Member Since: 9/15/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/deadmoviestar
Band Members: "Celebrity Overdose" comes straight out of every pretentious white rich bitches' wet dream nightmares - drama driven soap opera addicts clubbing baby seals to death with electro- crash beats and cryptic song lyrics suitable for an advice column written by an astrologist high on coke.Known as one of the most secretive groups on the underground circuit (whose tapes were recently stolen from the recording studio) their notorious sets, (labeled “Sex Mixâ€) may fluctuate under the spell of their own delusions of grandeur, but redeemed their artistic integrity during their last performance which included the mysterious choreographed seduction of a mannequin. Clouded in the secrecy of a dimly light stage, and an audience anticipating the worst, Celebrity Overdose was somehow able to navigate the crowds wavering attention to an almost hypnotic captivation which could only be best described from the audience as; “being perched on the threshold of the unknown, about to happen†and what others described as; “the chicks on the dance floor are tranced out like zombies and the mannequins on stage are kind of creepy, this is too weird for us, we’re taking offâ€.Following the bizarre (and clearly staged) mannequin sex acts, they returned to the sound system, slowed down the records, picked up an out of tune bass guitar, and then turned all of the knobs on the PA system up to 11, then modulated the undulating rhythms through an EFX processor, until a heavy bass rhythm signature (which was the PA system buckling), began smoking the crowd in a droning wave of feedback, which made the whole show look and sound like a cross between a fashion show after party and something from the directors cut of Caligula.No bullshit, the school bully now has a shotgun, and has all grown up, he doesn’t want your lunch money anymore; he wants your drink tickets. For the first time ever I could not hear my so called “guest list†friends vexing their own problems at my dates power center of attention, which I later found out was because I had lost my hearing during the show and was deaf.Celebrity Overdose simultaneously make themselves just as vulnerable as an anorexic beauty queen, shielding themselves from any unwanted criticism, oblivious to mainstream culture, while wielding the power of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on Viagra — walking the fine line, the wild side, on the tight rope of pure insanity, the threshold of genius, with a safety net of groupies and shocked crowds, strewn out below them like fresh victims in the wake of a Jonestown jungle juice party to fall on, should they fall, or to mock in the wake of paparazzi camera flashes when they finally turn to the dark side and sell out.-Michelle Kors, L.A. Weekly
Influences: 1. Everyone hates DJs but the truth is, an occasional DJ gig seriously adds to your street cred market value. It's important to have excuses for what you are doing with your life in-between the "next big show" 2. (REMOVED as per our attorney.)3. Know
Your artists, policitians, movie stars, revolutionaries, etc, pick 3 that have inspired you the most and study them inside out, you'll need this info later on to try and get laid, not everyone at the show will care about the deep meaning behind your lyrics, so you may need a plan B for conversation, and if your lyrics suck, this is a great way to make them seem very deep, heavy, and political. 4. Be yourself, at all costs, -the people
who truly inspired people in music did it by doing one thing and one thing only; being themselves, otherwise people will say you sound like them, whatever you were listening to up until your music breaks, you need to get as far away from it as public. 5. Know your enemy, those top 40 superstars
You hate, yeah, well they are there for a reason, and its not luck, study them even harder than you do your idols. 6. Groupies, a must, if you are
Not surrounded by them, you have not made it yet, period, your weekend lap dance keep the hits rolling on a stolen amex doesnt count. 7. Pick
2-3 of your favorite cult films, watch them over and over until they implant secret messages in your brain, this is important, because you will
Now need to embed these secret messages into your albums to be mysterious & "avant garde". 8. Lyrics are a must, if you are going for a top 40 hit I recommend
Taking a concealed DAT into the lamest dance club you can find, secretly record your conversations with every stupid rich bitch you can find,
More or less, you will get one real good song out of all those conversations. If you want to go global, drop some catchy 4x4 electro beats straight off a Casio, loop it on an MPC, then find a chick with a foreign accent and have
Her read random phrases out of a French dictionary. 9. The second you have any media attention whatsoever, announce in public something
Very shocking and controversial. 10. Get a record deal, if you cannot get one, find out where A&R reps hang out, take up a part time job as
A hooker or a gigolo, leave your demo under every pillow you bite, eventually, someone will hook you up. 11. Get a fashionable producer, this
Is a must, just so you know, this is generally a pimp who invested his or her capital wisely, so when they tell you that you are their bitch,
Dont take it personal, its the street talking, not them. 12. Prancing around on stage like a drunken idiot is a must, if you cannot do this there
Is only one alternative, albeit a risky one, you have to physically attack the audience, this too is a great approach at whipping up the crowd
But with the advent of attorneys over the last 2 decades of music, your record label may want to make you a back up dancer instead. 13.
Publicity is the key to making or breaking your career, treat journalists like total shit and answer all of their questions using reverse psychology.
14. I want to do a show where my band is invisible on stage, the light is behind us, so were just dark silhouettes, and its the power of our music
That carries us, that there is more in our unseen presence that meets the eye. Music is what blows me away, not the people who make it.
15. My band needs to record, if you have an extra 20 thousand laying around that would be sweet, can we borrow it? For real.
Sounds Like: music for people who smuggle drugs
Celebrity Overdose Discography:May 2005:San Francisco ShakesRecorded in the ladies bathroom. Lost and found, one pair of Chanel Sunglasses, white.12 single remix (white label)Dirty electro-smash vampire happy hour sex mix12" b-side (white label)March 2005:Buy CD in Store(Unofficially) released. Mash-ups. Pending lawsuits with several major record labels.Ownership/ remix of studio tapes currently being decided in court.December 2004:Spice Fuck BabySpice Girls mega-mix with porn star samples mixed in.Bootleg club status as a remix mash up with Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby.'(+2 pitch control on standard technic 1200s)Sell out 7 (white label)October 2004:Disco Suicide12 singleOut of printImpossible to findSeptember 2003:Jem & The Holograms Arrested for Prostitution B-side, the rumors: Cassette tape from four-track mix down entitled Fuck me at the shopping mall of which there are probably 100 bootleg copies floating around. Last asking price bid on e-bay was around 700 euro.
Record Label: we are currently being sued by several
Type of Label: Major