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7 unusual facts about Brendan Perry


Astrid Williamson

In May 2010, Astrid took to the road with Brendan Perry to play keyboards and sing backing vocals on stage 2 of his Ark tour.

Brendan Perry

Perry's work with these two bands can be found on the compilation album AK79 and on a compilation of Scavengers singles that was recently released on CD.

Piano Magic: Ovations (2009, "The Nightmare Goes On" & "You Never Loved This City")

The Scavengers are regarded as New Zealand's equivalent of the Buzzcocks, with the Perry co-penned song "Mysterex" regarded as one of the country's best and most distinctive punk-rock singles.

Rachel Haden

Rachel played bass guitar and singing backing vocals for Brendan Perry on his 2010 Ark tour.

Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991–1997

All tracks written by Steven Wilson, except 2,3,4,7 and 9 written by Steven Wilson and Alan Duffy and 5 written by Steven Wilson, Hugh Banton, David Jackson, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard.

The Scavengers

In late 1977, bassist Hart left to be replaced by Brendan Perry, who performed under the stage name "Ronnie Recent".


Belturbet

Dead Can Dance singer and composer Brendan Perry lives in the vicinity of the town, as does musician and author Rodney Orpheus.

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance formed in Melbourne, Australia in August 1981 with Paul Erikson on bass guitar, Lisa Gerrard (ex-Microfilm) on vocals, Simon Monroe (Marching Girls) on drums and Brendan Perry (also of Marching Girls) on vocals and guitar.

Peter Ulrich

In 1982 he met Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard in London and joined Dead Can Dance on drums and percussion and, in 1983, was one of the members of DCD to sign with the 4AD label.


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Peter Ulrich

In 2009 Ulrich made a guest appearance, together with Brendan Perry, on the Piano Magic album Ovations playing percussion and hammered dulcimer.