Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem another performer acted as Dr. Teeth's hands in order to play the keyboard. His self-introduction in "The Muppet Movie" was typically grandiose: "Golden teeth and golden tones. "Welcome" to my presence." He often misuses long words and mangles verb conjugation. Jim Henson originally performed him, basing the character on New Orleans musician Dr. John. He was designed by Henson and Michael K. Frith and built by Don Sahlin. He debuted in "". Dr. Teeth only sings lead vocals on the second Muppet pilot and during the first season and these songs were only written before Rowlf the Dog had become
Mayhem (band) vocalist after Dead's suicide, made this statement about him: "He [Dead] didn't see himself as human; he saw himself as a creature from another world. He said he had many visions that his blood has frozen in his veins, that he was dead. That is the reason he took that name. He knew he would die." In 1990, the members of Mayhem moved to "an old house in the forest" near Oslo, which was used as a place for the band to rehearse. They began writing songs for their next album, "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas". Mayhem bassist Necrobutcher said that,