Deathadder (Band)

Deathadder (Written as Death-Adder on the cover of the first EP) are a Californian punk band formed in 1981, disbanding in 1985, and reuniting in January of 2017. They were generally disliked by many audiences, being called "costco-value The Germs" by Oilslick Magazine in 1983. They gained success in 1984 for their September 1984 album "Broken". They started work on a third album, but disbanded before it was released. It was apparently "90% complete", with some songs only being tracking roughs. It was to be their first record signed to Yen Records CA, who they had signed to in November of 1984. They had $2500 to complete this record, much more than the $1200 used to record Broken. A cassette tape dated "1/23/85" was found in 1994, which seemed to contain 14 minutes of unreleased Deathadder content (All first mixes) and the full, uncut, unmixed version of the Deathadder live album (Later released February 4th, 1985). The former drummer of Deathadder, Craig Zildan, confirmed these tapes were real in 1999, and that they were from the lost 1985 Deathadder album. Craig also stated that the full album's master reel was in possession of former lead singer Cole Ryan. After much persuasion, in 2003, 5 songs off of the master reel were released on Youtube, all being songs that the cassette tape had contained, except for one. In January of 2017, Deathadder reformed, with all original members, except for secondary guitarist Robert Lanke, who died in March of 1993. They replaced him with Daryl Marquis, a friend of Cole Ryan since the 5th grade, and their original choice for secondary guitarist, but when the original nameless incarnation of Deathadder was formed in June 1980, Daryl was already in 2 bands and didn't have the time to. By late 1981, he asked to join Deathadder again, but by that time Robert Lanke had been in the band for almost a year. He got a guest songwriting credit for the song "Dead-Set" on the 1982 self titled album, under the psuedonym "G. Ruiz". They released an official 4th album on April 21st, 2017, called The Black Album. The same day, the compilation album "Fixed: A Deathadder Compilation 1980-1985" was released, featuring many unreleased songs recorded in that timeframe, including every song off of the unreleased 3rd album, finally released under the title "Into the Darkness and Beyond", the original title of the album when it was being recorded in 1985. On July 8th, 2017, the Red EP was released. In 2018, the White Album is planned to be released.