Brain Donor

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Brain Donor
OriginEngland
Genres
Years active1999–2009
Labels
Past members
  • Julian Cope
  • Anthony 'Doggen' Foster
  • Kevin 'Kevlar' Bales
  • Ian 'Mister E' Bissett [4]

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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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,} [8] 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, [9] for the band's last two albums. Brain Donor has been inactive since 2009's Wasted Fuzz Excessive.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Brain Donor Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Badgley, Aaron. "Love, Peace & Fuck Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Empire, Kitty (12 September 2005). "Brain Donor : She Saw Me Coming". NME . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ian Bissett". Twitter . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Myers, Ben (19 March 2008). "All hail Julian Cope, renaissance man". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Julian Cope". Island Records. Retrieved 15 May 2021
  7. ↑ "Q&A 2000CE — BRAIN DONOR". headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2021
  8. ↑ Badgley, Aaron. "Love Peace & Fuck". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2021
  9. ↑ "URTHONA—SUPER-HEAVY HAMOAZIAN REVERIE". headheritage.co.uk, March 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2021
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  11. ↑ "Too Freud to Rock 'N' Roll, Too Jung to Die". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2021
  12. ↑ "Too Freud to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung to Die". Head Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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