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It’s tough to sift through the overwhelming amount SXSW coverage right now (it doesn’t help that I’m bitter I’m not there), but NPR has a good story on the band Death.

In the 1970s, the music of Detroit could be split into two powerful scenes: the black soul, funk and R&B of Motown and the white rock ‘n’ roll of The Stooges, MC5, Bob Seger and Alice Cooper. Somewhere in the middle was Death.

Record companies were actually interested in signing this band in the 70’s but they wanted them to change their name, which they refused to do. The band, made up of 3 brothers, never reached any kind of major success, recorded an album and broke up in 1977. One Brother, David, believed that they would someday resurfaced but he unfortunately passed away.

The great thing about this story is that they are reforming, with another guitar player, to play at SXSW.

Read the full story and listen to more songs here.

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