Brain Donor were an English power trio,[5] formed in July 1999 by Julian Cope and two Spiritualized members, Doggen Foster (lead guitar) and drummer Kevin 'Kevlar' Bales.[6] Wearing full make-up in the kabuki style of early KISS, the band sought to combine Van Halen-esque heavy metal with garage rock[7] in the style of Blue Cheer and the Japanese noise rock bands High Rise and Mainliner.[citation needed]
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| Origin | England |
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| Years active | 1999–2009 |
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The band's debut album Love Peace & Fuck was hammered by the press for its gratuitous soloing and guitar heavy production. But with the recent return of heavy metal values to underground music via re-appraissals of Blue Cheer and Sir Lord Baltimore, Love Peace & Fuck has since come to be regarded by the new American Underground as something of a classic,}[2] and a US compilation album of the band was released in 2005, on San Francisco's Mister E. Records. The same year, a song entitled "Messages" from the second Brain Donor album, Too Freud To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung To Die, appeared in the American film, The Lost.
Bales was replaced by new drummer, known as Mr. E,[8] for the band's last two albums. Brain Donor has been inactive since 2009's Wasted Fuzz Excessive.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- Love Peace & Fuck (Impresario, 2001)[9]
- Too Freud to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung to Die (Brain Donor Records, 2003)[10] (2-CD set; CD 1 features studio material from 1999-2002, CD 2 contains a 2000 live recording)[11]
- Drain'd Boner (Invada, 2006)
- Wasted Fuzz Excessive (Brain Donor Records, 2009)
Live albums
edit- Thekla (White Trash Recordings, 2007)[12]
Compilation albums
edit- Brain Donor (Mister E, 2005) (US compilation)
Singles
edit- "She Saw Me Coming" (Impresario, 2001)
- "Get Off Your Pretty Face" (Impresario, 2001)
- "My Pagan Ass" (Static Caravan / Resonant, 2002)
References
edit- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Brain Donor Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b Badgley, Aaron. "Love, Peace & Fuck Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (12 September 2005). "Brain Donor : She Saw Me Coming". NME. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Ian Bissett". Twitter. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Myers, Ben (19 March 2008). "All hail Julian Cope, renaissance man". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Julian Cope". Island Records. Retrieved 15 May 2021
- ^ "Q&A 2000CE — BRAIN DONOR". headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2021
- ^ "URTHONA—SUPER-HEAVY HAMOAZIAN REVERIE". headheritage.co.uk, March 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2021
- ^ Strong, Martin C. "Julian Cope Biography". The Great Rock Bible. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Too Freud to Rock 'N' Roll, Too Jung to Die". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2021
- ^ "Too Freud to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung to Die". Head Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Thekla - 2007". Record Collectors of the World Unite. Retrieved 5 April 2023.