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His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive

Named after history class notes on Abraham Lincoln, the Livonia, MI-based sonic manipulators His Name Is Alive formed when multi-instrumentalist/producer Warren Defever (also of shockabilly group Elvis Hitler) was still in high school. Defever, former schoolmate Karin Oliver (vocals), and drummer Damian Lang released self-produced cassettes of their music, one of which made its way to Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the...
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by Heather Phares

Formed

1989 in Livonia, MI

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

  • Alternative Pop/Rock
  • Experimental
  • Indie Rock
  • Dream Pop
  • Experimental Rock
  • Alternative/Indie Rock

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  • Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown

    In 2004, His Name Is Alive played a show at the University of Michigan Art Museum. That gig, intended as a one-off, was a tribute to vanguard saxophone great Marion Brown. The show featured an... More ...

  • Xmmer

    Arriving a little over a year and a half after His Name Is Alive's long-awaited comeback Detrola, Xmmer follows in that album's footsteps -- in fact, "Go to Hell Mountain" is a sequel to ... More ...

  • Detrola

    So, they are alive after all. Even the most die-hard His Name Is Alive fans could be forgiven for thinking that the band had broken up -- or at least gone into a deep hibernation -- after the... More ...

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