Dahmer (band)
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Dahmer was a grindcore
band formed in Quebec City
, Canada
in 1995 by Sébastien (Seb) and Yvan Dionne. They composed songs about serial killers (hence their name referring to Jeffrey Dahmer
), mass murderers and other various topics, some not even criminal-related and mostly humorous.
Though the group split up in early 2000, members are currently still involved in other grindcore bands such as FistFuck and other sporadic live performances as well as various side projects.
7" with only Seb on guitar and vocals and Yvan on drums, because at the time John was unavailable due to his work, thus not able to play guitar. Unfortunately, the sound of the recording was of poor quality and did not contain any bass. Later, John came back on guitar joined by Fred as a second guitar player, but this line-up lasted only some months until John definitively left the band. The line-up never changed since then, and was the same up to the split of the group early in 2000.
Members did stint in such bands as Dèche-Charge, Mesrine, and Fistfuck, among others.
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band formed in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Canada
Canada
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in 1995 by Sébastien (Seb) and Yvan Dionne. They composed songs about serial killers (hence their name referring to Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
), mass murderers and other various topics, some not even criminal-related and mostly humorous.
Though the group split up in early 2000, members are currently still involved in other grindcore bands such as FistFuck and other sporadic live performances as well as various side projects.
Biography
The band formed in 1995, with Seb on bass and vocals and Yvan on drums. Shortly after, John joined on guitar with Seb switching to bass and vocals. During the month of June 1995, they recorded 14 songs for a scheduled splitSplit album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
7" with only Seb on guitar and vocals and Yvan on drums, because at the time John was unavailable due to his work, thus not able to play guitar. Unfortunately, the sound of the recording was of poor quality and did not contain any bass. Later, John came back on guitar joined by Fred as a second guitar player, but this line-up lasted only some months until John definitively left the band. The line-up never changed since then, and was the same up to the split of the group early in 2000.
Members did stint in such bands as Dèche-Charge, Mesrine, and Fistfuck, among others.
Members
- Seb - Bass & Vocals (1995–2000)
- Yvan - Drums (1995–2000)
- Fred - Guitar (1995–2000)
- John - Guitar (1995)
Discography
- 1996: Demo 1 '96 (Self-released)
- 1996: 9 Trax 7" '96 (Spineless records)
- 1997: Marcel Petiot (Doomsday Machine Records)
- 1997: Dahmerized full length (Clean Plate Records)
- 2003: The Studio Sessions - Discography Compilation (Grind It! RecordsGreat White North RecordsGreat White North Records was a Canadian independent record label founded in 1999 and dissolved in 2006. It was founded by Rémi Côté and Stephan Bélanger and focused on promoting metal...
)
Splits
- 1996: Split with Undinism (Obnoxious Cadaver Records)
- 1996: Split with Carcass Grinder and Diarrhée Mentale Three Way Split Tape '96 (Deliria Productions)
- 1997: Split with I.R.F. (Slightly Fast Records)
- 1997: Split with Saturation (Spineless Records)
- 1997: Split with Denak (Spineless Records)
- 1998: Split with Jean Seberg (Praxis records)
- 1998: Split with Apartment 213 (Trash Art!Trash Art!Trash Art! is an independent record label from Providence, Rhode Island, specializing in loud music from punk and metal subgenres. The label was founded in 1997, annds-*Backstabbers Incorporated*Cursed*Disappearer*Forensics*Meltdown*Trap Them*XFilesX...
) - 1999: Split with Suppression (Yellow Dog Records)
- 2000: Split with Frank and the Bitches (Not Cool Records)
- 2001: Split with Mesrine (E.N.D. Records)
- 2001: Split with Parade of the Lifeless (Mortville Records)
- 2001: Split with Lucifer D. Larynx And The Satanic Grind Dogs Of Death, Needful Thing and The Kill (Dry Retch Records)