Deadsy is an American rock band. They are fronted by Elijah Blue Allman aka Phillips Exeter Blue I, son of Cher and Gregg Allman (of The Allman Brothers Band). The other members of Deadsy are Jens Funke (Bass), Dr. Nner (Synths), Alec Püre (Percussion) and Carlton Megalodon (Synth guitar).

Deadsy began in 1995. Elijah recorded several demos (including Dear and a cover of Texas Never Whispers) with Alec Puro (who would later go by the name ‘Alec Pure’ in the band) in the garage of the band’s would-be manager, Josh Richman. Elijah then sent Renn Hawkey a demo tape and a Juno 106 synth and Renn joined (under the stagename of Dr. Nner) shortly after.

In 1997, the band was set to release their debut album Commencement under the Elektra/Sire label. The track listing at the time was quite a bit different than the final release, a whopping five years later. Just as everything seemed in place for the debut, Sire split from Elektra, and the release was shelved ... read more »