The Newlydeads were an industrial rock band founded by Faster Pussycat singer Taime Downe. At one time or another, The Newlydeads also featured Taime Downe’s current Faster Pussycat bandmates: guitarist Xristian Simon, bassist Danny Nordahl, and drummer Chad Stewart. They released two full studio albums (The Newlydeads and Dead End), as well as a remix album (Re-Bound) and a compilation album (Dreams from a Dirt Nap). The Newlydeads’ cover of the Nine Inch Nails song “Terrible Lie” was originally featured on the 2000 Cleopatra release Covered in Nails: A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails. (More from Wikipedia)
Mötochrist was formed in 1998 in Los Angeles by Danny Nordahl (bass guitar and lead vocals) and Marc Diamond (lead guitar); other bandmembers include Ricky Vodka (guitar and backing vocals) and Chad Stewart (drums).
Danny Nordahl, Marc Diamond and Chad Stewart each have Wikipedia articles actually, all mentioning Mötochrist; and all three have been in numerous rock bands over the years. Danny Nordahl and Chad Stewart have been in several bands together; they were both members of the industrial rock band the Newlydeads, and they are or were also both in a Guns N’ Roses tribute band called the Hollywood Roses. Danny Nordahl and Marc Diamond were both in the punk revival band NY Loose. Danny Nordahl has been a member of the L.A. glam/metal band Faster Pussycat since 2001 and previously played with the Throbs and one incarnation of L. A. Guns.
The two songs of theirs that I have appear on terrific hard rock/punk rock compilation albums by Dr. Wu Records: “Motochrist” on Cadillac Compilation Vol. I (1999) and “We Came, We Saw, We Drank” on Dr. Wu Records Compilation Vol. 2-000 (2000). Both Mötochrist songs are stomping punk rock classics, with suitably dark guitar pyrotechnics on what is basically their title song, and a welcome sense of fun on the latter song.
The Vol. 2-000 album also has tracks by the Newlydeads, Gage, and another Texas Terri band, Texas Terri and the Stiff Ones.
(October 2014)
