Death From Above 1979

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Death from Above 1979 were the Toronto-based duo of Jesse F. Keeler on bass/synths and Sebastien Grainger on vocals/drums. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused noise-funk, often referred to as dance punk, on the drum and bass combination alone. Originally named just “Death From Above”, the duo changed their name after a legal dispute with New York City dance-punk label Death From Above (known as DFA Records since the September 11, 2001 attacks). “Death from above” was written on a helicopter in the movie Apocalypse Now, which was copyrighted in 1979. However, Keeler says this is simply a coincidence; 1979 was chosen as it was, amongst other reasons, “the year I was born.”

Death From Above 1979 had planned on recording the followup to its debut full-length You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine. There were plans to release it in three versions: the traditional bass/drums lineup, a full-band lineup with musicians assembled by Grainger, and a remix album. The albums featuring a full band and remixes were supposedly to be released on the band’s official website.

In 2005 the video for “Romantic Rights” won a VideoFACT award at the MuchMusic Video Music Awards.

On August 4, 2006, the band announced they had decided to split “almost a year ago” due to the strained relationship between the two - claiming they only talked during interviews and just before shows - not to mention the fact that they had achieved all their aims after the record went gold in their native Canada.

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–	15	Add this track to your playlist Losing Friends full track	586
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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Romantic Rights	37,393
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Blood on Our Hands	32,498
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Black History Month	30,699
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Turn it Out	28,487
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Little Girl	28,034
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Go Home, Get Down	27,257
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Going Steady	27,125
–	8	Add this track to your playlist You're a Woman, I'm a Machine	24,990
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Sexy Results	24,353
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Cold War	24,074
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Pull Out	23,774
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Dead Womb full track	9,457
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Too Much Love full track	7,705
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Blood on Our Hands (Justice remix)	7,704
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Losing Friends full track	7,639
–	16	Add this track to your playlist My Love Is Shared full track	7,136
–	17	Add this track to your playlist You're Lovely (But You've Got Problems) full track	5,747
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Better Off Dead	5,639
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Edition)	5,358
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Black History Month (Josh Homme remix)	5,306
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Little Girl (MSTRKRFT Edition)	5,024
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Black History Month (Sammy Danger remix)	4,964
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1	24	Add this track to your playlist If We Don't Make It We'll Fake It full track	4,405
1	25	Add this track to your playlist Black History Month (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke remix)	4,306
1	26	Add this track to your playlist You're Lovely (But You've Got Lots of Problems)	4,144
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–	28	Add this track to your playlist Little Girl (Masterkraft Edition)	4,022
–	29	Add this track to your playlist Romantic Rights (Marczech Makuziak remix)	3,470
–	30	Add this track to your playlist We Don't Sleep at Night	3,353
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Blood On Our Hands [Justice Remix] full track	3,284
–	32	Add this track to your playlist Better Off Dead (Le Peste Cover)	3,110
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–	35	Add this track to your playlist Romantic Rights (The Phone Lovers remix)	2,750
–	36	Add this track to your playlist Blood On Our Hands (Justice Remix	2,460
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