Chemlab
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Chemlab is a coldwave
and industrial rock
band formed in Washington D.C., USA, in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More, Joe Frank (not the radio personality
), and Jared Louche (then known as Hendrickson). Influenced by the pioneers of the industrial genre, such as Throbbing Gristle
, Chemlab mixed experimental sounds with rock
and metal
, which they dubbed "Angel-Dustrial". They released their first EP 10 Ton Pressure, parted ways with Frank and moved to New York City
, their base for the duration of their career. The band toured with acts such as White Zombie, KMFDM
, Nine Inch Nails
, 16volt, and GWAR
.
After releasing the albums Burn Out At The Hydrogen Bar and East Side Militia on Fifth Colvmn Records
, Chemlab broke up in 1997 and then reformed in 2004 to release an album entitled Oxidizer with Jared as the only original member. After a seven-year hiatus from the stage, Jared recreated Chemlab and, with a backing band composed of the members of electro-industrial group mindFIELD performed a one-off show in Boston, Massachusetts in August 2005. The band played another one-off show, this time in New York City on January 7, 2006. A third show in San Francisco on March 17, 2006, saw the band joined by fellow coldwave bands Babyland
and Deathline International. The band has recently played at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival
and the Blacksun Festival
.
In late 2007 the band toured the US for the first time in eight years, with the supporting line-up of multi-instrumentalist/programmer Gabriel Shaw (mindFIELD), Wade Alin (Christ Analogue) and Jason Bazinet (SMP).
During the spring of 2010, Chemlab toured North America with 16Volt and Left Spine Down
.
A new Chemlab album titled "Machine God Down" is currently in production.
Related artists:
Coldwave
Coldwave, also written as Cold Wave, is the French variant of Dark Wave, gothic rock and post-punk music, primarily spread in France, South Belgium and Romandy.- History :...
and industrial rock
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
band formed in Washington D.C., USA, in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More, Joe Frank (not the radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
), and Jared Louche (then known as Hendrickson). Influenced by the pioneers of the industrial genre, such as Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...
, Chemlab mixed experimental sounds with rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, which they dubbed "Angel-Dustrial". They released their first EP 10 Ton Pressure, parted ways with Frank and moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, their base for the duration of their career. The band toured with acts such as White Zombie, KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
, Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
, 16volt, and GWAR
GWAR
Gwar is a satirical heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984. The band is best known for its elaborate science fiction/horror film inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic stage performances, which feature humorous enactments of politically and morally taboo...
.
After releasing the albums Burn Out At The Hydrogen Bar and East Side Militia on Fifth Colvmn Records
Fifth Colvmn Records
Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. Formed in 1990 by nightclub owner and entrepreneur Zalman Fishman, the label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure...
, Chemlab broke up in 1997 and then reformed in 2004 to release an album entitled Oxidizer with Jared as the only original member. After a seven-year hiatus from the stage, Jared recreated Chemlab and, with a backing band composed of the members of electro-industrial group mindFIELD performed a one-off show in Boston, Massachusetts in August 2005. The band played another one-off show, this time in New York City on January 7, 2006. A third show in San Francisco on March 17, 2006, saw the band joined by fellow coldwave bands Babyland
Babyland
Babyland was a performance-based "independent electronic junk punk" band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Dan Gatto performing vocals and electronics and Michael Smith on percussion....
and Deathline International. The band has recently played at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Detroit Electronic Music Festival
The Detroit Electronic Music Festival , and its successors comprise an annual series of electronic dance music showcases held in Detroit each Memorial Day weekend since 2000...
and the Blacksun Festival
Blacksun Festival
thumb|200px|right|Scan of the 2005 Blacksun Festival program cover.The Blacksun Festival was an annual 3-day goth and industrial music international festival held in New Haven, Connecticut spread out between several different venues. The festival started in 2005...
.
In late 2007 the band toured the US for the first time in eight years, with the supporting line-up of multi-instrumentalist/programmer Gabriel Shaw (mindFIELD), Wade Alin (Christ Analogue) and Jason Bazinet (SMP).
During the spring of 2010, Chemlab toured North America with 16Volt and Left Spine Down
Left Spine Down
Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down is a band that plays what they call "cyberpunk," a mixture of electronica, metal, punk, and drum & bass....
.
A new Chemlab album titled "Machine God Down" is currently in production.
Main members
- Dylan Thomas More - Programming, Arrangement
- Jared Louche (Hendrickson) - Vocals, Arrangement
Additional members
- Ned Wahl (The Deadly Nightshades)
- Charles LeviCharles LeviCharles Levi is the bassist for My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult and project .44. He has appeared on other artists' albums, such as Chemlab and Pigface, as well as being in the films The Crow and Black From the Dead. Levi also recorded bass for Sister Machine Gun's The Torture Technique, as well...
(My Life With the Thrill Kill KultMy Life With the Thrill Kill KultMy Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is an American electronic industrial rock band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois.-History:...
) - Greg Lucas (The Final CutThe Final Cut (band)The Final Cut is an industrial music group, consisting mainly of Detroit's Tony Srock.-Bio:The Final Cut has been an international underground electronic music enigma since emerging from the late 80's Detroit underground. Final Cut began when Anthony "Asrock" Srock, then a radio and club DJ, began...
) - Geno Lenardo (FilterFilter (band)Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
) - William TuckerWilliam Tucker (musician)William Tucker was a guitarist whose credits included work with Ministry, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface, Chemlab, and Chris Connelly. He grew up in New Jersey where he formed Regressive Aid with Andrew Weiss and Sim Cain...
- Paula Shark
- Gabriel Shaw (mindFIELD)
- Regan Miller (mindFIELD)
- James McAndrew (Milquetoast & Co.)
- Kraig Tyler (16 Volt16 Volt16Volt is an industrial rock band featuring Eric Powell and Mike Peoples with various other performers added for live shows.-History:Powell became interested in music early on, and formed 16Volt in 1988. While shopping his demos several years later, he met up with a college-radio music director who...
/Crazy TownCrazy TownCrazy Town is a rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. The band is best known for their 2001 single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart...
) - Servo/John DeSalvo (16 Volt/KMFDMKMFDMKMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
) - Joe Frank
- Mark Kermanj
- Steve Watson
- Streetcleaner
- MindCage (Mindless Faith)
- Marc Plastic (Plastic Heroes)
Albums
- Burn Out at the Hydrogen BarBurn Out at the Hydrogen Bar-Track listing:# "suture" – 0:38# "Codeine, Glue And You" – 4:45# "Suicide Jag" – 4:49# "suture" – 0:10# "Chemical Halo" – 4:50# "Neurozone" – 5:57# "Elephant Man" – 4:09# "suture" – 1:11# "Rivet Head" – 3:51# "Derailer" – 5:04# "suture" – 0:17...
(1993) - East Side MilitiaEast Side MilitiaEast Side Militia is an album by industrial rock band Chemlab. It was re-released on November 30, 1999 with two additional songs, Vera Blue remixed by PIG and Exile on Mainline remixed by Haloblack.-Track listing:# "Exile On Mainline" – 4:33...
(1996) - SutureSuture (album)Suture is an EP by industrial rock band Chemlab, released in 2000. It is an expanded reissue of Magnetic Fields Remixes , with remixes from the Electric Molecular and Exile On Mainline singles, and one previously unreleased suture.-Track listing:# "Chemical Halo" # "21st Century"...
(2000) - OxidizerOxidizer (album)Oxidizer is an album by industrial rock band Chemlab.-Track listing:# "Pinksuture" – 1:56# "Monkey God" – 3:34# "White Room Black Eye" – 3:46# "Suture" – 0:50# "Black Snake Voodoo Hiss" – 4:22# "Atomic Automatic" – 4:23# "Force Quit" – 4:36...
(2004) - Rock Whore vs. Dance FloorRock Whore vs. Dance FloorRock Whore vs. Dance Floor is a 2006 remix album by industrial rock band Chemlab. Remixes by iSOL8ED with En Esch and Pain Machinery however were not included on the final release.-Track listing:# "Monkey God " by Needleye– 3:28...
remixes (2006) - Machine God Down (in production)
Singles/EPs
- Ten Ton PressureTen Ton PressureTen Ton Pressure is an EP by the industrial rock band Chemlab released in 1990.The duo of Dylan Thomas Moore and Joe Frank on synthesizers later teamed up with Jared Hendrickson to create this EP. It was financed by Zalman Fishman, a nightclub owner who founded the now defunct Fifth Colvmn Records...
(1990) - Magnetic Fields Remixes (1994)
- "Electric Molecular" with KMFDM remixes (1996)
- "The Machine Age" (2003)
See also
Similar artists:- 16Volt (has toured with Chemlab)
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(has toured with Chemlab) - CubanateCubanateCubanate is a crossover band from London, founded in 1992 by Marc Heal and Graham Rayner with Phil Barry and Steve Etheridge. The group became well-known known for its early fusion of distorted metal guitars, and techno percussion .-History:Cubanate played their first UK tour in November 1992...
- CyanoticCyanoticCyanotic is a Chicago-based industrial rock collective fronted by Sean Payne that formed in 2002 and released its first full-length album in 2005. Cyanotic is known for its genre-blending work, which fuses traditional industrial beats and vocals with drum n bass, sampling and heavy metal to create...
(has toured with Chemlab) - NumbNumb (band)Numb is an electro-industrial band that was based in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Don Gordon, David Hall and Sean Stubbs in 1986. Following his Suspended single, Gordon retired the project and moved to Vietnam to live with his wife.-Past members:...
- PrickKevin McMahonKevin Michael McMahon is a musician, singer, and songwriter for the long-standing bands Lucky Pierre and Prick....
- Sister Machine GunSister Machine Gun-The early years:Sister Machine Gun was formed by Chris Randall and Guilherme Machado in New York City. They performed at New Jersey's Pipeline, and New York's Limelight. The band went on a short hiatus after Chris Randall joined KMFDM's tour as a stage technician. After the tour, Randall left...
(has toured with Chemlab)
Related artists:
- Vampire RodentsVampire RodentsVampire Rodents was the name of an industrial music and experimental rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, although it's core members originally came from Canada. The band was formed by singer, guitarist and composer Daniel Vahnke and keyboardest Victor Wulf. Andrea Akastia joined after the...
- PigfacePigfacePigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...