Album · Deadsy
Commencement by Deadsy
Commencement is an album by Deadsy, released in 2002. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “The Key to Gramercy Park”, on 1 list with a best position of #73.
Commencement came out on May 14, 2002, after one of the longer trips through the major-label wringer on record. Sire had shelved Deadsy's album right before its planned 1997 release, and after attempts to rework it the label dropped the Los Angeles band in 1999. It finally surfaced through DreamWorks on Jonathan Davis' Elementree imprint, with Josh Abraham producing and Davis among the guests.
The wait didn't sand off the weirdness. Elijah Blue Allman, who formed the band in 1995, sings in a deep, deadpan baritone over analog keyboards and guitar synthesizers, and the whole thing plays like retro goth rock refitted for the new millennium, cold and glossy with a theatrical sneer. "The Key to Gramercy Park" was the single, video and all. The band hit the road across America, the Family Values Tour included, but sales never caught fire: by 2006 it had moved just 100,000 copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Commencement on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Key to Gramercy Park | 1 | #73 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.