Society 1 is an industrial metal

Industrial metal

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 band formed in the 1990s in Los Angeles, California by lead singer Matt Zane

Matt Zane

Matt "The Lord" Zane is an American musician, suspension artist, actor, poet and author.He is currently the lead singer of new industrial rock project "Lotus Rising" with world-renowned crossover cellist and electric cellist, Tina Guo....

. They have released four studio albums, a live album, a compilation album, and a spoken word poetry album by vocalist Matt Zane. The band has also performed at several major festivals, including Download, where vocalist Matt Zane broke several records by performing the entire set suspended from 4 meat hook

Meat hook

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s through his back. Zane has performed while suspended on several other occasions. In recent years, fans and critics have begun to make comparisons of Society 1 to bands ranging from Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

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 to The Doors

The Doors

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.

Studio albums

• Slacker Jesus (InZane Records, 2000)
• Words as Carriers (InZane Records, 2002)
• Exit Through Fear (Earache Records
  Earache Records
  Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
  
  , 2003)
• The Sound that Ends Creation (Earache Records, 2005)
• The Years of Spiritual Dissent (Crash Music, 2006)
• The Lonely God (2011)

DVD videos

• Fearing The Exit (Earache Records, 2004)
• The Creation of Sound - Packaged with 'The Sound That Ends Creation' (Earache Records, 2004)
• In Our Own Images - Packaged with 'The Years of Spiritual Dissent' (Crash Music, 2006)

Music videos

• "Nothing" - from Exit Through Fear
• "Hate" - from Exit Through Fear
• "All You Want" - from Exit Through Fear
• "It Isn't Me - from The Sound that Ends Creation
• "This Is The End" - from The Years of Spiritual Dissent
• "Scream Out Your Breath" - from The Lonely God
• "I Got You" - from The Lonely God

Current members

• Matt "The Lord" Zane - vocals, programming, guitar
• Dirt Von Karloff - bass, backing vocals
• Billie Stevens - guitar
• Preston Nash
  Preston Nash
  Preston Nash is an American musician, drummer, songwriter, music producer, and radio personality. He is best known as the drummer for Dope, Primer 55, and Society 1, as well as producer for The Ralph Bailey Show on 1560 KNZR out of Bakersfield, California.-References:...
  
   - drums

Former members

• Devin Norris - guitar (1997–2001)
• Justin Reynolds - bass, backing vocals (1997–2001)
• James Adrian Cross - drums (1997–2001)
• Sin Quirin
  Sin Quirin
  Sin Quirin is a guitar player from LA. He was a member of Ministry and is featured throughout the 2007 Ministry album The Last Sucker.In addition to his role in Ministry and co-writing credits for RevCo’s Sex-O Olympic-O and Got Cock?, Sin Quirin has worked with DJ Hardware on the...
  
   - keyboards (2000–2001), guitars (2001–2006)
• Ivan DePrume - drums (2001–2002)
• Dagon - drums (2002–2003)
• Aleister - bass (2003–2004)
• Adrian Ost - touring drummer (2003–2004)
• Paul Raven - bass on Exit Through Fear (2003)
• Berzerk Kirk - drums (2005–2006)
• Sik Rick - drums (????-2010)
• Eric Franklin - guitars (2006–2010)

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