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Coil
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There is more than one artist represented here:
1) Coil was initially established in 1983 as an experimental solo outlet for ex-Psychic TV member Jhonn Balance, and became a full-fledged experimental sonic manipulation unit a year later following the arrival of keyboardist/programmer Peter Christopherson (Sleazy), a founder of Psychic TV as well as a member of Throbbing Gristle. After debuting with the 17-minute ritual recording How to Destroy Angels, Balance and Sleazy recruited the aid of Possession’s Stephen Thrower, J.G. “Foetus” Thirlwell, and The Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday to record their full-length 1984 bow Scatology, an intense, primal work of sculpted industrial noise thematically devoted to the concepts of alchemy and transmutation.
Coil spent the next period of its existence exploring visual media. In late 1984 they recorded a rendition of
Tainted Love (originally recorded by Gloria Jones, but made popular by Soft Cell in the 80s), producing a widely banned, hallucinogenic video clip featuring Marc Almond as the Angel of Death; despite considerable controversy at home, the video ultimately found its way to the archives of the Museum of Modern Art. After spending several years working with filmmaker Derek Jarman on the feature The Angelic Conversation, Coil issued a remixed edition of their soundtrack.
1) Coil was initially established in 1983 as an experimental solo outlet for ex-Psychic TV member Jhonn Balance, and became a full-fledged experimental sonic manipulation unit a year later following the arrival of keyboardist/programmer Peter Christopherson (Sleazy), a founder of Psychic TV as well as a member of Throbbing Gristle. After debuting with the 17-minute ritual recording How to Destroy Angels, Balance and Sleazy recruited the aid of Possession’s Stephen Thrower, J.G. “Foetus” Thirlwell, and The Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday to record their full-length 1984 bow Scatology, an intense, primal work of sculpted industrial noise thematically devoted to the concepts of alchemy and transmutation.
Coil spent the next period of its existence exploring visual media. In late 1984 they recorded a rendition of
Tainted Love (originally recorded by Gloria Jones, but made popular by Soft Cell in the 80s), producing a widely banned, hallucinogenic video clip featuring Marc Almond as the Angel of Death; despite considerable controversy at home, the video ultimately found its way to the archives of the Museum of Modern Art. After spending several years working with filmmaker Derek Jarman on the feature The Angelic Conversation, Coil issued a remixed edition of their soundtrack.
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FIREandIRON wrote:
What's this we shit Mr. Odal rune? "There was never a time when evil was real".
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Ascaris_l wrote:
<3 Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil and "they" didn't change the picture, "we" did.
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Chronophasia wrote:
Believe me, I love shit as much as the next Coil fan, but I think this http://www.last.fm/music/Coil/+images/4186947 would disappoint one's parents much more.
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TripleSol wrote:
It's back again.
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FIREandIRON wrote:
Damn you Chronophasia! They've changed the scat photo. How am I suppose to dissapoint my parents now?
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FIREandIRON wrote:
Maybe Chronophasia is on the wrong page. This is the C-O-I-L page. This site also has pedestrian music for pedestrian people (with pics). Go find it...
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nancykitten wrote:
The world will never be tired of scat.
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sercher wrote:
I'm just tired
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AxemRangers wrote:
I'm tired of YOU
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Chronophasia wrote:
I'm tired of these scat pictures.
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be_quiet_peter wrote:
I wish that the John Balance haircut had actually worked on me.
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FIREandIRON wrote:
Genre names are limiting but a useful point of reference. Just pretend your explaining Coil to someone who has perfectly average tastes. I almost always say experimental or avant-garde. Or maybe I just don't have the wherewithal to explain complicated things to simple people;{)
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sercher wrote:
чумазик :-)
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nymph_ wrote:
experimental isn't a genre
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jacinto wrote:
wow, new pic!
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HepatitisSundae wrote:
@ Nancykitten: And why would you think otherwise?
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TripleSol wrote:
NOW THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE GOD DAMN IT (Jhonn with beard, dots and lights)
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nancykitten wrote:
They almost look like nice, respectable human beings in it.
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Sleperr wrote:
Current pic is stunnig
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mamafanfan wrote:
dark ambient or experimental, imho.
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