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My Dad Is Dead
12+ albums
post-punkindie rockindieexperimentalamerican underground
about
Formed by drummer Mark Edwards, in August 1984 after the break-up of the Cleveland band Riot Architecture, My Dad Is Dead has remained his solo project — with occasional help from a revolving-door cast. Edwards learned to play guitar during late 1984, and played his first show the following year with a backing band consisting of a Roland TR-606 drum machine. He recorded his first LP And He's Not Gonna Take It Anymore at Beat Farm studio, and released it in October 1986 on the Cleveland Co-op St. Valentine Records. After shows supporting bands such as Modern English and the Butthole Surfers, and a solo U.S. Tour, he connected with Boston based Wild Stares, who released the bands 2nd album, Peace, Love and Murder on their Birth records label in May 1987 After another solo US tour, Edwards played at CMJ in the fall of 1987 where he met Gerard Cosloy and eventually signed a contract with Homestead Records early the following year, releasing Let's Skip the Details in May 1988. Soon after, he added the first band members to the revolving My Dad Is Dead touring lineup: bassist Jeff Curtis and drummer John McEntire (later to gain fame in Tortoise). The Best Defense, an album of material from the previous album's sessions, was released on Homestead in December 1988. In the spring of 1989 the band toured with Homestead labelmates Bastro. Shortly after the tour Mcentire left the band and joined Bastro, In June of 1989 the band participated in a European tour dubbed the "Hom
