Deadsy

Deadsy
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Industrial metal, industrial rock, electronic rock, dark wave, synthrock, gothic rock, nu metal, alternative metal
Years active	1995–2007 (currently on hiatus)
Labels	Dreamworks Records Elektra Records Elementree Records Immortal Records Sire Records Warner Music Group
Website	deadsy.tv
Members	Phillips Exeter Blue I Alec Püre Carlton Megalodon (Carlton Bost) Jens Funke
Past members	Creature (Ashburn Miller) The Beast (Craig Riker) Dr. Nner (Renn Hawkey)

Deadsy is an American heavy metal band from California. The band is known for its visual iconography and signature characteristics assigned to each band member. Each musician is identified by a specific color, stage name, and graphic tied into the band's theatrical nature. The band has released three studio albums. After independently releasing a self-titled debut in 1996, the band garnered mainstream exposure with the support of alternative metal pioneers Jonathan Davis and Fred Durst who aided Deadsy on their 2002 album Commencement. Throughout the 2000s, Deadsy toured across the United States, most notably performing on the Family Values Tour. The band released a second major label album, Phantasmagore, in 2006 before taking an indefinite hiatus in 2007.

Deadsy began in 1995, when Elijah Blue Allman (son of Cher and Gregg Allman), also known as Phillips Exeter Blue I, started recording a handful of demos (including "Dear" and a cover of "Texas Never Whispers") with Alec Puro (Alec Püre) and later sent a Juno 106 keyboard to Renn Hawkey (Dr. Nner) as an invitation to join the band. The three members evolved their sound in the studio and sought out a record deal out of "adolescent necessity."

Deadsy was quickly signed to Sire Records, and they got working on writing new songs. Because they had no bass player at the time, Jay Gordon (of Orgy) was asked to play bass for their short self-titled album. After the album was recorded and released for promotion, the band temporarily relocated to NYC where drummer/producer Marc Jordan joined the band for a brief spell. Deadsy performed their first show at Coney Island in 1997, and abandoned the show after 3 songs for unclarified reasons. All that is really known about the show is that Alec was absent and the bass player they had was a guy named "Andy Trench". Craig Riker joined on bass as a full-time member, and they were once again writing songs for the upcoming full length Commencement. Only a few songs were written for the new album as the band had planned to re-release most tracks from the self-titled album. A music video for "She Likes Big Words" was made at one of their early shows, also for promotion. With the album in the final stages of development, Sire parted ways with Elektra Records, and the release was pushed back to a later date. Soon after, Deadsy was dropped from the label entirely, ending the life of both the first and would-be second album, Commencement.

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