Mary Ann Sims (born August 28, 1960), known professionally as Dinah Cancer, is an American singer. She is the lead vocalist of 45 Grave, which helped found the deathrock music genre.
Dinah Cancer | |
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 Cancer in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mary Ann Sims |
| Born | August 28, 1960 |
| Genres | Punk rock, horror punk, deathrock, gothic rock |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Biography
editCancer remarried briefly and had two daughters before separating from her second husband.[1] She returned to using her birth name, Mary Sims, becoming a preschool teacher and running the Ragnarok occult bookstore.[2] In 1997, she formed the band Penis Flytrap, who released the mini album Tales of Terror (1998, Bloody Daggre Records) and the album Dismemberment (2001, Black Plague Records). Cancer and drummer Hal Satan left Penis Flytrap to form Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers.[3]
In 2004, 45 Grave reformed for their 25th anniversary, with Cancer as the only original member. Cancer said via her MySpace page: "I'm building this to keep the spirit of 45 Grave alive, introduce its magic to new fans, and as a personal commemorative of my best memories being the driving force and front person of 45 Grave". The reformed 45 Grave (featuring Rikk Agnew and later Frank Agnew) performed the title track to the 2009 horror film Night of the Demons, and released their second studio album, Pick Your Poison, in 2012 on Frontier Records.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Cancer: Survivor". Ocweekly.com. November 29, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ "Death Rock Pioneers 45 Grave Rise, Fall, Rise Again/". Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ "Phoenix article on Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers". Archived from the original on March 10, 2005. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ "45 Grave – Pick Your Poison album wrap party – at Bar Sinister – Hollywood, CA". Big Wheel Magazine. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.