status: reformed (2024)
formed: 1979
location: USA: California: Los Angeles.
genre/s: punk rock; deathrock; horor punk; gothic rock; ghoul rock.
sounds: stop-start mid-tempo changes; instrumentals; aggressive; spooky; surf rock.
Evolved from proto-industrial band Vox Pop, with whom all members co-existed from 1979-1981.
Name taken from a badge given to Bolles that said "We dig 45 grave" - meaning of badge unknown.
Played opening slot for final performance of Throbbing Gristle, in Culver City. Some band members appeared as extras in Blade Runner.
1979 - formed
1985 - disbanded
1988 - reformed
1990 - disbanded after Graves died from an accidental drug overdose
2004 - reformed again to commemorate 25th anniversary
