Grainger (right) with former bandmate Jesse F. Keeler

Sebastien Grainger (born April 11, 1979 in Mississauga), is a Canadian musician. Jesse Frederick Keeler (born November 11, 1976 in Toronto) is a Canadian musician Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

He is most well-known to the public for having been the singer and drummer of the defunct two-piece band, Death from Above 1979, together with Jesse Keeler who played bass. Death from Above 1979 were a Toronto based Canadian Dance-punk duo Jesse Frederick Keeler (born November 11, 1976 in Toronto) is a Canadian musician The "1979" on the end of the band's name originates from Grainger's birth year, which is also tattooed on his forearm.

Grainger also played drums for Femme Fatale and was involved in other musical projects such as Girl On Girl, the alias under which he remixed his own song "Black History Month" for the Death from Above 1979 remix album Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides. Femme Fatale, an East York Ontario -based band is Jesse F Keeler ’s solo project " Black History Month " is the third single from Death from Above 1979 's album You're a Woman I'm a Machine. Romance Bloody Romance Remixes & B-Sides is a remix album by Death from Above 1979. Through Girl on Girl, he also remixed Metric's "Poster of a Girl" and Annie's "No Easy Love". Metric is a Canadian New Wave / Indie rock band Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto Poster of a Girl is the second North American single from the album Live It Out from Canadian Indie rock band Metric following

He is part owner of Giant Studios in Toronto, with Jimmy Shaw of Metric. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario He is currently playing shows across Canada, having toured previously with many artists including Bloc Party, Albert Hammond Jr, and Hot Hot Heat. Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band composed of Kele Okereke on vocals and Rhythm guitar, Russell Lissack on Albert Hammond Jr (born April 9 1980 Los Angeles, California) is a Musician and member of the Garage rock band, The Strokes Hot Hot Heat is a rock band from Victoria British Columbia, Canada. He is now working on an album as the Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains to be released by early 2008.

His voice is featured in the Does It Offend You, Yeah? song "Let's Make Out". Does It Offend You Yeah? is a British electro-rock band from Reading Berkshire.

He contributes drums on the song by fellow Canadian hip-hop artist k-os' track "Sunday Morning" and also appears in the music video for the song as a homeless man who is recruited as a drummer. k-os (born Kevin Brereton on February 20 1972 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Rapper, singer songwriter and record producer of

During live performances, Grainger has been known to use a fender DeVille 60 watt amplifier in conjunction with a reverend warhawk II 390 guitar.

External links

• Official Website
• Food Blog
• Official MySpace Profile
• Official Purevolume Profile
• Death from Above 1979 Official Website
• Death from Above 1979 MySpace Profile
• Snowsuit Sounds Interview He discusses his recent solo work