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Lisa Gerrard was born in Melbourne to Irish immigrant parents, and grew up in Prahran, an inner suburb with a substantial Greek population.She recalled growing up with "Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses" and said that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works.
Dead Can Dance were formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981 with Paul Erikson on bass guitar, Lisa Gerrard (ex-Microfilm) on vocals and percussion, Simon Monroe (Marching Girls) on drums and Brendan Perry (also of Marching Girls) on vocals and guitar. [3] Gerrard and Perry were a couple who met as members of Melbourne's Little Band scene.
"Bylar", a Lisa Gerrard and Robert Perry (Brendan's brother) composition, was taken from a live performance recorded on 10 July 1996 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania for the Echoes public radio show. It was originally released in 1996 on The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 2.
Producer: Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, John A. Rivers — 2003 Wake – The Best of Dead Can Dance. Released: 5 May 2003; Label: 4AD (DAD 2303 CD) Formats: 2× CD; Producer: Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, John A. Rivers; 160 2005 Memento – The Very Best of Dead Can Dance. Released: 25 October 2005; Label: Rhino, Atlantic (R2 73264) Formats: CD
This is the second Schulze album with guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard. It was recorded at an open-air concert in Loreley, Germany. There are several different iterations of this album: an edition of two CDs, an edition of two DVDs, and a limited edition of two CDs with two DVDs.
Perry and Lisa Gerrard during a concert of Dead Can Dance in Paris, June 2013. Dead Can Dance were originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, with Perry, drummer Simon Monroe, bass player Paul Erikson, and, last to join the band, Lisa Gerrard. In 1982, Dead Can Dance moved to London leaving Simon Monroe in Australia.
Toward the Within is the first live album by Australian band Dead Can Dance, released on 24 October 1994 by 4AD.It contains 15 songs, of which only four appeared on their previous albums, and two of which were later re-recorded and included on Lisa Gerrard's first solo album, The Mirror Pool.
In 1995 Pieter Bourke began working with Lisa Gerrard, co-founder of the world music group, Dead Can Dance. Bourke provided bass guitar, darabeka, drums, hand clapping, tabla and backing vocals on Gerrard’s first solo album, The Mirror Pool (August 1995). [19] He became a touring member of her band for concerts in Europe and North America.