The Flesh Eaters are a Los Angeles punk rock band whose peak of popularity was in the late 1970's and early 80's. They were started in the fall of 1977 by punk poet Chris D. (Desjardins), a singer with poor social skills (causing a revolving lineup of musicians) and a penchant for morbid lyrical themes. They played their first gig on December 21, 1977. Musicians who were in various Flesh Eaters line-ups included Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo), John Doe (X), D.J. Bonebrake (X), Dave Alvin (The Blasters), Bill Bateman (The Blasters) and Steve Berlin (The Blasters, Los Lobos). They are considered a precursur of what came to be called Death Rock. Their music was a pastiche of rockabilly, road-house blues, punk rock and jazz. This article is about the largest city in California. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Stanard Q. Stan Ridgway (born April 5, 1954 in Barstow, California) was the original lead singer for the band Wall of Voodoo, singing on their debut EP and first two albums, including the hit song Mexican Radio. Ridgway left the band in 1983, shortly after the... Wall of Voodoo was a New Wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit Mexican Radio. ... John Doe, (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954), is the founder of the seminal L.A. punk band X. His musical compositions and performances are varied, including country and folk music. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ... Dave Alvin (born November 11, 1955, in Downey, California, USA) is a Country/Rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... The Blasters are a rock music group formed in 1979 in Downey, California by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. ... The Blasters are a rock music group formed in 1979 in Downey, California by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. ... The Blasters are a rock music group formed in 1979 in Downey, California by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. ... Los Lobos Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... Death Rock (also spelled Deathrock) is a term used to identify a playfully spooky offshoot of Punk Rock which first appeared in Los Angeles during the late 1970s and early 1980s, then later merged with the New Wave and Glam influenced Batcave musical scene to form Gothic Rock. ... Rockabilly is the earliest form of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...

The Flesh Eaters initially broke up in 1983. Desjardins performed with his new band, The Divine Horsemen until 1988. At that time he assembled another band that began touring as The Flesheaters. Since then, they have performed and recorded intermittently. Their most recent album Miss Muerte was released in 2004 on Atavistic Records, who have also reissued "No Questions Asked" & "Hard Road To Follow". The Divine Horsemen were a punk/roots band founded in 1983 by Chris D.(Desjardins), formerly of L.A. punk band The Flesheaters. ...

Desjardins also issued a solo semi-acoustic lp on the French New Rose label, "Divine Horseman" later released in Australia by Dog Meat Records of Melbourne. It features many old friends as guest musicians, including Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Linda "Tex" Jones and Dave Alvin. New Rose was the first single by The Damned. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Jeffrey Lee Pierce was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club, along with Kid Congo, who later joined The Cramps. ... Dave Alvin (born November 11, 1955, in Downey, California, USA) is a Country/Rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. ...

He issued a second, rockier solo effort entitled "I Pass For Human" as "Stone By Stone"- basically a paean of loss following the breakup with his wife and partner in The Divine Horsemen Julie Christensen. It is a harrowing piece of work, reflecting on his life, his loves, and his ongoing heroin addiction/battles. The Divine Horsemen were a punk/roots band founded in 1983 by Chris D.(Desjardins), formerly of L.A. punk band The Flesheaters. ... Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid. ...

Henry Rollins published "Double Snake Bourbon", a collection of Desjardins' poetry, lyrics and prose under his 2.13.61 imprint. (Now out of print) Henry Rollins Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961) is an American rock music singer and songwriter; hes also been active as a storyteller, author, actor and poet. ... 2. ...

Desjardins had previously written for Slash and Forced Exposure magazines, and has recently completed a book on Japanese yakuza/gangster movies, as well as providing liner notes and annotation for several DVDs of classic Japanese yakuza film reissues. The symbolic slash, used to separate the two names in a romantic pairing, from which slash fiction takes its name. ... Forced Exposure was an independent music magazine (zine) published sporadically out of Massachusetts in the mid-to-late 1980s, edited and produced by Byron Coley and Jimmy Johnson. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ... It has been suggested that Dual layer recording be merged into this article or section. ...

For many of their fans, they are the best band that ever existed, inspiring loyalty similar to that extended to the Stooges, the Cramps or Radio Birdman. Unfortunately, to the wider world — even in New Wave circles— they remain sadly unknown. The Stooges are a rock music band that first existed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Image:The cramps band. ... Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...

Discography

Albums

1980 NO QUESTIONS ASKED

debut album by The Flesh Eaters.

Produced by Chris D. (Upsetter Records)

Guitar: Dave Alvin

Bass: John Doe

Voice, Maracas: Chris D

Sax, Rhythm Sticks: Steve Berlin,

Maracas, Snare, Marimbas: DJ Bonebrake

Drums: Bill Bateman

1981 A MINUTE TO PRAY, A SECOND TO DIE Dave Alvin (born November 11, 1955, in Downey, California, USA) is a Country/Rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... John Doe, (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954), is the founder of the seminal L.A. punk band X. His musical compositions and performances are varied, including country and folk music. ...

Produced by Chris D. (Ruby/Slash Records, USA)

Featured the same personnel as No Questions Asked.

Comments on this album from the All Music Guide:

A classic album of trashy-noir darkness, seamy Hollywood dreck, campy blues horror, and Stax-influenced, stripped-down guitar punk, the Flesheaters' first release, A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die, truly delivers what it promises: simple, direct, roots-flavored early L.A. punk. Ruby Records was a subsidiary of Slash Records, started in 1981. ... Slash Records is a record label started in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los angles-based fanzine, Slash. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an application programming interface (API) to read and write XML documents in the Java programming language. ...

1982 FOREVER CAME TODAY

Produced by Chris D. (Ruby/Slash Records, USA; Expanded Music, Italy)

Guitar: Don Kirk

Bass: Robyn Jameson

Voice: Chris D

Saxes: Steve Berlin

Drums: Chris Wahl

Backing Vocals: Jill Jordan

Note:

This lineup also performed on the album A Hard Road To Follow and eventually formed the backbone

of Chris D.'s next band The Divine Horsemen.

1983 A HARD ROAD TO FOLLOW :Produced by Chris D. (Upsetter Records) Ruby Records was a subsidiary of Slash Records, started in 1981. ... Slash Records is a record label started in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los angles-based fanzine, Slash. ... The Divine Horsemen were a punk/roots band founded in 1983 by Chris D.(Desjardins), formerly of L.A. punk band The Flesheaters. ...

1987 DESTROYED BY FIRE - THE FLESH EATERS' GREATEST HITS (SST Records) SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ...

1988 FLESH EATERS LIVE (Homestead Records) Homestead Records was a United States based record label of the 1920s. ...

1990 PREHISTORIC FITS - FLESH EATERS GREATEST VOL. 2 (SST Records)

1991 DRAGSTRIP RIOT Produced by Chris D. (SST records)

1992 SEX DIARY OF MR VAMPIRE Produced by Chris D. (SST Records)

1993 CRUICIFIED LOVERS IN WOMAN HELL Produced by Chris D. (SST Records)

1999 ASHES OF TIME Produced by Chris D./Robyn Jameson (Upsetter Records)

2004 MISS MUERTE Produced by Chris D. (Atavistic Records)

See also

Death Rock Death Rock (also spelled Deathrock) is a term used to identify a playfully spooky offshoot of Punk Rock which first appeared in Los Angeles during the late 1970s and early 1980s, then later merged with the New Wave and Glam influenced Batcave musical scene to form Gothic Rock. ...

X X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ...

The Blasters The Blasters are a rock music group formed in 1979 in Downey, California by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. ...

External links

The Flesh Eaters website

Flesh Eaters at Deathrock.com