ abLarkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books, ISBN0-7535-0231-3, p. 118-9
^"11/06/1989 – Dead Famous People", Keeping It Peel, BBC, retrieved 19 June 2010
^"Dead Famous People" All Hail The Daffodil (review), Option, 1992
^Wice, Nathaniel (1992) "Various Artists I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen", SPIN, January 1992, retrieved 19 June 2010
^"Dead Famous People - Harry - 0/10". Genius.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
External linksedit
Dead Famous People at Fire Records
March 16, 2024
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