My Dad Is Dead
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My Dad Is Dead, is a recording project of musician Mark Edwards. The project began in Cleveland, Ohio
in 1985. My Dad Is Dead has released eleven full-length albums on labels such as St. Valentine's, Scat Records
, Homestead Records
and Emperor Jones
.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
in 1985. My Dad Is Dead has released eleven full-length albums on labels such as St. Valentine's, Scat Records
Scat Records
Scat Records is a St. Louis, Missouri-based independent record label. It was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1989, and many of the bands released on the label are originally from Ohio....
, Homestead Records
Homestead Records
Homestead Records was a Long Island, NY based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading. It was founded in 1984 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer for Dutch East India Trading. Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were...
and Emperor Jones
Emperor Jones
Emperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
.
Albums and EPs
- My Dad is Dead... and He's Not Gonna Take It Anymore (St. Valentine, 1986)
- Reissued on the German label Houses in Motion, 1990
- Peace, Love and Murder (Birth, 1987)
- Reissued on the German label Houses in Motion, 1991
- The Best Defense (Homestead, 1988)
- Let's Skip the Details (Homestead, 1988)
- The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get double lp (Homestead, 1989)
- CD reissue contains two fewer tracks
- Shine double 7" (Scat, 1990)
- Chopping Down the Family Tree (Scat, 1991)
- Reissued on the German label Houses in Motion
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Scat, 1993)
- Hello EP (Hello Recording Club, 1995)
- For Richer, For Poorer (Emperor Jones/Trance Syndicate, 1995)
- Shine(r) (Emperor Jones/Trance Syndicate, 1996)
- Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting (Emperor Jones, 1997)
- The Engine of Commerce (Vital Cog, 2002)
- A Divided House (Unhinged, 2005)
- A New Clear Route (2009)
Compilation appearances
- "Time Has Come Today", from Human Music (Homestead, 1989)
- "Old Toys or A Boat", from split 7" with Prisonshake (Scat, 1990)
- "Flesh Colored House", from split 7" with Bastro (Clawfist, 1990)
- "Time and Again", from Hotel Cleveland Vol III (Scat, 1991)
- "Where's Our Reason", from split 7" with Rastro! (Simple MachinesSimple MachinesSimple Machines was a record label that operated out of Arlington, Virginia. The label was masterminded by Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson and, at its peak, had four paid workers- Toomey, Thomson, Pat Graham and Mickey Menard...
, 1993), later compiled on Working Holiday!Working Holiday!Working Holiday! is a CD album released on the Simple Machines label. It is a compilation of tracks by American indie bands which were originally released on a series of 12 7" singles by Simple Machines as part of the Working Holiday monthly record club starting from December 1992. Each song was...
cd (Simple Machines, 2004) - "Second Thoughts" and "Nothing Special", from Cle Magazine cd (1995)
- "Mysterious Ways", from Cleveland Squawks cd, included in Cle Magazine (1997)
- "Just Pretending", from Pet Sounds Volume 1 (Vital Cog, 2000)
- "The Memory of Your Kiss", from split 7" with Duochrome (Vital Cog, 2001)