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5 unusual facts about Play Dead


Anne-Marie Hurst

Also encouraging was the review from the music paper Sounds, which secured the band other prestigious support slots with Sex Gang Children and Play Dead.

Company of Justice

After a series of signing with multiple flopping independent record labels, Play Dead created their own record label called Tanz in early 1985 just after the end of the From the Promised Land tour.

Into the Fire Live

Into The Fire Live is a live album by the band Play Dead, recorded February 23, 1985 in Oxford, England.

The Final Epitaph Live

The Final Epitaph Live is the recording of Play Dead's final performance in Stevenage, England on December 22, 1985.

The First Flower

The First Flower is Play Dead's debut album, recorded at the Jungle Records studio in March 1983.


The Singles 1982 ~ 85

The Singles 1982 ~ 85, released in 1985, is an 8 track collection of Play Dead's singles featured on the albums From the Promised Land, The First Flower, and eventually Resurrection.


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From the Promised Land

Conny Plank took notice of Play Dead and turned down a contract to produce U2's "The Unforgettable Fire" to produce Play Dead's next album Company of Justice instead.

Sheila Connolly

Most recently, the author published Let's Play Dead, set at a children's museum based on the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.