The Dead Brain Cells are a Montreal, Canada based heavy metal band from the late 1980s. Called DBC for short, the band started in 1986 as a small project by former Unruled and Vomit and the Zits drummer Jeff Saint-Louis and former Vomit and the Zits singer Dave Javex Ray-O-Vac, but grew into a serious band (with Dave being fired and replaced by former Unruled singer Cory Lowe, who was also subsequently fired and replaced by the bass player, Phil Dakin, taking up vocal duties).