Dan Melchior is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who grew up in Shepperton (just outside London), England and is often (lazily) labelled a 'garage rock' musician. He has appeared on 30+ recordings as a solo performer, a collaborator with Billy Childish and Holly Golightly and as a member of Dan Melchior's Broke Revue.
The Broke Revue released three albums, the first being on Sympathy for the record Industry and the next two on In the Red Records, they also recorded a number of singles and ep's for other labels. During their tenure as a band they supported The White Stripes,The Fall, Mudhoney, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Interpol, in shows around the U.S.A before splitting up in 2004.
Since then Melchior has released 3 solo albums, and appeared on the Jandek tribute album 'Down in a Mirror'. His music continues to evolve and is very much a separate entity from some of his earlier blues based work, showing a definite influence of more experimental bands such as The Homosexuals and The Fall.
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Melchior continues to write and record prolifically. His new project/band is called Dan Melchior und Das Menace, and there have already been two singles released under this new name.

Album discography

• Devil in the Flesh (1998) with Billy Childish
• This Love is Real (1999)
• Oldtime-Futureshock (2000)
• Heavy Dirt (2001)
• Desperate Little Town (2001) with Holly Golightly
• Bitterness, Spite, Rage & Scorn (2002)
• This is Not the Medway Sound (2003)
• The Covert Stomp 1993-2002 (2004)
• O, Clouds Unfold! (2005) (currently unreleased)
• Hello, I'm Dan Melchior (2005)
• Fire Breathing Clones on Cellular Phones (2006)

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Discography of singles/extended play records

• Your love is mine/Laughing to keep from crying (1997) with Holly Golightly and Bruce Brand
• Wrong inside/Crow Jane (1999)
• Instant love/That's no way to get along (Robert Wilkins) (2000)
• Bad for my soul/Art Machine (2000)
• Andover, Duluth, London EP (2002)
• Garage Obituary 45- Remote control/Like a Fox (2003)
• Gudbye ta Sluggo EP (CD only) (2005)
• Span of Attention/To the River (2006)
• Your Lousy Floor EP (2006)
• Elev to Mezz/Gravy Train and Ice Cream Truck/Hippy! (2007)