Clowns Smiling Backwards | zh

Dead Smiling Pirates hails from Copenhagen, Denmark. DSP set sail on the musical oceans for a life of music piracy in 2006. This power packed trio plays catchy alternative rock filled with an eclectic mix of influences highlighted by lots of tight breaks, trashy guitar riffs, and punk influenced vocals. They back up their sound with attitude focusing on the irony of life, and lyrics about egoism, youth, work, ethics, and beyond. Their motto “Release Your Inner Pirate” gives a hint of their ironic and challenging mindset. This take on life is bound to appeal to young and old alike,...

A short-lived collaboration led by Henry Kaiser involving bassist Andy West, guitarists Bob Adams and Scott Colby, and drummers Michael Maksymenko and John French. They recorded two albums in the late 1980s: Crazy Backwards Alphabet, which was re-released with extra tracks in 1992; and Crazy Backwards Alphabet II (aka We Are Not Amused), which was not released at the time but is now available as a download from Amazon and iTunes. In between recording these albums, Kaiser and French participated in the first French Frith Kaiser Thompson album Live Love Larf & Loaf. .