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Dead Social Club
12+ albums
indielondonnew wavealternativeelectronica
about
Born from a drunken pub conversation in an east London boozer late 2009, Dead Social Club are a six piece alt-indie band consisting of Steve (keys) Paul (vocals) Joel (guitar) Rich (guitar) and the unholy alliance of rhythm section Nic Gilham (bass) and Nick Gillam (drums). It was obvious from the beginning that while Rich wanted to be Metallica and The Cure, Steve wanted to be Depeche mode, Nic wanted to be Joy Division and Paul, any of the above (apart from Metallica and Depeche Mode), which resulted in cheery song titles and singles like: “Let Love Die” and “This Painting is Cursed”. What actually occurred was a weird mix of the lot (apart from Metallica) as well as song bumps, loud swearing, crusty sandwiches making Joel tired and really, really good Jools Holland impressions. However, we must have been doing something right as gig followed gig including; headlining the Foals after party in Brixton, gracing the stage of 2,000 capacity London Scala with Bloc Party DJ’ing in tow and playing Conincx Pop Festival in Holland with The Boxer Rebellion and The Crookes. We also have attracted airplay on BBC 6 Introducing (tracks of the week podcast and national airplay), BBC London, Phantom FM and Absolute radio (shortlisted to track of the week) in the UK, as well as further afield in Canada and The U.S. Online, our songs have been used for videos of skimpy ladies in knickers (FHM) and been made free download of the week by O’Neil (the massive surf brand not the faux Irish p
