History---
Deadsy was formed in 1995 by Elijah Blue Allman, the son of C… Read Full Bio ↴History---
Deadsy was formed in 1995 by Elijah Blue Allman, the son of Cher and Greg Allman. Using the stage name Philips Exeter Blue I he recorded some demos with Alec Puro and later sent a Roland Juno-106 keyboard to Renn as an invitation to join the band. Deadsy signed to Sire Records, recruiting Jay Gordon of the band Orgy, to play bass their eponymous debut album. After the album was recorded and released to the press Gordon was replaced by Craig Riker joined on bass as a full time member, and they were once again writing songs for the upcoming full length Commencement. Only a few songs were written for the new album as the band had planned to re-release most tracks from the self-titled album. A music video for "She Likes Big Words" was made at one of their early shows, also for promotion. With the album in the final stages of development, Sire parted ways with Elektra Records, and the release was pushed back to a later date. Soon after, Deadsy was dropped from the label entirely, ending the life of both the first and would-be second album, Commencement. Some promotional copies of the self-titled album are still floating around.

Elementree Records, The Release of Commencement (1999-2003)---
While in the process of finding a new label, Carlton Bost was added on z-tars and guitar. Ashburn Miller replaced Craig on bass January 2002 after Craig and Deadsy parted ways. Jonathan Davis (of the band Korn) signed Deadsy to the new record label Elementree Records, to release Commencement. Most songs came from the self-titled album, but some were newly written for the album, including "The Key To Gramercy Park", for which a video was made, directed by friend and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, as well as being the band's second song with Jonathan Davis. Davis invited the band to join the 2001 Family Values Tour before their album had even been released. This move helped build the fan base and helped the band onto the tour soundtrack. After the album's release, the band made a second music video for their cover of Sebadoh's "Brand New Love".

The Release of Phantasmagore, Current (2003-2008)
Deadsy signed onto Immortal Records to release Phantasmagore in 2006 . During the 4-year process of writing the album, Deadsy released clips and demos on their official website. Deadsy was asked back to the Family Values Tour in the summer of 2006, which was co-headlined by the Deftones and Korn. Deadsy went on another tour with the Deftones in the fall/winter. In January 2007, Deadsy parted ways with bassist Ashburn Miller ("Creature"), and added Jens Funke to the line up.

In February 2007, a short statement from Elijah was posted on the band's message board: "I am making a solo record." Recently, Carlton has joined The Dreaming full time. On April 16, 2007, a MySpace bulletin was posted with a statement by Alec Pure whom had this to say: "As you all know we are going to be taking a short break from Deadsy so Elijah can make a solo record and I can continue scoring projects I wasn't able to do from the road."

In early 2008, "Elijah Blue and the Trapezoids" was revealed as the name of Elijah's solo project.

Musical Style and Themes
Elijah describes the band's low and dissonant style as Undercore. Elijah's low baritone singing style, down-tuned guitars, Dr. Nner's synths and Carlton's Z-tar form the overall sound of the band.

"We wanted to make something that was transcendental, really rule-defying, and very against the grain. And when people listened to it at first, it would just feel very like a sense of foreignness, almost like watching a David Lynch film." - Elijah Blue

The lyrics and imagery of the songs sometimes focus on many subjects in either sexual, religious, magical or popular culture contexts. Occasionally one notices obscure references to artifacts such as Secret Societies, The Urantia Book, Star Wars, the novel Dune by Frank Herbert, Disney's 101 Dalmatians and themes like wealth, esoterica, and pedophilia.

Visual appearance
Elijah has often called the band an "art project", or "art movement". Complete with a manifesto (available on their site), and visual iconography. Each band member represents one element or "Entity" that drives human society. Each entity is also represented by their own color and unique appearance.

International Klein Blue - Academia (Elijah Blue Allman aka P. Exeter Blue the 1st)

Yellow - Science / Medicine (Renn Hawkey aka Dr. Nner)

Green - Leisure (Alec Puro aka Alec Püre)

Grey - War (Carlton Bost aka Carlton Megalodon)

Red - Horror (Jens "Creature" Funke) (Ashburn "Creature" Miller) (Craig "The Beast" Riker **archetypus**)

Réplicas
Deadsy Lyrics

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It was hard to avoid
I suppose it was the shame
But they didn't even try
You see we'd never met

And they didn't have names
There was nothing I could do
So I turned on the crowd and I screamed, "You and you"

It could have been you

And they seemed to think
That I looked that way
Or maybe I was wrong
So I said, "Do you know Mr. Wall?"

And they looked the other way
And then they smiled at me

But the police came and I said it was me
And I just walked away

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Deadsy's song "Replicas" tell a story of shame, guilt, and accusation. The singer expresses how it was hard to avoid a certain situation, perhaps a crime that had been committed. It seems like the singer is taking responsibility for the crime or bearing the shame of being associated with it. However, the other people involved didn't even try to avoid the situation or help out, leaving the singer with nothing to do.

As the story progresses, the singer turns on the crowd by screaming at them - "You and You." Perhaps trying to shift the focus away from themselves or accuse someone else of being part of the situation. The lyrics mention that it could have been anyone in the crowd, indicating that the singer is feeling guilty but trying to deflect it.

The lyrics also mention a character called "Mr. Wall," whom the singer seems to be familiar with. However, when they ask the crowd about him, they look the other way, and the police arrive. At this point, the singer takes responsibility for the crime and walks away.

Overall, the lyrics of "Replicas" are open to interpretation, and it's unclear what the crime or situation is. However, it's apparent that the singer is grappling with feelings of guilt and shame and is trying to find someone to share the blame with.

Line by Line Meaning

It was hard to avoid
I found it difficult to avoid the situation

I suppose it was the shame
I feel guilty about what happened

But they didn't even try
They didn't make an effort to avoid the problem

You see we'd never met
I didn't know them before this happened

And they didn't have names
I didn't know their names

There was nothing I could do
I was unable to prevent the situation

So I turned on the crowd and I screamed, "You and you"
I directed my anger towards the bystanders

It could have been you
You could have been in this situation

And they seemed to think
The bystanders appeared to believe something about me

That I looked that way
They thought I had a certain appearance

Or maybe I was wrong
Perhaps my assumption was incorrect