Dan Melchior is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, often labeled a

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musician. He has formed the named groups of musicians Broke Revue and Dan Melchior und Das Menace.

Background

Melchior grew up in

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, just outside

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, England.

Career

Broke Revue period

Melchior featured in 30 recordings as a solo performer, as a collaborator with

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and Holly Golightly and as a member of Dan Melchior's Broke Revue. The Broke Revue released three albums, the first being on

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, the next two on In the Red Records. Their other works comprise singles and EPs for other labels. During their six touring years as a band they supported

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, The Fall,

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and

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, in shows in the United States before splitting up in 2004.

Post 2004

After the split Melchior went on to produce further albums and appeared on the

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tribute album ''Down in a Mirror''. His music has evolved significantly, to become a distant entity from some of his earlier

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-based work, showing a definite influence of more experimental bands such as

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and The Fall, and some absurdist elements which have led to comparisons to compatriot exponents of that genre,

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and

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. Melchior became a permanent resident in the United States in 1998 — first in

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with his wife Letha Rodman, followed by

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. Melchior continues to write and record prolifically in 2010 by which time he had established a project/band Dan Melchior und Das Menace. He has released six singles, a 12-inch ep and three LP albums.

Album discography

as Dan Melchior unless stated * Devil in the Flesh (SFTRI 1998) with

* This Love is Real (SFTRI 1999) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue * Oldtime-Futureshock (Milou 2000) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue * Heavy Dirt (In The Red 2001) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue * Desperate Little Town (SFTRI 2001) with Holly Golightly * Bitterness, Spite, Rage & Scorn (In The Red 2002) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue * This is Not the Medway Sound (Smartguy 2003) * The Covert Stomp 1993-2002 (Hate 2004) Dan Melchior Featuring Bruno Merrick Jones * O, Clouds Unfold! (2004/released 2009 by Hook Or Crook) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue * Hello, I'm Dan Melchior (Shake It 2005) * Fire Breathing Clones on Cellular Phones (Plastic 2006) * Christmas for the Crows (Daggerman 2008) Dan Melchior und das Menace * Thankyou Very Much (SS 2009) Dan Melchior und das Menace * Obscured by Fuzz (Topplers 2009) Dan Melchior und das Menace * Visionary Pangs (SS 2010) Dan Melchior und das Menace * Dan Melchior Und Das Menace (s/t tape, released by night people 2010) * King of Sheep (Scotch Tapes 2011) * Assemblage Blues (Siltbreeze 2011) * Catbirds & Cardinals (Norther Spy 2011) * Excerpts (and half speeds) (Kye 2012) * The Backward Path (Northern Spy 2012) * C.C.D.E Music (Little Big Chief 2013) * The Heron (Limited Appeal 2013) * K-85 (Homeless 2013) * At Home With The Lloyd Pack (L'Espirit D'lescalier 2013) The Lloyd Pack * A Squirrel Could Never Be A Disappointment To Me (CDR on Chocolate Monk) (2013) * A Reverse Laurie Metcalf (cs, Bummer Tapes 2013) * Rodman Melchior Melchior Rodman (S/T Cassette, Fabrica 2014) * Slow Down Tiger (Starlight Furniture Company 2014) * Rock And Roll (cdr, Chocolate Monk 2014) * Live at Philadelphia Record Exchange (cs, Stale Heat Tapes 2014) * Hunger (2014) Dan Melchior und das Menace * All At Sea (NO=FI Records 2014) * Happiness is Over Rated (Ultra Eczema, 2015) * Australia's Big Things (Comfort 45, 2016)

Discography of singles/extended play records

* Your love is mine/Laughing to keep from crying (1997) with Holly Golightly and Bruce Brand * Wrong inside/Crow Jane (1999) * Instant love/That's no way to get along (

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) (2000) * Bad for my soul/Art Machine (2000) * Andover, Duluth, London EP (2002) * Garage Obituary 45- Remote control/Like a Fox (2003) * Gudbye ta Sluggo EP (CD only) (2005) * Span of Attention/To the River (2006) * Your Lousy Floor EP (2006) * Elev to Mezz/Gravy Train and Ice Cream Truck/Hippy! (2007) * The Pink Scream ep (2007) * Back in the village/Dog love (2007) * Madame nhu/So real (2007) * Stacked Sally Plummer - appears on The World's Lousy With Ideas 5 - Almost Ready Records (2008) * She's so Blank/Certainly 14th st - Almost Ready Records (2008) * Mr Oblivion/Piledriver Nitemare No. 2 (2009) * The Post Office Line/Tourists - Columbus Discount Records (2009) * Terrible shame/Ghost of a flea pt 2(2009) * Dim are the lights/I don't wanna be nice - Convulsive Records (2009) * Daylight robbery/A delicate genius backstage (split single with the Fresh and Onlys) (2009) * Horrorshow (split single with The Spits) (2009) * Counting calories at the last supper (split single with the Pheromoans) (2010) * Red Nylon Valance/Dogbite Meltdown No. 2 (2011) * YACHTS/Barry Mundane has plans/Stig and the Queefs (2012)

References

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