Dead man's hand in popular culture Destination" is titled "Dead Man's Hand", and takes place in Las Vegas. Also, a comic mini-series based on the film used the "dead man's hand" as a means of foreshadowing. There is a Las Vegas bar called the Nine of Diamonds in the novel "Inherent Vice" by Thomas Pynchon, "out on Boulder Highway...According to Bigfoot Bjornsen, for whom this piece of western trivia had won him many a bar bet, the nine of diamonds had been the fifth card in Wild Bill Hickok's last poker hand, along with the black aces and eights." At least two of John Ford's films
Dead Man (band) Metal Hammer and Stoner Rock. In mid-2007, Dead Man once again entered the studio to record their second album, "Euphoria." While "Dead Man" was successful in the underground stoner and progressive rock scene, "Euphoria" would awaken many more listeners. In February 2009, Dead Man embarked on its first U.S. tour. In April 2009, Dead Man played the Afterburner of the Roadburn Festival. Dead Man (band) Dead Man is a psychedelic rock band from Örebro, Närke, Sweden formed in 2003. The band’s sound is highly influenced by 1960s and 1970s psychedelic rock/folk rock as well as other musical genres. The band