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Death From Above 1979
Band Toronto Canada Formed 2001 Canadian rock duo
Death From Above 1979 formed in 2001 in Toronto, Canada. Death From Above 1979 has 19 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Trainwreck 1979”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #26. The station that charted Death From Above 1979 most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Death From Above 1979 is two men making the racket of five: Jesse F. Keeler on bass and Sebastien Grainger on drums and vocals, a Toronto duo that treats the bass guitar like a chainsaw and the drum kit like a dance floor. It's all low end and pummel, with somehow more groove than the whole garage-rock revival put together.
The Romantic Rights EP of 2004 set out the plan, its title track a fuzzed-out, hip-shaking stomp, and the debut album, You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, followed the same year, with "Black History Month" riding the same ferocious low end. It's punk rock that wants you to dance, sweaty, distorted and deliriously loud. Then, in 2006, they split.
They reformed in 2011, and The Physical World arrived in 2014 with "Trainwreck 1979" and "Virgins", proof the gap hadn't dulled a single edge. Two more records followed, Outrage! Is Now in 2017 and Is 4 Lovers in 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Death From Above 1979 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trainwreck 1979 | 8 | #26 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Romantic Rights | 3 | #8 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Freeze Me | 3 | #5 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | 1979 Romantic Rights | 1 | #35 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Virgins | 2 | #51 | – | 2015 | |
| 6 | Black History Month | 2 | #71 | – | 2005 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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