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Rock bands from the 1970s are rarely resurrected from obscurity through the vinyl bin in a record store, but this is exactly what happened to the Detroit band Death, when one of only 500 copies of a 7-inch released in 1975 found its way to Drag City Records. The discovery led to a 2009 full-length release of the band's original United Sound Studios recordings from 1974. The record, For the Whole World to See, was soon followed by a 2011 Drag City release. This new album was titled Spiritual Mental Physical and featured more remastered demos from the band's original incarnation.
The band was founded by three brothers from Detroit in 1971. David, Bobby and Dannis Hackney formed what is now being called the first proto-punk band. They are regarded as the missing link between the established classic rock of the 1960s and the punk-edged hard rock of the mid-to-late '70s. Their reemergence is embraced by fans, yet bittersweet. The premier songwriting brother of the band was David, who passed away in 2000. The surviving two brothers, however, answered the call when the world finally came looking for their music 35 years after it was recorded. Bobby and Dannis were determined to honor the vision of their late brother, recruited guitarist Bobbie Duncan from the reggae band Lambsbread, and began playing concerts in 2009.
Death's music is enjoying a second life as the band continues to attract fans with its amazing story. Enthusiasm for the music is shared by musician Jack White, who told the New York Times in 2009 that Death was "ahead of punk and ahead of their time." The band is keeping fans engaged and eager for live-performance tickets with the recent single "Relief," and they plan to release more music in 2014, to be supported by live tour shows.
Death, THAT band from Detroit, lassoed the attendees at The Local 662 with 71 minutes of tremendous music! Playing all the classics PLUS a new tune, Death did NOT disappoint. Go see these guys while you can!
Probably THE best show I've ever been to. Wish I had the chance to see Death with Chuck, but my mind was blown nonetheless. There just isn't any way you will ever see a bad show with the musicians involved, they really are a step above and its obvious why Chuck chose who he did to play on each album. Obituary killed it. Truly great to hear, and they really owned the stage. Rivers of Nihil was another one. I had never heard of them before, but now I'm album shopping... tech-death sweetness and amazing musicianship. Again, probably the best show I've ever been to
This was the best concert I have been to in a very long time. The only issue I had was my tickets said a seat number on them and this was a bar no seats at all beyond that everything was good.
If you like Death Metal this was the concert to see. Obituary is simply the best. The other acts, Rivers of Nihil and Massacre far exceeded my expectations.
I never thought that I would have been able to see Death live. The moment that they came on stage and began playing The Philosopher, to the final notes of Pull the Plug were some of the most intense and powerful concert moments I have experienced. This concert was definitely in my personal top 3 of concerts that I have ever attended.
The show was amazing. The sound was perfect in the venue but paying festival prices at the bar was pissing me off. There is no reason beer should be 5 bucks for a shitty ass pbr but anyways they had an awesome staff and awesome people so deffinatly worth the trip
Obituary and Death (to all) absolutely killed it!!!
I saw this tour the year before and was expecting it to be just more of the same, but I was surprised at how unique and fresh the material was from the Death tribute tour. The support acts blew my mind too, Obituary was better than I'd ever seen them before, Massacre covered Mutilation which was awesome and Rivers of Nihil showed that they could hang with the veterans. I would highly recommend seeing this tour, but the venue was sub-par. The security at Brighton Music Hall was the worst I had ever experienced. No crowd surfing, no moshing allowed and the guards were just assholes. I'd definitely see this tour package again but never at the same venue.
All bands sounded great. Obituary nailed a killer set and Death was really great.
awesome gig, absolutely loved the show. rip Chuck!
