Die Mannequin
is a punk rock trio from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are fronted by 22-year-old guitar player and singer Care Failure (born Caroline Kawa). They played the "Next Big Thing" Stage at Edgefest 1 in 2006, have toured across Eastern Canada several times on their own as well as opening for Buckcherry on their Canadian tour. [1] Die Mannequin also opened for Guns N' Roses on the Canadian dates of their 2006 North American Tour [2], and supported Sum 41 on their Strength in Numbers tour during the fall of 2007. [3] They have toured Europe on several occasions, alone and as opening act for the European Danko Jones tour in 2008. [4] They are also playing one of the legs of the Jägermeister tour with Bloodlights and Oceansize.
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History
Rising from the ashes of Care Failure's first four-piece band "The Bloody Mannequins", Die Mannequin started in the spring of 2006 when Failure recorded her first EP,
How to Kill
, on
How To Kill Records/
Cordless Recordings. She sang, played guitar and bass on this EP because she did not have a permanent backing band at that time.
Death from Above 1979's
Jesse F. Keeler took care of the drum duties as well as production.
[5] The E.P. featured four songs and was produced by Keeler and partner Al-P from
MSTRKRFT and was mastered by
Ryan Mills at Joao Carvalho Mastering. Care Failure was also a member of the supergroup
The Big Dirty Band, which included members from the Canadian hardrock band
Rush, amongst others. They have recorded a cover version and video of
The Bobby Fuller Four song
I Fought The Law. This video also featured
Anthony Useless, even though he did not play on any of the recordings. It was featured as a soundtrack to the 2006 movie
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
.
Failure later hired two of her long time friends,
Ethan Deth (of Toronto Band,
Kill Cheerleader) and Pat M. (a.k.a. Ghostwolf), to play bass and drums.
[6] Deth was quickly replaced by
Anthony "Useless" Bleed, also from
Kill Cheerleader. He plays bass guitar and provides backing vocals. Managed by Shull Management, Die Mannequin signed with
EMI Publishing in the summer of 2006
[ [7], and began their own record label, How To Kill Records which is distributed by Warner Music Canada. They were booked as one of the opening bands for Guns N' Roses' eastern leg of their 2006 North-American tour. [8] [9]
]
"Autumn Cannibalist" was the free Single of the Week for the 4th of July week, 2007, on iTunes.
Die Mannequin released a new EP in the fall of 2007 entitled Slaughter Daughter
. Two tracks, "Do It Or Die" and "Saved By Strangers", were produced by Ian D'Sa of Billy Talent. The other two tracks, "Upside Down Cross" and "Lonely Of A Woman", were produced by Junior Sanchez. [10] There was also a live recording (or bootleg) of "Open Season" included on this EP. The band released a video for the first single, "Do it or Die", which entered rotation on Much Music and Much Loud.
Both EP's have been collected on a single disc entitled Unicorn Steak
which features two unreleased songs: an early demo of "Empty's Promise" and the cover of the Beatsteaks song Hand in Hand. A video was also recorded after the release of Unicorn Steak, for the song "Saved By Strangers", directed by Canadian director Bruce McDonald. He has also directed a documentary about Die Mannequin, entitled The Rawside of Die Mannequin
, which premiered at Toronto's North By East festival, June 15th of 2008. [11]
Die Mannequin posted a video on their myspace announcing a new album entitled FINO + BLEED
to be released on September 8, 2009
Band members
Current members
- Care Failure - vocals, guitar, bass (2005–present)
- Anthony "Useless" Bleed - bass, backing vocals (2006–present)
- Ghostwolf - drums (2006–2009)
Former members
- Ethan Deth - bass (2006)
- Jesse F. Keeler - drums (on the How To Kill
EP)
- Jack Irons - drums (Recording and Replacement Drummer in 2009)
Discography
Die Mannequin has released one recognized album to date and two EPs. These are:
- 2006: How To Kill
- EP
- 2007: Slaughter Daughter
- EP
- 2008: Unicorn Steak
- Compilation
- 2009: FINO + BLEED
- Upcoming studio album
Singles
| Year
| Single
| Chart performance
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| CAN
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| 2006
| Autumn Cannibalist
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| 2008
| Do It Or Die
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| 2008
| Saved By Strangers
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| 2009
| Bad Medicine
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Interviews
- From Torontomusicscene.ca
References
- Die Mannequin article in the McGill Daily
- The Chronicle Herald (November 20th 2006) ''Fan Loses Patience with Axl's Late Start''
- http://www.chartattack.com/news/44698/deryck-whibleys-weak-back-ends-strength-in-numbers-tour-early
- Die Mannequin to support Danko Jones on upcoming tour (Wednesday, January 05, 2008)
- DIE MANNEQUIN
- Die Mannequin Bio on the EMI Publishing website
- Die Mannequin showcase in Canadian Musician March/April 2006
- Le Soleil (November 19th 2006) ''Axl Rose fidèle au poste... malgré tout''
- Guns N' Roses Will Play 2 Hours Tonight in Toronto, Despite Curfew Rules
- Exclaim!'s review of ''Slaughter Daughter''
- Interview with Care Failure by Mike Bax for FAZOR Online Music Magazine