added by Jeremy on May 6, 2010
- Band: Death
- Title: 1971 Recordings
- Released: 1971
- Hailing From: Milwaukee
- Members:
- Brian Koutnik - Vocals
- Michael Sullivan - Lead Guitar (tracks 1-4)
- Keith Sommer - Lead Guitar (tracks 5-6)
- Chuck Meyer - Rhythm Guitar
- Jim O’Connell - Bass Guitar (tracks 1-4)
- Ed Heinzelmann - Bass Guitar (tracks 5-6)
- Jack Stewart - Fender Rhodes Piano
- Jim Richardson - Drums (tracks 1-4)
- Ted Jarvis - Drums (tracks 5-6)
Members also in: The Uptown Savages
1971 Recordings by Death is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Thanks for putting “Death” on! Thanks to Liz for having this stuff and Paul for submitting the it. These were all recorded on a hand held cassette recorder so excuse the sound quality. The first four tunes were recorded during a band practice at “Death House.” The last two are from our first gig at UWM. If I remember correctly, the initial band was pretty much tossed together to play this gig. There were basically three versions of “Death.” The first version is the members that are listed above: Brian aka “Sterling Silver,” vocals; Keith, lead guitar; Chuck, rhythm & lead guitar; Jack (me), Fender Rhodes piano; Ed Heinzelmann, bass; Jim Richardson, drums. Ted Jarvis played drums for the first gig, maybe two, and then quit because it was “too intense.” This first version played Stooges and Velvet Underground covers and is heard on tracks 05 and 06, (our first gig). The second version of the band had Michael Sullivan on lead guitar and Jim O’Connell on bass. This band is heard on tracks 01 – 04, and primarily played originals (as are tracks 01-04). The third version of the band was the same as the second with Jim Siegfried aka “Dr. Sax” on sax, Jim who’s now better known as James Chance describes “Death,” it’s formation and progression as well as anyone in a 2003 “Pitchfork” interview. Ignore the reference to me, he obviously wasn’t listening closely. http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5904-james-chance/
Thanks for correcting the band members. I just wish we had some photos. I think I remember flashes going off while we were playing. Maybe it wasn’t people taking pictures. Could have been something else. An illusion. Or people shooting at us. Hard to say. I was wearing shades.