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Fact Sheet
| Musical genre: | Indie, Rock |
| City | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Official site | http://www.deus.be/ |
History
The band, whose songs are primarily sung in English, was formed in Antwerp in the early 1990s, and displayed a bewildering array of influences, including Captain Beefheart, Mingus-style jazz, Leonard Cohen and the Velvet Underground. Consequently, they incorporate a wide variety of styles, including Pop, Punk and Heavy Metal into their work. They became one of the most successful (and influential) Belgian rock bands ever.
Past members
Past members include Stef Kamil Carlens (bass), who left in 1996 to focus on his own band Zita Swoon (initially known as A Beatband and then Moondog Jr.), Rudy Trouvé (guitar), who since 1995 has pursued a career in music (Kiss my Jazz, Dead Man Ray) and art, Jules de Borgher (drums) until 2002, Danny Mommens (bass) who left in 2004 because of his other band Vive la Fête and Craig Ward (guitar) who left in 2004.
Records
So far, they have released four studio albums on Island Records: Worst Case Scenario (1994), In a Bar Under the Sea (1996) and The Ideal Crash (1999) and on September 12th 2005 their long awaited new album Pocket Revolution was released on V2 Records. They have also released many singles, the experimental EP My Sister = my clock (1995) (originally intended for fan order only but given a general release on Island Records due to popular demand) and a singles collection No More Loud Music (released on PolyGram) with a companion DVD No More Video (2001).
Sabbatical
From 2000 to 2004, the band took an extended sabbatical to allow the individual members to pursue different interests, including a Barman-directed feature film entitled Any Way the Wind Blows. In June 2002 they did however play 6 concerts in Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium, supporting the then-recent CD and DVD release of their singles collection.
Current Activities
In mid-2004 they began recording new material and playing live across Europe, and in August the download-only single iF You Don't Get What You Want was released. dEUS has been touring Europe since September 2005, supporting the album Pocket Revolution.Article licensed under the GNU FDL. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "dEUS"