Dead Famous (novel) belongs to an amateur dramatics society that is starting rehearsals for a performance of Macbeth, one of Coleridge's favourite plays. He desperately wishes to play the lead, but the director wants someone younger to play the lead part. Coleridge's success in solving the murder wins him the part. The idea of Banquo's ghost is Coleridge's method of forcing a confession out of the murderer. The novel is dedicated to the contestants of the first Big Brother series in the UK, the second Big Brother series in the UK and the first Big Brother series in Australia. The book parodies the
Dead Famous People provided backing vocals on The Chills' "Heavenly Pop Hit". The band contributed a version of "True Love Leaves No Traces" to the 1991 Leonard Cohen tribute album "I'm Your Fan". Savage continues with the Dead Famous People name, with various collaborators, and another album, "Secret Girls Business", was issued in 2002, featuring six previously-unreleased tracks. Dead Famous People Dead Famous People are a New Zealand indie pop band formed in Auckland, active from the latter half of the 1980s onward. Dead Famous People are still active today, Savage using various collaborators, with a new album being recorded in Auckland New