Deadboy & the Elephantmen

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Deadboy & The Elephantmen

Background information
Origin	Houma, Louisiana
Genre(s)	Alternative/Indie/Swamp Rock
Years active	2000 - present
Label(s)	Rotten Records (former) Fat Possum Records (current)
Associated acts	Acid Bath Agents of Oblivion
Website	Official site Official MySpace page
Members
Dax Riggs: Vocals, Guitar Alex Bergeron: Bass Adam Clement: Drums Sean Keating: Keyboards
Former members
Jason Dupre:Guitar Chris Gautreaux: Bass Jeff Lecompte: Drums Tessie Brunet: Drums

Deadboy & The Elephantmen (sometimes abbreviated as DBATEM) is a Houma, Louisiana based band fronted by Dax Riggs (formerly of Acid Bath and Agents of Oblivion).

The band recently signed a three-record deal with Fat Possum Records and for the latter part of 2005 and most of 2006 have been touring in support of their most recent album, We Are Night Sky, playing anything from bars and smaller venues to Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and Bonnaroo. In early 2006, Riggs tapped his former Agents of Oblivion bandmate, Alex Bergeron, to play bass with them on tour.

The late line-up of Riggs and Brunet was often compared to the White Stripes in reviews and their music is sometimes referred to as "Swamp Rock."

New York City-based Nasty Little Man handles the band's promotions.

1 Background
2 Discography
3 Covers
4 External links

[edit] Background

Deadboy & The Elephantmen first appeared in late 2000, following in the wake of the break-up of Agents of Oblivion. The earliest incarnations of DBATEM were little more than Dax Riggs playing solo shows under the moniker when not using his own name or the rarely used T-Daks & His White Plastic Soul. He would play early versions of DBATEM songs along with covers of songs by Leonard Cohen, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds among others.

As time went on, Riggs began expanding the band and by mid-2001 had a full line-up.

Deadboy's first album, If This Is Hell, Then I'm Lucky was released in 2002 and subsequently distributed by Rotten Records, the same label that handled the major Acid Bath and Agents of Oblivion album releases several years earlier. The album has since been discontinued and is difficult to find.

Following the first album Dax Riggs sought to streamline the band and eventually settled on the idea of a two-piece rather than a full line-up. It was during this time that Brunet was recruited and the two began recording.

An EP, Song Mechanism, was released in late 2004. It was distributed by Riggs through Deadboy's website and various local Louisiana music stores. It too has been discontinued though all four tracks from the EP later appeared on We Are Night Sky.

We Are Night Sky was made available for purchase online in late 2005, but its official release date was February 7, 2006. While it is technically the second full-length album for Deadboy & The Elephantmen, it is the first featuring the simpler two-person lineup and is better distributed than previous efforts and as such is often referred to as their 'debut' album.

Upon discovering We Are Night Sky, Henry Rollins began championing the band on his radio show Harmony In My Head and his TV show The Henry Rollins Show. He has since had the band on the latter to perform "Stop, I'm Already Dead."

In late 2006, Brunet left the band, but it has yet to be stated as to why and under what terms.