Album: Sleep in Safety by 45 Grave (1983)
Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: Enigma Records
Format: Album

Description: Sleep in Safety is the first studio album by American deathrock band 45 Grave. It was released in 1983 on record label Enigma.

Contemporary critical reception of the album has been generally positive. AllMusic praised the album. Trouser Press wrote that the album "contains most of their best songs", calling it "consistently creepy". Spin, on the other hand, opined that the album "never escapes Christian Death's shadow".

Artist Background: 45 Grave was a Los Angeles-based death rock band whose macabre, morose, and sometimes amusing music helped get American goth-rock off to its shambling start. In 1985, after gaining a fair deal of attention via gloom-ridden gigs and several depressing releases, the band split up, with Paul B. Cutler and Dinah Cancer (real name Mary Sims) going on to other projects, including Dream Syndicate, while drummer Don Bolles and bassist Rob Graves formed Silver Chalice with guitarist Geza X. In 1988, a... Part of the 	Los Angeles, California music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Punk Rock movement. Known for Gothic style.

Music Scene: Part of the 	Los Angeles, California music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Punk Rock movement. Known for Gothic style.

Tags: Punk Rock, 1980s, Album, Enigma Records

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Sleep in Safety is the first studio album by American deathrock band 45 Grave. It was released in 1983 on record label Enigma.

Contemporary critical reception of the album has been generally positive. AllMusic praised the album. Trouser Press wrote that the album "contains most of their best songs", calling it "consistently creepy". Spin, on the other hand, opined that the album "never escapes Christian Death's shadow".

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