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Death in Vegas is a United Kingdom band, currently consisting of Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes. The band's style is that of pop rock with a techno, weird dub, psychedelic and industrial sound combination that some call dance-rock.

The band, originally called Dead Elvis, was formed in 1994, and consisted of Fearless and Steve Helier. Objections from the estate of Elvis Presley forced the band into changing name to the current one; Dead Elvis was instead used as the name of their debut album.

After the release of Dead Elvis, Helier left the band, and was replaced by Holmes.

Death in Vegas' songs have been used elsewhere. The track Dirge featured in a Levi jeans advert, and the song Hands Around My Throat has been used in a 2004 commercial for Sony Ericsson. Another song, Girls, is featured on the Lost in Translation soundtrack.

Death in Vegas had signed to the Concrete Records label in 1994, but parted company from Concrete ten years later, after the release of their third album, Scorpio Rising. Fearless and Holmes have since decided to create their own label, Drone Records. The duo were to have produced rock band Oasis's sixth album, but other commitments meant they had to pull out.

Discography

Death in Vegas have produced four studio albums.

  • Dead Elvis
    • 1. All That Glitters
    • 2. Opium Suffle
    • 3. GBH
    • 4. Twist & Crawl
    • 5. Dirt
    • 6. Rocco
    • 7. Rekkit
    • 8. I Spy
    • 9. Amber
    • 10. Rematerialised
    • 11. 68 Balcony
    • 12. Sly
  • The Contino Sessions (September 1999)
    • 1. Dirge
    • 2. Soul Auctioneer
    • 3. Death Threat
    • 4. Flying
    • 5. Aisha
    • 6. Lever Street
    • 7. Aladdin's Story
    • 8. Broken Little Sister
    • 9. Neptune City
In this album, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie collaborates in the song Soul Auctioneer, while on Aisha, Iggy Pop sings; Jim Reid draws Broken Little Sister near to the sound of his band, Jesus and Mary Chain.
  • Scorpio Rising (June 2003)
    • 1. Leather
    • 2. Girls
    • 3. Hands Around My Throat
    • 4. 23 Lies
    • 5. Scorpio Rising
    • 6. Killing Smile
    • 7. Natja
    • 8. So You Say You Lost Your Baby
    • 9. Driving Horses
    • 10. Help Yourself
Like The Contino Sessions, this album (named after Kenneth Anger’s classic film about gay Nazi bikers) features guest vocalists: Oasis’s Liam Gallagher (Scorpio Rising), Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval (Killing Smile and Help Yourself), former The Jam frontman Paul Weller (So You Say You Lost Your Baby) and Adult.'s Nicola Kuperus (Hands Around My Throat) lend their voices.
  • Satan's Circus (October 2004)
    • 1 Ein fur die Damen
    • 2 Zugaga
    • 3 Heil Xanax
    • 4 Black lead
    • 5 Sons of rother
    • 6 Candy McKenzie
    • 7 Reigen
    • 8 Kontroll
    • 9 Anita Berber
    • 10 Head
    • 11 Come on over to our side softly softly
Satan's Circus is markedly different from the rock-influenced Contino Sessions and Scorpio Rising. It features a more electronic sound, with drum machines, synthesisers and programmed rhythms replacing live bass, guitar and drums. German krautrock has a significant influence - the melody of Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express is featured in the track Zugaga.
This led some fans to be disappointed, while others saw this as a return to the hypnotic instrumentals of Dead Elvis (unlike the previous two albums, Satan's Circus did not feature any guest vocalists). The album was also released as a limited edition double pack including a live CD, recorded on the Scorpio Rising tour at the Brixton Academy, London.

In addition to the above, they have also released a compilation album, as part of the Back to Mine series of albums.

  • Back to Mine Vol. 16 (February 2004)
    • 1. The Upsetters - Cloak and Dagger
    • 2. Fad Gadget - Back to Nature
    • 3. Gene Clark and the Godsin Brothers - Only Colombe
    • 4. Nina Simone - My Sweet Lord
    • 5. Songs: Ohia - Soul
    • 6. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Nashville Blues
    • 7. Dillard & Clark - Polly
    • 8. Sam Gopal -The Sky Is Burning
    • 9. Bo Diddley - Elephant Man
    • 10. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
    • 11. Au Pairs - Headache for Michelle
    • 12. Piero Piccioni - Psychedelic Mood
    • 13. Joy Division – Decades
    • 14. Mmm – Donna

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In addition to the above, they have also released a compilation album, as part of the Back to Mine series of albums. Other (as artist and/or producer):. Death in Vegas have produced four studio albums. Solo:. The duo were to have produced rock band Oasis's sixth album, but other commitments meant they had to pull out. With NWA:. Fearless and Holmes have since decided to create their own label, Drone Records. On the Eminem song "Encore", featuring Dre himself, Eminem mentions that the Eminem crew will "make" him do the album.

Death in Vegas had signed to the Concrete Records label in 1994, but parted company from Concrete ten years later, after the release of their third album, Scorpio Rising. However, in November 2004, Dre and Interscope confirmed that Detox was still in the works and is currently scheduled to be released in Fall 2005. Another song, Girls, is featured on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. The project was declared to be cancelled for a while, as Dre decided to put all his effort into producing the artists on his Aftermath label, including Eminem, 50 Cent, Eve, The Game, Stat Quo, and Busta Rhymes; former NWA member Ice Cube is currently negotiating a contract with the label. The track Dirge featured in a Levi jeans advert, and the song Hands Around My Throat has been used in a 2004 commercial for Sony Ericsson. The release of Detox, which was to be Dre's final solo album, was planned for 2004. Death in Vegas' songs have been used elsewhere. Dre and Eminem produced the major-label debut Get Rich or Die Tryin' for Queens rapper 50 Cent, featuring the Dre-produced hit single "In Da Club.".

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11. The latter featured slightly less involvement by Dr. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane. Dre signed aspiring Detroit rapper Eminem to his label, producing his controversial album The Slim Shady LP in 1999, followed by the even more successful and controversial The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000. 10. In 1997, Dr. Bo Diddley - Elephant Man. The track was intended as a symbolic good-bye to gangsta rap, in which Dre suggested that he is moving on to another level of music and lifestyle.

9. The Aftermath album, released at the end of the year, featured songs by the newly signed Aftermath artists, and a solo track "Been There, Done That". Sam Gopal -The Sky Is Burning. Dre Presents .. 8. The Dr. Dillard & Clark - Polly. Dre left Death Row to form his own Aftermath Entertainment label.

7. By the end of the year, however, the success of Death Row had taken a reverse turn, following the death of Tupac Shakur and racketeering charges against Suge Knight. Foreseeing the label's collapse, Dr. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Nashville Blues. Dre as a major force in the music industry. 6. In 1996, the song "California Love," a highly successful collaboration with Death Row artist Tupac Shakur, helped further establish Death Row and Dr. Songs: Ohia - Soul. Doggystyle achieved phenomenal success, being the first debut album for an artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts.

5. Dre produced Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle, with similar subject matter and musical style. Nina Simone - My Sweet Lord. The following year, Dr. 4. Dre and his patented G Funk. Gene Clark and the Godsin Brothers - Only Colombe. Thanks to the single "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang," and hits like "Let Me Ride" and "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')", The Chronic became a multi-platinum seller, making it virtually impossible to hear mainstream hip-hop that wasn't affected in some way by Dr.

3. Not only was the record the debut of his elastic G funk sound, it was the beginning of his collaboration with rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg (later simply known as Snoop Dogg), a young man who had recorded some homemade tapes with Dre's stepbrother Warren G. Snoop's voice appeared on Dre's 1992 debut album The Chronic as much as Dre's did. Fad Gadget - Back to Nature. Dre released his first solo single, "Deep Cover," in the spring of 1992. 2. Dr. The Upsetters - Cloak and Dagger. Dre enjoyed significant success in NWA, but left the group at the peak of its popularity in 1991 to form Death Row Records with Suge Knight.

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    10 Head. He is also notable for being the co-founder of Death Row Records (with Suge Knight); and the founder of Aftermath Records, a successful imprint for Interscope Records that features multi-platinum artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent, and Dre himself. 9 Anita Berber. Dre is best-known as for his collaborations with West Coast hip hop artists such as Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and Tupac Shakur, and also as a former member of pioneering gangsta rap group NWA. 8 Kontroll. Dre (born Andre Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American record producer, rapper, and record executive, one of the most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. 7 Reigen. Dr.

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    2 Zugaga. Eminem) (2000) #25 US; #7 UK. 1 Ein fur die Damen. "Forgot About Dre" (feat. Satan's Circus (October 2004)

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