David Devant and His Spirit Wife are an indie/art rock band from Brighton, England. They are named after the English magician and early film exhibitor, David Devant (1868-1941) History In their early days they were well known for outlandish onstage antics and elaborate prop employed by the onstage Spectral Roadies, such as carrots grated into their hair during performance of the song "Ginger", but the theatrics had been scaled back by the release of their second album, Shiney on the Inside. They were the "house band" for the single-series sitcom Asylum, performing segments in every episode from their first album. The lead-in track "Ginger" provided the programme's title music. The band were behind a short film, Light On The Surface, in the early-mid nineties set in a motorway service station and featuring the original pop video to their first single, "Cookie". They were also the subject of a Channe