Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers are a renewed version of classic deathrock band, 45 Grave. Death Rock (also sometimes known as Deathrock or Death Punk) is a term used to distinguish conventional Gothic rock from the more punk influenced scene that sprang up on the American West Coast in the early 1980s. ... A death rock band from Los Angeles, California, 45 Grave emerged from the early 80s punk rock music scene. ...
Along with contemporaries Christian Death and T.S.O.L., 45 Grave were one of the founders of the death rock genre, which was one of the strands that became the musical genre Goth.
Paul Roessler had played keyboards in The Screamers and Nervous Gender, Rob Graves had been both guitarist and bassist for The Bags and DinahCancer had sung with Castration Squad, a legendary all women punk band created by Alice Bag.
Lead singer DinahCancer has recently formed a tribute band called DinahCancer and the GraveRobbers.