Dead Man Ray

{{Short description|Belgian alternative rock band}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dead Man Ray | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = [[Berchem]], Belgium | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | years_active = {{start date|1996}}–present | label = | website =  | current_members = *[[:nl:Daan Stuyven|Daan Stuyven]] *[[Rudy Trouvé]] *Elko Blijweert *[[Wouter Van Belle]] *Karel De Backer | past_members = *Herman Houbrechts }} '''Dead Man Ray''' is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] alternative rock band formed in 1996, originating from [[Berchem]] near [[Antwerp]]. Among its members are [[:nl:Daan Stuyven|Daan Stuyven]], [[Rudy Trouvé]] ([[Deus (band)|dEUS]] and others), Elko Blijweert, [[Wouter Van Belle]], and Herman Houbrechts, who was later replaced by drummer Karel De Backer. Their debut ''Berchem'' was released in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|title=Dead Man Ray|url=http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/deadmanray.htm|work=The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives|publisher=Flanders Music Centre|accessdate=15 September 2010}}</ref> including the singles "Chemical" and "Beegee". In 1999 Dead Man Ray wrote partly a new soundtrack for the movie ''At the Drop of A Head'' (alias "Café zonder bier" i.e. ''[[A Pub With No Beer]]'', 1962), starring singer-songwriter [[Bobbejaan Schoepen]].<ref>[https://www.deadbeattown.com/stuff/dmrhumo1999.htm Dead Man Ray], [[HUMO]], 1999</ref> They did a sell out tour with this movie in [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]]. The second album, ''[[Trap (Dead Man Ray album)|Trap]]'', was released in 2000 and contains some songs of this project.<ref>[https://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/dead-man-ray/dead-man-ray/371/index.html Interview release album Trap - Kindamuzik.net, 2000]</ref> The album ''[[Cago]]'' was recorded in 2002 in Chicago and produced by [[Steve Albini]].

After Cago and the accompanying live tour, the band went on a long hiatus. Daan Stuyven produced a number of albums under his own name, Rudy Trouvé recorded with his own sextet/septet and wrote music for theatre plays, Elko Blijweert and Karel De Backer<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/302244-Karel-De-Backer KDB on Discogs.com]</ref> performed in a number of bands while [[Wouter Van Belle]] returned to his work as a record producer.

This hiatus lasted about 16 years, when in december 2018 the band announced a new EP ''Een'', and a full album ''Over'' in 2019, followed by a live tour in Belgium.

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''[[Berchem (album)|Berchem]]'' (1998) * ''[[Trap (Dead Man Ray album)|Trap]]'' (2000) * ''Berchem Trap'' (2000) * ''Marginal'' (2001) * ''[[Cago]]'' (2002) * ''Een'' (2018) *''Over'' (2019)

==References==

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120213202323/http://www.deadbeattown.com/stuff/dmrhumo1999.htm Dead Man Ray plays At the Drop of A Head] *[http://Www.deadmanray.com www.deadmanray.com]

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