Book Sebastien Grainger

Canadian-born and Los Angeles-based, Sebastien Grainger is a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the singer, drummer and writer in the alt-rock duo Death from Above 1979. With the duo he has played on every recording, including the studio albums You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (2004) and The Physical World (2014). Under his own name he released Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains (2008) and Yours to Discover (2013), along with the archival collection Early Electric - Computer Recordings 2000-2003 (2014). He also issued the EP Garbage Night (2010) as half of Bad Tits with Josh Reichmann, and with Jessica Bruzzese records as American Lips, whose albums include Kiss the Void (2017) and On Strike! (2025). Grainger co-owns Ancient Fashion Records with Adrian Popovich of Tricky Woo. Over the years he has shared bills with Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Queens of the Stone Age, Metric, Foo Fighters, Deftones and Broken Social Scene, among many others. A true multi-hyphenate, he has also directed and edited music videos and designed artwork for his projects. On stage he brings explosive drumming, raw vocals and punk energy.