Summary
Live WGT 08, pic by crynool
In 2003 Pete Brough, one of the founder-members of German band TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING, and Ralf Aussem, guitarist from the original 12DD cast and mastermind behind the hugely successful band SUN, joined forces with vocalist Carlo van Putten and collectively gave life to DEAD GUITARS.
In 2007 they have been joined by Patrick Schmitz – Drums and Sven-Olaf Dirks – Bass Guitar. Both are immaculate musicians and fit so very nicely into the DEAD GUITARS family
In addition to being a principle writer and lead vocalist with German band THE CONVENT, Carlo van Putten also had a flourishing partnership with the late Adrian Borland, mastermind behind the British cult band THE SOUND, under the name WHITE ROSE TRANSMISSION and has worked with various others over the course of the years, including Marty Willson Piper of THE CHURCH and Mark Burgess of THE CHAMELEONS.
DEAD GUITARS are an amalgamation of exhilarating downbeats, saturated electro-acoustic guitar work, and vocals that reflect an incisiveness and emotional intelligence.
DEAD GUITARS are the resurrection of authentic pop, the reincarnation of sweeping, melancholic ballads, the renaissance of the "wall of sound", those filigree, towering guitar riffs that make Ralf Aussem such an exceptional guitarist, and the surreal way his licks blend with clear song structures, shattering the listening habits of the pop genre – finally!
DEAD GUITARS do pop, not pap. Their music is crafted, not production-line, original, not synthetic, a healthy alternative to the nursery rhymes that currently mob the singles charts. It is emotionally charged and vibrant. Songs like Name Of The Sea or Crash are, unpretentiously post-modern: honest, grounded, rising above the fleeting trends and toe-curling embarrassment that haunts the current "pop idol" generation.
DEAD GUITARS have completed their debut album AIRPLANES alongside Guido Lucas at the "Blue Box" in Noisedorf and was released 1st of June 2007.
DEAD GUITARS had been personally chosen by Wayne Hussey as very special guests for The Mission Farewell Tour 2008. All European mainland venues plus one London show have been a great success.
October 2008: pre-release of the 2nd DEAD GUITARS album FLAGS with two club gigs in Germany & NL.
November 2008: Carlo, Pete and Ralf on stage with WAYNE HUSSEY (The Mission) at the Matrix Club in Bochum. They played three songs together: Isolation from FLAGS and the two Mission songs Butterfly On A Wheel and Bird Of Passage.
Please check out the VIDEO section for Isolation
December 2008: Two more club gigs in Germany & NL.
To be continued...
>>> A more detailed bio written by Pete can be found HERE
