Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance Lyrics

Dead Can Dance was a band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1981 by Brendan Perry (baritone) together with Simon Monroe and Paul Erikson later to be joined by Lisa Gerrard (contralto). They disbanded in 1998, and temporarily reunited to do a highly successful world tour in 2005 with a view to recording another studio album together. But due to ongoing personal differences between Perry and Gerrard, Perry decided to finally put to rest any prospect of a future collaboration in order to concentrate on a solo career.

After a somewhat muted response to their music in Australia, Dead Can Dance moved to London in 1982, where they signed up to alternative rock label 4AD, a legendary label on the alternative music scene, where it became one of the most important bands on the label alongside the Cocteau Twins. They continued to work closely together, until later in the 1990s when they started to grow apart following the breakup of their personal relationship. Gerrard returned to Australia, w...
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Dead Can Dance Songs:

Advent American Dreaming Anywhere out of the World Black Stream Don't Fade Away Fortune How Fortunate the Man with None I Am Stretched On Your Grave I Can See Now (live) In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated In the Wake of Adversity Indoctrination largo (original+translation) Mesmerism Oman Rakim Song of the Dispossessed Song of the Stars Tell me about the Forest The Song of the Sibyl (catalan) The Song of the Sibyl (translation) The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove The Wind that Shakes the Barley Xavier Youth