Dan Melchior is a singer/songwriter/guitarist often labeled a 'garage rock' musician. He has formed the named groups of musicians Broke Revue and Dan Melchior und Das Menace.
Melchior featured in 30 recordings as a solo performer, as a collaborator with Billy Childish and Holly Golightly and as a member of Dan Melchior's Broke Revue.
The Broke Revue released three albums, the first being on Sympathy for the Record Industry, the next two on In the Red Records. Their other works comprise singles and EP (music CD)s for other labels. During their six touring years as a band they supported The White Stripes, The Fall, Mudhoney, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Interpol, in shows in the United States before splitting up in 2004.
Post 2004
After the split Melchior went on to produce further albums and appeared on the Jandek tribute album Down in a Mirror. His music has evolved significantly, to become a distant entity from some of his earlier blues-based work, showing a definite influence of more experimental bands such as The Homosexuals and The Fall, and some absurdist elements which have led to comparisons to compatriot exponents of that genre, Vivian Stanshall and Syd Barrett.
Melchior became a permanent resident in the United States in 1998 — first in Manhattan, New York with his wife Letha Rodman, followed by Durham, North Carolina.
Melchior continues to write and record prolifically in 2010 by which time he had established a project/band Dan Melchior und Das Menace. He has released six singles, a 12-inch ep and three LP albums.
Album discography
as Dan Melchior unless stated
Devil in the Flesh (SFTRI 1998) with Billy Childish
This Love is Real (SFTRI 1999) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
Oldtime-Futureshock (Milou 2000) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
Heavy Dirt (In The Red 2001) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
Desperate Little Town (SFTRI 2001) with Holly Golightly
Bitterness, Spite, Rage & Scorn (In The Red 2002) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
This is Not the Medway Sound (Smartguy 2003)
The Covert Stomp 1993-2002 (Hate 2004) Dan Melchior Featuring Bruno Merrick Jones
O, Clouds Unfold! (2004/released 2009 by Hook Or Crook) Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
Hello, I'm Dan Melchior (Shake It 2005)
Fire Breathing Clones on Cellular Phones (Plastic 2006)
Christmas for the Crows (Daggerman 2008) Dan Melchior und das Menace
Thankyou Very Much (SS 2009) Dan Melchior und das Menace
Obscured by Fuzz (Topplers 2009) Dan Melchior und das Menace
Visionary Pangs (SS 2010) Dan Melchior und das Menace
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace (s/t tape, released by night people 2010)
King of Sheep (Scotch Tapes 2011)
Assemblage Blues (Siltbreeze 2011)
Catbirds & Cardinals (Norther Spy 2011)
Excerpts (and half speeds) (Kye 2012)
The Backward Path (Northern Spy 2012)
C.C.D.E Music (Little Big Chief 2013)
The Heron (Limited Appeal 2013)
K-85 (Homeless 2013)
At Home With The Lloyd Pack (L'Espirit D'lescalier 2013) The Lloyd Pack
A Squirrel Could Never Be A Disappointment To Me (CDR on Chocolate Monk) (2013)
