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Brendan Perry

Background information
Birth name Brendan Perry
Born June 30, 1959 (1959-06-30) (age 48)
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Hurdy Gurdy, Percussion
Associated acts Dead Can Dance, The Scavengers, The Marching Girls

Brendan Perry (born June 30, 1959 in Whitechapel, London) is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the male half of the duo, Dead Can Dance, with Lisa Gerrard. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. A hurdy gurdy (also known as a wheel fiddle) is a stringed Musical instrument in which the strings are sounded by means of a Rosined wheel which the strings Dead Can Dance is a band comprising Lisa Gerrard ( Contralto) and Brendan Perry ( Baritone) Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Dead Can Dance is a band comprising Lisa Gerrard ( Contralto) and Brendan Perry ( Baritone) Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian Musician, Singer and Composer who rose to prominence as part of

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Career

The Scavengers and The Marching Girls

Though now primarily known for his quiet introspective work with Dead Can Dance, Perry's first musical forays were in a markedly different style. Dead Can Dance is a band comprising Lisa Gerrard ( Contralto) and Brendan Perry ( Baritone) In 1977, Perry was a leading member of New Zealand punk rock band The Scavengers, working under the pseudonym of Ronnie Recent. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Perry started as the band's bass player, becoming lead vocalist after a lineup change in 1978. In 1979 the band moved to Melbourne and changed their name to The Marching Girls. Perry left this band in 1981. Perry's work with these two bands can be found on the compilation album, AK79, and on a compilation of Scavengers singles which has recently been released on CD. AK79 is a compilation album of punk bands active in Auckland, New Zealand in the late 1970s released by Ripper Records in 1980 The Scavengers are regarded as New Zealand's equivalent of The Buzzcocks, with the Perry co-penned song "Mysterex" being seen as one of the country's best and most distinctive punk rock singles. Buzzcocks are an English Punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975 The Marching Girls also reached the New Zealand singles charts in 1980 with "True Love".

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, with Brendan Perry, drummer Simon Monroe (ex-Marching Girls as well as Perry), bass player Paul Erikson and Lisa Gerrard, last to join the band. Dead Can Dance is a band comprising Lisa Gerrard ( Contralto) and Brendan Perry ( Baritone) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian Musician, Singer and Composer who rose to prominence as part of In 1982, Dead Can Dance moved to London leaving Simon Monroe in Australia. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Dead Can Dance is a band comprising Lisa Gerrard ( Contralto) and Brendan Perry ( Baritone) London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Peter Ulrich would play drums on the band's first demos, concerts and recordings. Paul Erikson quickly left the band to fly back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The band recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the self-titled, Dead Can Dance album, released in February 1984. 4AD is a British Independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Dead Can Dance is the debut album recorded by the Dead Can Dance in 1984 Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

Solo career

In 1999, Perry released his solo album, Eye of the Hunter, on 4AD Records. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Eye of the Hunter (1999 is the first solo album by Brendan Perry, previously the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. 4AD is a British Independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still The album contains songs written by Perry, as well as a cover of Tim Buckley's song "I Must Have Been Blind". Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia Perry would eventually cover two more Tim Buckley songs: "Happy Time" and "Dream Letter".

A second album, to be called Zun Zun, has been continually postponed; nothing has been heard about it since 2003.

Around 2001, Brendan Perry did the music for a 10-mm film (Mushin) made by Graham Wood, who designed the artwork for the box set 1981-1998 and the album Wake. Wake is a compilation from previous albums of Dead Can Dance released in 2003

From 2000 to 2005, Brendan, with his brother Robert, ran workshops on Afro-Cuban and West African traditional hand percussion at Quivvy Church. Brendan also held free classes for local residents. He also organized a samba festival and seemed to be involved in a samba school.

As for 2008, Brendan Perry is working on his new solo album (for 4AD). According to a reply Perry made to a comment on his Myspace blog, the new album will be very different from Eye of the Hunter, notably because it will feature rhythm machines and electric guitars. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Eye of the Hunter (1999 is the first solo album by Brendan Perry, previously the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. Perry says that he is "determined to finish [his] next album by this coming summer [2008]", but that means the album will not be released until late 2008 at the earliest. "Utopia", a demo version of a song that will be included in this forthcoming album, can already be heard on his Myspace blog[1].

Discography

Albums

Contributions

Links and references

References

  1. ^ Myspace.com Brendan Perry

External links

Eye of the Hunter (1999 is the first solo album by Brendan Perry, previously the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Zoar is a primarily instrumental musical group from in New York City
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