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Jul 16

Dead Rock Star

  • July 16, 2026
  • Live Music Archive, Recordings Of Independent Origin, Twin Cities Music Archives
  • Cows, God Bullies, live recordings, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Uptown Bar

This is about Dead Rock Star, a band that existed in Minneapolis, MN during the year 1993.

Born from the ashes of the short-lived group Hood, Dead Rock Star paired the energetic rhythm and psychoactive guitar that would resurface the following year in LIKEHELL, with a truly demented vocal presentation not for the faint of heart.

What follows is a rare live recording which Tony Oliveri has graciously allowed me to record back in the day, and has generously allowed to be shared on Live Music Archive with other past, present and future fans.

Tony Oliveri [Cows, God Bullies, Hood, LIKEHELL] : drums
Brendan Bathrick [from Madison, WI] : bass
Matt Bockley [Roy G. Biv; Like Hell] : guitar


Dead Rock Star • 1993-08-22
Minneapolis, MN • Uptown Bar & Grill

stereo split-channel soundboard / audience recording
duration (48:36.64)

[01] Big Wheel (04:20.63) >
[02] September Day (02:18.12)
[03] Who’s Fucking Who (02:30.46)
[04] Quinn (03:30.14)
[05] Morning Light (02:58.27)
[06] interim (00:40.72)
[07] Drain (02:12.58)
[08] Lullaby (03:30.03)
[09] interim (00:39.00)
[10] Diamond Girl (03:24.04)
[11] unidentified title (03:45.65)
[12] I’m The Man (03:11.48)
[13] Nightmares (03:28.50)
[14] If I Was Alive (02:22.45)
[15] unidentified title (03:39.71)
[16] unidentified title (01:32.30)
[17] unidentified title (03:47.56)
[18] end runout (00:43.00)

Tony Oliveri [Cows, God Bullies, Hood, LIKEHELL] : drums
Brendan Bathrick [from Madison, WI] : bass
Matt Bockley [Roy G. Biv; Like Hell] : guitar

bill:
Smut
Dead Rock Star

Recorded / transferred / tracked / tagged by: J.Free / Sonic Archives

Download or stream the show from Live Music Archive


To the best of my awareness, nothing was ever released by Dead Rock Star.

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