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Dead City Radio

About Me

Dead City Radio love weird pop music. So much so that we've been making our own since January, 2004.We've made four recordings:“late nite transmissions” (2004) “the WOW! Signal” (2005) “poprocks + soda = KABOOM!!!” (2006) and Goodbye Confusion - soon to be released in 2008.When Leigh and Neil started the band, they decided on a pop aesthetic, something with hooks, melodies and multiple vocals. It all started out on a couple of acoustic guitars, but when Robert joined slightly later, along with a female singer and keyboard player named “Dave”, the band became a Band.“Dave” left the band, on account of being high-maintenance, and Katie joined. We gigged for a while, then John Daly, a long-standing friend of Neil's, joined to play bass.So it remained for three years. We recorded a lot of stuff and gigged around Glasgow, getting better all the while. John left the band in December 2007, and was replaced by Jamie Sweeney, who plays bass like an intelligent rock demon.And so we go, making eclectic pop music, which has been described in various inventive ways, “chirpy americana fuzz-pop” being our favourite to date.Let us know what you think...

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Member Since: 10/12/2005
Band Website: deadcityradio.com
Band Members: Robert Calder
Jamie Sweeney
Neil Johnston
Leigh Pepin
Katie Sweeney
Influences: We haven't been under an influence for many moons...
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

deadcityradio.com!!!

Hi, all. Our fancy new website is up:deadcityradio.comYou can download all our tunes FOR FREE, watch a couple of our home movies, read all about us and more.Tell yer friend's DCR has gone dot com!
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:18:00 GMT

new website, new album

Hi, kids. We haven't posted in ages. But we've been busy. We're recording a new album at Forth Street. It's got a kind of laid back, country swing to it, so it's quite different to "goodbye, confusion...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:27:00 GMT

DCR play on BBC Radio

Hi, everyone. The good folks have at BBC Scotland have asked DCR to play a live set for their Gaelic pop radio show, Rapal. We'll be recording five songs, live to air, on their fancy-pants sound stage...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Album is finished...

  Well, DCR’s new album is finished. It’s only taken a year. Jesus. The rest of the band has been getting pretty irritated with my obsessive attitude to production and mixing, but I ...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:30:00 GMT

supernatural ways

What happens when we die? What happens when other people die, and we're left with impossible questions? What happens when you have to watch people suffering, and you can't do anything to make it bette...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:53:00 GMT

Monsters of the Deep posted on Myspace

Hi, folks. We've just finished a rough mix of another tune from the new album--it's called 'Monsters of the Deep', and you can hear it on our myspace RIGHT NOW!!! It's a song about a phenomenon called...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:44:00 GMT

August 2007--news from Neil

Blog it up, kids!   Well, it's been a while, so I figure I gotta let the groovy kids know what's been going on. It's summertime, and the living is easy.   DCR have been on holiday since o...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:52:00 GMT

neil's news--april 2007

hi, guys.   I haven't posted in ages, so here's the low-down on neil's news, and dcr's.   i was recently hospitalised due to a bizarre intestinal complaint which required surgery. that was...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:22:00 GMT

Video on YouTube

Hi, folks. We've finally posted a video on YouTube! It's a home movie-- the making of "the WOW! signal", which occurred way back in June 2005, many moons ago. Check it out, and if you dig it, drop us...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:53:00 GMT

lyrics posted!

We've put up the lyrics for our myspace songs. Read them! Analyse them! Discuss their possible meanings with your peers! Get karaoke-krazy! If anybody wants the chords, so they can play DCR songs in t...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:30:00 GMT