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Everything you need to write about Dead Prom Queens in one place: a short and a long bio, quick facts, the band, and photos and artwork. Take the bio as it is or cut it down to fit.

One-liner

San Francisco deathrock band Dead Prom Queens, Class of Never out now.

Short bio

Dead Prom Queens make camp-horror deathrock and trash goth post-punk: drum machines and handclaps, fuzzy bass, cheap synth stabs and a jangling guitar. Their first album, Class of Never, came out in 1996 and plays like a night at the prom, from the crowning to the last slow dance.

Based in San Francisco and active since 1993, the band is fronted by Cilla Hex, with Dead Wren Walking and Ellis Static.

Long bio

Dead Prom Queens have been active in San Francisco since 1993, building a sound on drum machines and handclaps, fuzzy bass and cheap synths: deathrock with the camp turned up and the lights turned down.

Cilla Hex fronts the band, a theatrical voice that swings from sweet to shrill inside a line. Dead Wren Walking plays bass, guitar and keys, and sings two songs. Ellis Static plays guitar and synths and does the programming.

Class of Never, the band's first album, came out in 1996. It is a night at the prom, from the crowning to the last slow dance.