Elvis Hitler

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Elvis Hitler
Elvis Hitler, Damian Lang, Warren Defever, and John Defever
Background information
Origin	Detroit, Michigan
Genre(s)	Psychobilly, Rockabilly
Years active	1986 – 1992
Label(s)	Restless Records
Members
Jim Leedy (a.k.a. Elvis Hitler") (vocals) Damian Lang (drums) Warren Defever (bass) John Defever (guitar)

Elvis Hitler was a psychobilly band from Detroit, Michigan. The band was named after the moniker of their lead singer, Jim Leedy.

1 History
2 Discography
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The band was active in the late Eighties, early Nineties, and has recently reformed (2005). It consists of singer Jim Leedy (a.k.a. "Elvis Hitler"), guitarist John Defever, bassist Warren Defever, and drummer Damian Lang. Their irreverent mix of rockabilly and lowbrow humor led to them having a cult following in their day, though they never had commercial success. The band managed to put out three CDs on Restless Records. They then disappeared from the public spotlight for the first time. Warren Defever would go on to front the dramatically-different sounding His Name Is Alive, and work as a record producer for underground bands.

In 1998, however, Elvis Hitler reunited as a four piece band, with Rich Strock filling in on bass, and played at various locations in Detroit and in Chicago. They then faded away again. They once more reunited in 2003 at The Magic Stick club in Detroit with Warren Defever returning to the bass. They played one more concert at that club on September 4th, 2004.

Their minor "hit" song "Green Haze" consisted of the lyrics from the successful TV-show Green Acres sung to the tune of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."

Due to the resistance of having a band with the name Hitler in the title, regardless of its intent, the band released one album under the name "Splatter."