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Dead on the Live Wire

Good going Roy Castle you fucking lightweight

About Me

Gigging around Scotland for two years now – they landed their first international shows in their first year playing at CBGB’s and the Underscore in New York and will be playing shows in Berlin this coming August.

Gaining momentum in the underground scene they have played with cult bands such as Attrition and international industrial acts such as Psydoll. They have also supported Kerrang award nominees My Passion on their Scottish tour and upcoming acts such as The Pistolas and Broken Records.

Style. Trash. Glamour!

"Male-female ferocious noise duo who deploy Sonic Youth-esque atonal vocals, Nine Inch Nails guitar crunch and industrial clatter to deafening effect." - The Skinny

"What absolute darlings. Very now, very hip, very I just took lots of drugs and murdered my sleeping family, then passed out and forgot I’d done it and decided to start a band! Superb, just what the youth of this country needs, a bit of good old fashioned bad weather with a dash of proper British electro-glamour-punk. Huzzah for all that, I say!" - Bannerman’s Review

"All post-punk industrial glee wrapped up in ominous, evil old drum machine beats and a glare’n’stare look to kill for. Lovely!" - Elyzium Aberdeen

"A less whiney RATM coupled with the sneary and sleazy vocal affectations of Mark E Smith." - The Critic

"Daft Punk gone metal!" - The 13th Note

“An entirely unique entity full of menacing quirks and distorted hooks, complimented by a male/female vocal dynamic” – Scotsman

"Very now, very hip. We need a bit of good old fashioned British electro-glamour-punk" – Nightnews

“Emo-tronic punk-rock elephants" – Forest Café, Edinburgh


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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/22/2006
Band Members: Chris Kuzmiski - Guitar and VocalsHeather McKnight - Bass and Vocalsand the worst machines ever devised in the 90's as back-up
Influences:
Influences are boring. Various randoms have compared us to these lovely people:
Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Placebo, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Ministry, McLusky, Ladytron, Early Garbage, Big Black, Skinny Puppy, Sneaker Pimps, At the Drive In, Marilyn Manson, Muse, Atari Teenage Riot, Primal Scream, Rammstein, The Stooges, Combichrist, Selfish Cunt, Aphex Twin, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, The Cramps, Mad Capsule Markets.
Sounds Like: Aggressive rock spliced with electro, break-beats, industrial, goth and hip-hop. But we construct a interesting approach of rousing beats, crunchy riffs and a menacing male/female vocal delivery.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

We go RADIO

once again, excellent work to everyone who came along and literally supported us at the forest last week.  at one point i was being held upside down whilst singing!  and i never lost a word....
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:00 PST

kiddie fiddle

excellence and smiles to the children of north berwick! we played at the high school there on saturday and it was easily one of dead on the live wire’s all time sexcitements to see a bunch of 8 ...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:08:00 PST

Good reviews! ’n’ News

Dead On The Live Wire are an Edinburgh male-female ferocious noise duo who deploy Sonic Youth-esque atonal vocals, Nine Inch Nails guitar crunch and industrial clatter to deafening effect. Rough aroun...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:33:00 PST

Carnivore

I was sitting on a beach on Iona last summer throwing, ironically enough, chicken bones to sea gulls.They were catching them in mid air and i got to thinking "mmm...  if i had a hook in one of th...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:04:00 PST

THIS WEEK - Filthy and Live!

Fear not!  The squalid festive season is over recession is in the air and we are back in force gigging in Edinburgh annihilating the competition and cleaning up the tramps on the streets so they ...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:07:00 PST

Check out this event: Glasgow Gig @ Rockers - Dead on the Live Wire

Hosted By: Dead on the Live Wire When: 15 Nov 2007, 20:00Where: RockersGlasgow, Scotland|71 G14PPUnited KingdomDescription:Dead on the Live Wire Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:33:00 PST

Check out this event: Last minute gig tomorrow night - Rockers Glasgow

Hosted By: Dead on the Live Wire When: 12 Sep 2007, 19:00Where: Rockers14 Midland StreetGlasgow, SL United KingdomDescription:Dead on the Live Wire Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:56:00 PST

DOTLW confirmed as Support for My Passion Tour

We'll be supporting My Passion on their Edinburgh and Glasgow tour dates at the Soundhaus 11th July and The Subway on the 12th July. NMEtastic! ...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:26:00 PST

Jackie Juice Gig - 5th July - Subway £3

  £3 entry !!!!!!!   ...
Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:21:00 PST

Fear the Sphynx Cat Gig - Friday night - Free - BYOB


Posted by Dead on the Live Wire on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:07:00 PST