Sebastien Grainger

Biography

Sebastien Alexandre Grainger (born 11 April 1979) is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and music producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as the lead vocalist, drummer and songwriter of the alternative rock duo Death from Above 1979.
Grainger is the co-owner of Ancient Fashion Records with Adrian Popovich from garage punk band Tricky Woo. Together with Jessica Bruzzese they make records as American Lips. He is married to artist and filmmaker Eva Michon.

Career

Grainger released his debut solo album, Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains×Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains21 October 2008 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Love Can Be So Mean3:262Who Do We Care For?2:273By Cover of Night (Fire Fight)3:464I'm All Rage (live '05)4:125I Hate My Friends4:326(Are There) Ways to Come Home?4:037Niagara1:288(I Am Like a) River4:309Love Is Not a Contest2:3810American Names4:1211Meet New Friends5:1312Renegade Silence (feat. The Rhythm Method)3:38, in 2008, followed by his second solo album, Yours to Discover×Yours to Discover12 November 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Overture1:132Waking Up Dead3:213The Streets Are Still a Mess3:484I’m Looking for a Hand3:155Your Body Works3:336Let’s Move to NYC4:247Going With You3:318Second of Love4:029I Want Sebastien Grainger2:2510I Don’t Believe in Ghosts3:5611Some People Are Ghosts Too Soon4:1312Finale2:08, in 2013.
As part of the duo Bad Tits with Josh Reichmann, he released the EP Garbage Night in 2010. With the band American Lips, Grainger has recorded two albums: Kiss the Void, released in 2017, and On Strike! released in 2025.
Throughout his career as a performing artist he has shared the stage with acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Metric, Anthrax, Queens Of The Stone Age,Alexisonfire, Billy Talent, Eagles Of Death Metal, Chromeo, At The Drive In, Thee Oh Sees, Broken Social Scene, Foo Fighters, Fucked Up, Holy Fuck, Albert Hammond Jr, Max Weinberg, Metz, The Dears, Deftones,The Blood Brothers among many others.
Additionally, Grainger has directed and edited music videos, written a short film and designed album art, merchandise and promotional materials for his various musical projects.

Death from Above 1979

Note: Sebastien Grainger has performed on all Death From Above recordings to date. Only studio albums have been listed here, for a more complete list of releases see Death from Above discography.

2004 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
2014 The Physical World
2017 Outrage! Is Now
2021 Is 4 Lovers

American Lips

2017 Kiss the Void - LP (Ancient Fashion)
2022 Waste Of Crime - Single (Ancient Fashion)
2025 On Strike! - LP (Ancient Fashion)

Bad Tits

2010 Garbage Night - 7”/EP (Hand Drawn Dracula)

LPs

2008 Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains (Outside Music/Saddle Creek)
2013 Yours To Discover (Last Gang)
2020 Early Electric / Computer Recordings 2000-2003 (Ancient Fashion)

Singles

2007 Young Mothers - Friends In Bellwoods Compilation (Various Artists)
2008 Renegade Silence / When You Go Out (as “The Rhythm Method”) - Single (50 Bones UK)
2008 American Names / Ways To Come Home - Single (Outside Music/Saddle Creek)
2009 Home Is The Light - Friends In Bellwoods Compilation II (Various Artists)
2009 Who Do We Care For? / It’s A Living - Single (Outside Music/Saddle Creek)
2015 Socrates Nightmare - Single (Ancient Fashion)
2020 Live On The Current 2008 - EP (Ancient Fashion)

Features and Collaborations

2001 Femme Fatale - Fire Baptism EP - Drums
2007 K-os - “Sunday Morning” - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco LP - Drums
2008 DatA - Rapture EP - Vocals/Lyrics
2008 Fucked Up - “Twice Born” - The Chemistry Of Common Life LP - Vocals
2008 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - “Let’s Make Out” - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into LP - Vocals/Lyrics
2009 DatA - “One In A Million” - Skywriter LP - Vocals/Lyrics
2009 Josh Reichmann Oracle Band - Crazy Power LP - Drums
2010 Broken Social Scene - “Never Felt Alive” - Lo-Fi For the Dividing Nights LP - Vocals/Lyrics
2012 Zowie - “Love or Hate” - Love Demolition LP - Vocals/Lyrics
2012 Felix Cartal - “H.U.N.T.×H.U.N.T.10 July 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1H.U.N.T.4:032H.U.N.T. (JFK remix)3:57” - Different Faces LP - Vocals/Lyrics
2012 The Yardlets - Middle Ages LP - Drums
2013 K-os - “Surf’s Up” - Black on Blonde LP - Vocals/Lyrics
2018 Turbowolf - “Cheap Magic” - The Free Life LP - Vocals
2022 Broken Social Scene - “Curse Your Fail” - Old Dead Young LP - Vocals/Lyrics

Selected Production Credits

2008 Sebastien Grainger - Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains - Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2010 Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Records - Engineer/Additional Production
2011 Nightbox - Pyramids - Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2012 Zowie - Love Or Hate - Producer/Engineer
2013 Sebastien Grainger - Yours To Discover - Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2014 Nightbox - Burning - Producer/Engineer
2017 American Lips - Kiss The Void - Mixer/Additional Production
2021 Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers - Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2024 Sam Jr. - Inner Shadow - Mixer
2025 American Lips - On Strike! - Producer/Engineer/Mixer

Short Films

2017 All Shook Up directed by Eva Michon - Writer