Death Ride 69
{{Short description|American band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Death Ride 69
| image =
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| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre = Deathrock, gothic rock, industrial rock
| years_active = 1987–1996
| label = Fifth Colvmn, Little Sister
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| current_members =
| past_members = Mark Blasquez
Buc Bono
Don Diego
Dave Haas
Ethan Port
Linda LeSabre
Wrex Mock
George Sarah
}}
Death Ride 69 was an American deathrock band formed in Los Angeles and led by Linda LeSabre (Beatmistress). The original incarnation was a duo consisting of guitarist Don Diego and vocalist Linda LeSabre. The band also featured contributions from Mark Blasquez, Ethan Port, Wrex Mock, Dave Haas and Buc Bono. They released two full-length albums, Death Ride 69 produced by Scott Arundale in 1988 and Screaming Down the Gravity Well in 1996.{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000812742/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Death Ride 69 > Biography |publisher=Little Sister Records|access-date=October 24, 2016}}
History
Death Ride 69 was originally conceived in late 1987 by bass-drum duo Linda LeSabre and Don Diego out of Los Angeles, California.{{cite AV media notes |title=Death Ride '69: The C.D. |others=Death Ride 69 |year=1988 |type=booklet |publisher=Little Sister Records |location=Pacific Palisades, California}} They were later joined by guitarist Wrex Mock and recorded their self-titled debut album in 1988, which contained all the tracks from their Elvis Christ EP.{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0001006941|pure_url=yes}}|title=Death Ride 69: Elvis Christ EP > Overview |publisher=Little Sister Records |access-date=October 24, 2016}} LeSabre reformed the band as a trio with Ethan Port, formerly of Savage Republic and Buc Bono and issued another EP titled Red Sea in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://mobilization.com/artists/deathride69.html |title=Death Ride 69 – 1989 |publisher=Little Sister Records |date= 1989 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428002035/http://mobilization.com/artists/deathride69.html |archive-date=April 28, 2009 }}
The band went on hiatus in the early nineties and reformed as a duo with Mark Blasquez joining LeSabre.{{cite journal|last=Jester |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/interview/death.ride.69.interview.html |title=Interview with Mark Blasquez of Death Ride 69 |journal=Sonic Boom |date=December 18, 1996 |access-date=October 24, 2016}} They were signed to Fifth Colvmn Records and issued their second full-length album Screaming Down the Gravity Well in 1996.{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000183170|pure_url=yes}}|title=Death Ride 69: Screaming Down the Gravity Well > Review |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 24, 2016}} Marco Gariboldi of Fabryka called the album "a crescendo of harsh guitars, distortions and hammering drums directed by the high and charismatic voice of Linda" and "a very good album by an underrated and forgotten band."{{cite journal|first=Marco |last=Gariboldi |url=http://industrialrock.net/php-files_en/articles.php?article_id=315 |title=Screaming Down the Gravity Well – Fifth Colvmn Records, 1996 |journal=Fabriyka |date=March 14, 2010 |access-date=October 24, 2016}}{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archD.html#DEATHR |title=Death Ride 69: Screaming Down the Gravity Well |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=July 15, 1996 |issue=114 |access-date=October 24, 2016}}
Discography
Studio albums
- Death Ride 69 (Little Sister Records, 1988)
- Screaming Down the Gravity Well (Fifth Colvmn, 1996)
EPs
- Elvis Christ (Little Sister, 1988)
- Red Sea (Little Sister, 1989)
References
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External links
- {{Facebook|deathride69|Death Ride 69}}
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Category:Musical groups established in 1987
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1996
Category:1987 establishments in California
Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles
Category:American death rock groups
Category:American gothic rock groups