Mona Lisa | Lisa | Lisa Stansfield | Lisa Simpson | Lisa Loeb | Steven Gerrard | Lisa Olson | Gerrard Winstanley | Lisa McCune | Lisa Lopes | Lisa Leslie | Lisa Kudrow | Lisa Jarnot | Lisa Hannigan | Lisa Fernandez | Apple Lisa | Lisa Ray | Lisa Marie Varon | Lisa Firestone | Mona Lisa (opera) | Lisa Tuttle | Lisa Smedman | Lisa (musician) | Lisa Murkowski | Lisa Moscatiello | Lisa Madigan | Lisa Joann Thompson | Lisa Guerrero | Lisa Gerritsen | Lisa Andreas |
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.
Within one month of the album's release, the band was invited to contribute their first single named 'Bag of Snow' to D-Side's sampler disc, to be in the company of artists like Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins, Type O' Negative, The Cramps and Goldfrapp, who all had a strong influence on the band.
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.
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 song has been covered by many artists including The Chieftains, Loreena McKennitt, The Dubliners, Dolores Keane, Dead Can Dance (sung by Lisa Gerrard), Altan, Solas, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Dick Gaughan, Orthodox Celts, Amanda Palmer, Fire + Ice, The Irish Rovers (as "The Wind That Shakes the Corn"), Sarah Jezebel Deva, Martin Carthy, Declan de Barra and Belfast Food.