Dessau (band)
American musical group; industrial rock band
Dessau were an American industrial rock band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. The band was founded by John Elliott, who worked with a revolving cast of musicians to create Dessau's music. The band released two studio albums, 1989's Exercise in Tension by Carlyle Records and 1995's Dessau by Mausoleum.
History
Dessau was founded by composer John Elliott in 1983 out of Nashville. In 1985 he self-released Dessau's debut EP Red Languages. Happy Mood followed the next year and contained "First Year" from the band's debut. In 1988 the band released a 12" single of their cover of Joy Division's "Isolation", which was produced by Paul Barker of Revolting Cocks and Al Jourgensen of Ministry. The band released their debut studio album Exercise in Tension in 1989 by Carlyle Records. The EP Details Sketchy followed in 1995 and became Fifth Colvmn's fastest selling release.
In 1995 Dessau released an extended track remix of the song "Suffer" for the Fascist Communist Revolutionaries compilation and their self-titled second album for Mausoleum.
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