Brain Donor are an

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power trio, formed in July 1999 by

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and two Spiritualized members, Doggen Foster (lead guitar) and drummer Kevin 'Kevlar' Bales. Wearing full make-up in the kabuki style of early

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, the band seek to combine

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-esque heavy metal with

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in the style of Blue Cheer and the Japanese

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bands

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and Mainliner. The band's debut

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'' Love Peace & Fuck'' was hammered by the press for its gratuitous soloing and guitar heavy production. But with the recent return of heavy metal values to underground music via re-appraissals of Blue Cheer and Sir Lord Baltimore, '' Love Peace & Fuck'' has since come to be regarded by the new American Underground as something of a classic,}Badgley, Aaron.
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. Retrieved 15 May 2021 and a US

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of the band was released in 2005, on San Francisco's Mister E. Records. The same year, a song entitled "Messages" from the second Brain Donor album, ''Too Freud To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung To Die'', appeared in the American film, '' The Lost''. Bales has since been replaced by new drummer, known as Mr. E.

Discography

Albums

*'' Love Peace & Fuck'' CD/double vinyl (Impresario, 2001) *''Too Freud to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung to Die'' CD (Brain Donor Records, 2003)Too Freud to Rock 'N' Roll, Too Jung to Die
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. Retrieved 15 May 2021 *''Brain Donor'' US Compilation (Mister E, 2005) *''Drain'd Boner'' (Invada, 2006) *''Wasted Fuzz Excessive'' (Brain Donor Records, 2009)

Singles

*"She Saw Me Coming" (Impresario, 2001) *"Get Off Your Pretty Face" (Impresario, 2001) *"My Pagan Ass" (Static Resonant, 2002)

References

External links

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Interview with Julian Cope about Brain Donor
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