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Brendan Perry
Brendan Michael Perry (born 30 June 1959)[1] is a British singer and
Brendan Perry
multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as half of the duo Dead Can
Dance with Lisa Gerrard.

Contents
Early life
Career
The Scavengers and The Marching Girls
Dead Can Dance
Solo career
Discography
Albums
Contributions
References
External links

Brendan Perry on stage in 2010

Early life Background information

Birth name Brendan Perry
Perry was born in Whitechapel, London, England, UK, in 1959 to a mother
from Cavan, Ireland,[2] and father from London,[1] and raised and schooled Born 30 June 1959
in the East End of London until his family moved to Auckland, New Whitechapel,
Zealand, in 1973. Having received no formal musical education, Perry London
began to play the guitar at St Paul's College,[3] the Catholic school he Occupation(s) Musician,
attended in Ponsonby. After failing to become a primary school teacher and songwriter,
to join the civil service, Perry worked at a series of jobs until joining the producer
Scavengers in 1977. At first Perry played bass guitar, later taking on the Instruments Vocals, guitar,
duties of lead vocalist when the original singer left the band. Apart from a bass guitar,
handful of original songs, the band covered music from the Stooges, New keyboards,
York Dolls, and late-1960s psychedelia. After two years, having failed to hurdy-gurdy,
secure a recording deal or live dates, the band moved to Melbourne, percussion,
Australia, in 1979 and changed its name to the Marching Girls. In 1980, bouzouki,
Perry left the Marching Girls to pursue a solo career, experimenting with mandolin, low
tape loops, synthesis, and alternative forms of rhythm. In 1981, Perry whistle,
formed Dead Can Dance with Simon Monroe and Paul Erikson (both of hammered
whom were to leave soon after they had relocated to London), and Lisa dulcimer
Gerrard.[1]
Associated acts Dead Can
Dance, The
Career Scavengers, The
Marching Girls,
Robin Guthrie
The Scavengers and The Marching Girls
Website Brendan-

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Though now primarily known for his quiet introspective work with Dead Perry.com (http://
Can Dance, Perry's first musical forays were in a markedly different style. In www.brendan-pe
1977, Perry was a leading member of New Zealand punk rock band the rry.com/)
Scavengers, working under the pseudonym of Ronnie Recent. Perry started
as the band's bass player, becoming lead vocalist after a lineup change in
1978. In 1979, the band moved to Melbourne and changed its name to the
Marching Girls. Perry left the band in 1980. Perry's work with these two
bands can be found on the compilation album AK79 and on a compilation
of Scavengers singles that was recently released on CD. The Scavengers are
regarded as New Zealand's equivalent of the Buzzcocks, with the Perry co-
penned song "Mysterex" regarded as one of the country's best and most
distinctive punk-rock singles. The Marching Girls also reached the New The Scavengers – Perry (centre),
Zealand singles charts in 1980 with "True Love."[1] Ken Cooke (left), Simon Monroe
(right)

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, with Perry, drummer Simon Monroe, bass player
Paul Erikson, and, last to join the band, Lisa Gerrard. In 1982, Dead Can Dance moved to London leaving Simon
Monroe in Australia. Peter Ulrich played drums on the band's first demos, concerts and recordings. Paul Erikson soon
left the band to fly back to Australia, leaving the band a duo. The band went on to record eight albums on the 4AD
Records record label beginning with the self-titled Dead Can Dance album, which was released in February 1984.[1]

Solo career
In 1999, Perry released his solo album Eye of the Hunter on 4AD Records. The album contained songs written by Perry
and a cover of Tim Buckley's song "I Must Have Been Blind." Perry would eventually cover more Tim Buckley songs:
"Happy Time", "Chase the Blues Away", "Dream Letter" and "Song to the Siren".[4]

Around 2001, Perry did the music for a 10-minute film (Mushin) made by
Graham Wood, who designed the artwork of the box set Dead Can Dance
(1981-1998) and the album Wake.

Perry announced his departure from 4AD in September 2008, and

promised a new album titled Ark in early 2009. According to a reply Perry
made to a comment on his MySpace blog, the new album would be very
different from Eye of the Hunter, notably because it would feature rhythm
machines and electric guitars. "Utopia", a demo version of a song from the
album, was made available on his MySpace blog.[5] Ark was eventually Perry in 2013
released on 7 June 2010.[6]

In March 2016 it was announced that he would collaborate with French Musician Olivier Mellano and the Breton
traditional band Bagad Cesson on a project titled No Land.[7]

Discography

Albums
The Scavengers: The Scavengers (1978) [first LP from Brendan Perry's punk band]
AK79 (1980) [compilation of Scavengers & Marching Girls]
Eye of the Hunter (1999) [Solo]

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London ICA (13 Year Itch Festival) (2008) [Solo, only available as a MP3/MP4 download]
Ark (2010) [Solo]

Contributions
Opera Multi Steel: Stella obscura (CD, "Du chant des elfes")
The 13 Year Itch (4AD compilation,"Happy time" 1993)
Elijah's Mantle: Angels of perversity (1993, "Paradis IAC" & "Quem di dilicunt -part two")
Hector Zazou: Sahara Blue (1994, "Youth" & "Black Stream [w/Lisa Gerrard]")
Hector Zazou: Songs from the cold seas (1994, "Annuka suaren neito" & "Adventures in the Scandinavian skin
trade" )
Rare on Air (KCRW compilation, "The Captive Heart" 1994)
CoEx: Synaesthesia (1995, "Chant of Amergin" )
Hector Zazou & Harold Budd: Glyph (1995, "Around the corner from everywhere")
Hector Zazou: Lights in the dark[8] ("Gol na dtrí Muire" & "In ainm an athar le bua" & "Caoine Mhuire" )
Barbara Gogan & Hector Zazou: Made on Earth (1997, "True love")
"Sunset Heights" 1997 (movie soundtrack by Perry)
"Greenwood voice of the celtic myth" (compilation, "Balor's song" ; 1997)
Peter Ulrich: Pathways and Dawns[8] (programming & sequencing, guitars, hurdy-gurdy & tin whistles: Brendan
Perry)
Sing a Song for You: Tribute to Tim Buckley (Tim Buckley tribute album,"Dream letter" 2000)
Zoar: Clouds without water (2003, "Winter wind" & "Wakeworld")
Piano Magic: Ovations (2009, "The Nightmare Goes On" & "You Never Loved This City")
Olivier Mellano: No Land (2017)

References
1. Brendan Perry. "Brendan Perry biography" (https://web.archive.org/web/20100820162811/http://ark.brendan-perry.
com/biography.php). Archived from the original (http://ark.brendan-perry.com/biography.php) on 20 August 2010.
Retrieved 19 November 2010.
2. "Brendan Perry: Biography (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brendan-perry-mn0000935537/biography)". AllMusic.
Retrieved 15 April 2018.
3. Brendan Perry, Robin Guthrie (http://www.ticketfly.com/event/33161-brendan-perry-robin-guthrie-portland/).
Ticketfly. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
4. "Eye of the Hunter on AllMusic" (http://www.allmusic.com/album/eye-of-the-hunter-mw0000669550). Retrieved 11
September 2016.
5. "Featured Content on Myspace" (https://web.archive.org/web/20081006092802/http://profile.myspace.com/index.c
fm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=75211004). Profile.myspace.com. Archived from the original (http://profil
e.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=75211004) on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 8 June
2016.
6. "Ark" (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ark-Brendan-Perry/dp/B003H52VI4). Amazon.co.uk. 30 September 2010.
Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via Amazon.
7. "No Land" (http://www.mellanoland.com/en/). March 2016.
8. Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock (https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&pg=PA182
8&dq=Brendan+Perry+Dead+Can+Dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAWoVChMI-4evx6fcxgIVhjWICh252A
zW#v=onepage&q=Brendan%20Perry%20Dead%20Can%20Dance&f=false). Rough Guides. p. 1828.
ISBN 1858284570. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

External links
Brendan-Perry.com (http://www.brendan-perry.com/) (official website)
Brendan Perry (https://musicbrainz.org/artist/406fa1ec-0f9f-47ac-b2a3-52eccf987af6) discography at MusicBrainz
Dead-Can-Dance.com (http://www.dead-can-dance.com/) (English/Italian fansite, incl. Perry)

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The Scavengers at AudioCulture (http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-scavengers)

Muzic net's Scavengers page (http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/1002.html)
Discography (https://web.archive.org/web/20070302192812/http://www.gothic.hu/pantheon_dcddiszkografia.html)
Interview ca. 2001 with Perry (https://web.archive.org/web/20070928211853/http://www.sweetfoolthemouth.co.uk/i
nterviews/perry.html)

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