Named after history class notes on Abraham Lincoln, the Livonia, MI-based sonic manipulators His Name Is Alive formed when multi-instrumentalist/producer Warren Defever (also of shockabilly group Elvis Hitler) was still in high school. Defever, former schoolmate Karin Oliver (vocals), and drummer Damian Lang released self-produced cassettes of their music, one of which made its way to Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the pioneering art label 4AD. Intrigued with His Name Is Alive's blend of spectral vocals...
These are photos from concerts where His Name Is Alive played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Red House Painters / Medicine / His Name Is Alive Oct 30, 1992 New York, New York, United States Uploaded by Greg Fasolino
