Deadstar Assembly

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Deadstar Assembly is an American Industrial Metal band formed in 2001 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

History

Deadstar Assembly formed in 2001 from a collaboration between Dearborn (ex- Sinful Lust) and techno producer Luis Duran. They recruited MuBo (ex- Basic Humans) to play keyboards. Realizing they shared a common creative vision, Mubo and Dearborn partnered to assemble the remaining pieces of the band - The Dro (ex- DeSaad) and Cygnus (ex- The C60's).

The band have toured with such peers as Bella Morte, Crossbreed, Celldweller, Genitorturers The Birthday Massacre and Wednesday 13.

In 2003 Jay left and was replaced by DreGGs a graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

Albums

First Album

The self titled debut contained 13 tracks, one of which was a cover of the 1980s pop hit, Send Me An Angel (originally by Real Life), which had received significant airplay in South Florida (goth, Metal, and strip clubs). The track, "Undone", appears as "All You Ever Wanted" on the soundtrack for Project Gotham Racing 3^[1]. In December, 2008 it was announced by both Mubo and Deadstar Assembly through myspace that Mubo had contributed keyboard parts to a remake of their hit song "Breathe For Me". There was confusion of his re-membership into the group, which was later clarified to be false. At time of publishing of this article, there is no keyboardist listed for DeadStar Assembly.

On January 10 2009, the group made an announcement regarding the departure of drummer Cyngus and the addition of his replacement, Kriz D.K., via a viral video posted on the bands official Myspace page

Unsaved

Their second album, produced by DSA themselves and Jeremy Staska, Unsaved, is a much more personal album. It was released on July 11, 2006 by Pure Records^[2], with international release with Germany based label Dockyard1^[3]

Unsaved was the first album to be recorded, and influenced by, current band members. MuBo notably left before the North American release of Unsaved, and has not played any post-album shows with the band. With the departure of MuBo, a new space was left open and it wasn't until the Unsaved release party at The Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that sKuz was introduced as his replacement.

The live footage from the Vol. 1 DVD was recorded at this venue. The Vol. 2 DVD release date was on Feb 26, 2008.

The band has performed in many notable concerts such as, Christmas Chaos-2006. They are recognized by their use of gas masks, laser beams and other props. The locals sometimes refer to them as the bastard child of Motley Crue.^{[citation needed]}

Coat of Arms

The band is currently in the studio working on their followup to 2006's Unsaved, with a pending release of their new album titled "Coat Of Arms". COA is scheduled to be released sometime in 2009. In May 2009, the band posted a song, "In Secrecy", off of the upcoming COA album.^[4] The tracklist for the album has also been released.^[5]

Media coverage

• The band was featured on the cover of Germany based "Zillo" magazine along with a full feature on the group in issue 05/2006 Pages 12–18. Article title: "Deadstar Assembly - Bizarr und intemsiv"^[6], and then covered extensively via a DVD review and artist interview in 12/2008-01/2009^[7]
• The Dro was featured on the cover, and the band in an interview titled - "Deadstar Assembly En Giftig blanding av death-pop og goth-rock"in Germany based "Rim Frost" magazine in 2007, Issue 12 pages 7–12, .^[8][9]
• Deadstar Assembly Featured in a 2 page interview with UK Based "De-evolution" magazine issue #10 Pages 40–41^[10]
• Deadstar Assembly (Newcomer des Monats) Article in Germany based "Orkus" Magazine issue 2006-05 pages 48–49^[11]
• Caustic Truths magazine Issue 107 page 54^[12]
• 2 Page Article in Sonic Seducer magazine^[13]
• Guitar Giveaway contest with Germany based X Tra X^[14]

List of endorsements

• B.C. Rich Guitars (The Dro, Dearborn)^[15]
• Kustom Amplifiers (The Dro, Dearborn, DreGGs)^[16]
• Hot Picks USA^[17]
• SnapJack Cables^[18]
• DDRums^[19]

Current band members

• Dearborn - Vocals (2001 - present)
• DreGGs - Guitar (2002 - present)
• The Dro - Bass (2001 - present)
• Kriz D.K. - Drums (2008 - present)

Former band members

• Jay - Guitar (2001 - 2002)
• Mubo - Keyboards (2001 - 2006)
• sKuz - Keyboards (2006 - 2008)
• Cygnus - Drums (2001 - 2008)

Discography

Studio Albums

• Deadstar Assembly (2003)
• Unsaved (2006)
• Coat of Arms (2009)

DVDs

• Dark Hole Sessions - Vol. 1 (2003)
• Dark Hole Sessions - Vol. 2 (2008)

Music Videos

• Send Me An Angel (2003)^[20]
• Breathe For Me (2004)^[21]
• Killing Myself Again (2006)^[22]

External links

• Official Site

References