45 Grave "Sleep In Safety" 2024-05-31 bassist Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell

bassist Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell

but always expressed with a cheeky

as on "Rock Is Dead

Only 500 made

It’s like they’ve got some sort of Benjamin Button shit going on

45 Grave "Sleep In Safety" 2024-05-31 bassist Dave 'Phoenix' FarrellFormed from putrefying remnants of The Germs, The Consumers, The Bags, The Gun Club, and The Screamers among other L. A. punk outfits, 45 Grave were arguably the first American Goth deathrock band and inarguably one of the best. Fronted by the Exene meets Barbarella vocal and visual stylings of Dinah Cancer (still one of the greatest stage names in a punk rock genre full of 'em), 45 Grave also featured Paul B. Cutler on guitar, Don Bolles on drums,