Dahmer (band)

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Dahmer was a Canadian grindcore band formed in Quebec City in 1995. They composed songs about serial killers (hence their name referring to Jeffrey Dahmer), mass murderers and other various topics, some not even criminal-related and mostly humorous.

Though the group split up in early 2000, members are currently still involved in other grindcore bands such as Fistfuck and other sporadic live performances as well as various side projects.

Biography[]

The band formed in 1995, with Seb on bass and vocals and Yvan on drums. Shortly after, John joined on guitar with Seb switching to bass and vocals. During the month of June 1995, they recorded 14 songs for a scheduled split 7" with only Seb on guitar and vocals and Yvan on drums, because at the time John was unavailable due to his work, thus not able to play guitar. Unfortunately, the sound of the recording was of poor quality and did not contain any bass. Later, John came back on guitar joined by Fred as a second guitar player, but this line-up lasted only some months until John definitively left the band. The line-up never changed since then, and was the same up to the split of the group early in 2000.

Members did stint in such bands as Dèche-Charge, Mesrine, and Fistfuck, among others.

Members[]

Last lineup

• Séb Dionne - vocals & bass (1995–2000)
• Yvan Dionne - drums (1995–2000)
• Fred Bélanger - guitar (1995–2000)

Previous members

• John Lamothe - guitar (1995)

Discography[]

• 1996: Demo 1 '96 (Self-released)
• 1996: Dahmer EP (Spineless records)
• 1997: Marcel Petiot (Doomsday Machine Records)
• 1998: Dahmerized full-length (Clean Plate Records)
• 2003: The Studio Sessions - Discography Compilation (Grind It! Records)

Splits[]

• 1996: Split with Undinism (Obnoxious Cadaver Records)
• 1996: Split with Carcass Grinder and Diarrhée Mentale Three Way Split Tape '96 (Deliria Productions)
• 1997: Split with I.R.F. (Slightly Fast Records)
• 1997: Split with Saturation (Spineless Records)
• 1997: Split with Denak (Spineless Records)
• 1998: Split with Jean Seberg (Praxis records)
• 1998: Split with Apartment 213 (Trash Art!)
• 1999: Split with Suppression (Yellow Dog Records)
• 2000: Split with Frank and the Bitches (Not Cool Records)
• 2001: Split with Mesrine (E.N.D. Records)
• 2001: Split with Parade of the Lifeless (Mortville Records)
• 2001: Split with Lucifer D. Larynx And The Satanic Grind Dogs Of Death, Needful Thing and The Kill (Dry Retch Records)