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Australia

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n band, active during the late 1980s. They blended electronic music with nihilistic

Nihilism

Nihilism is the philosophical doctrine suggesting the negation of one or more putatively meaningful aspects of life. Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value...

 punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

, in a similar fashion to New York's Suicide

Suicide (band)

Suicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo....

. The band included Ollie Olsen

Ollie Olsen

Ollie Olsen 1958, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian composer, synthesist and sound designer who has been producing and performing rock, electronic and experimental music for the past thirty years...

, Marie Hoy

Marie Hoy

Marie Hoy is an Australian musician and actor. As a vocalist and keyboardist, she has been a member of Sacred Cowboys, Orchestra Of Skin And Bone , No and a number of bands in the Melbourne Little band scene...

, Michael Sheridan, and others. They released a self-titled 12" EP (1988) and two LPs; Glory For The Shit For Brains (1987), and Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God (1989).

Albums

• Glory For The Shit For Brains - Ultimate Records (ULP001) (1987)
• Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God - Au-Go-Go Records (ANDA 94) (1989)
  • First pressing of LP included 7" "200 Years"

Both albums were later issued on CD.

EPs

• No 12" - Au Go Go Records (ANDA 88) (1988) - Cell/Are You Experienced?//Bigot/Death To The Users Of The World

Members

• Marie Hoy
  Marie Hoy
  Marie Hoy is an Australian musician and actor. As a vocalist and keyboardist, she has been a member of Sacred Cowboys, Orchestra Of Skin And Bone , No and a number of bands in the Melbourne Little band scene...
  
   - keyboards, vocals, samples
• John Murphy
  John Murphy (musician)
  John Murphy , sometimes credited as "Jonh Murphy", is an Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician who has played in numerous Australian and British post-punk, ambient and industrial music groups...
  
   - drums, percussion
• Thomas Hazelmyer - tambourines, kazoo
• Ollie Olsen
  Ollie Olsen
  Ollie Olsen 1958, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian composer, synthesist and sound designer who has been producing and performing rock, electronic and experimental music for the past thirty years...
  
  - keyboards, vocals, sampler
• Michael Sheridan - guitar
• Kevin McMahon - bass guitar