Born Dead Icons was a Canadian

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band from

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, Canada. They played melodic, heavy and dark

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with various influences, mainly British bands

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, Discharge,

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, and

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. They are notable for playing slower and singing more clearly than most bands in this genre. Members also play in the band Complications. The band played their last show in November 2007.

Members

*Francis Lavoie: guitar, vocals *Pete Beaudoin - guitar *Philippe Légaré - bass, vocals *Alex Légaré: drums

Discography

Studio albums

*''Work'' (2000) *''Salvation on the Knees'' (2001) *''Ruins'' (2003)

EPs

*''Part of Something Larger Than Ourselves'' (1999) *''Modern Plague'' 7" (2001) *''New Scream Industry'' (2001) *''Unlearn'' 7" (2003)

Demos

*''Demo'' (1999)

Splits

*''Born Dead Icons / Coma''

References

External links

Born Dead Icons
on Myspace {{DEFAULTSORT:Born Dead Icons Canadian crust and d-beat groups Musical groups from Montreal Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups disestablished in 2007 1999 establishments in Quebec