American Names - Sebastien Grainger

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I can see it, the moon over the 133,
Why do all the highways lead to where you don't wanna be

Come on, I can see it
Come on, we've been saying this for years

I promise once a mile
The feeling is a deal
Your coming home and the radio is screaming out into your ear
And you can't wait to get off when the clock strikes 5am


If you're always on your way out the door,
you'll never have a place to call home,
and home is always too far.



Drive forth, give your kids American names, give them more than what was given to you
Some of you in hell won't know it, but most of you don't show it,
We all have pride and shame.
And hey man, I wish we could just drive them both away

Driving, driving away
Driving, driving away


Come on, I can see it
Come on, we've been saying this for years
Come on, I can see it, come on...


If your always on your way out the door, you never had a place to call home
and home is always too far to drive

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Sebastien Grainger (born April 11, 1979 in Mississauga) is a Canadian musician. He plays keyboard, guitar, and drums.

He is most well-known to the public as the singer and drummer of the two-piece band, Death from Above 1979, together with Jesse Keeler who plays bass. The "1979" on the end of the band's name originates from Grainger's birth year, which is also tattooed on his forearm.

Grainger also played drums for Femme Fatale and was involved in other musical projects such as Girl On Girl, the alias under which he remixed his own song "Black History Month" for the Death from Above 1979 remix album Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides. Through Girl on Girl, he also remixed Metric's "Poster of a Girl" and Annie's "No Easy Love".

He is part owner of Giant Studios in Toronto, with Jimmy Shaw of Metric. He is currently playing shows across Canada, having toured previously with many artists including Bloc Party, Albert Hammond Jr, and Hot Hot Heat. He has released one album entitled Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains which was released in 2008.

His voice is featured in the Does It Offend You, Yeah? song "Let's Make Out".

He contributes drums on the song by fellow Canadian hip-hop artist k-os' track "Sunday Morning" and also appears in the music video for the song as a homeless man who is recruited as a drummer.

During live performances, Grainger has been known to use a Fender DeVille 60W amplifier in conjunction with a Reverend Warhawk II 390 guitar. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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