Videodrone

Cradle of Thorns is a five piece 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 from Bakersfield California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, USA. The band put out one record as Videodrone on Korn

Korn

Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

's Elementree Records as well three albums under their original name. One was independently released, and other two were released by Triple X Records

Triple X Records

Triple X Records is a Los Angeles based record company. They are the label for bands such as Bo Diddley, The Vandals, Jane's Addiction, Social Distortion, Human Drama, Of Cabbages And Kings, Angry Samoans, Bad Manners, Stephen Pearcy, Dr...

. After Videodrone broke up, drummer Kris Kohls

Kris Kohls

Kris Kohls is an american rock drummer known as member of the band Adema.In his early life Kris joined several bands , a five piece set drummer, Kris develop many skills of drumming during the 90's. He and other 4 other musicians made the band Adema in the early 2000 who was quickly signed with...

went on to join Adema

Adema

-2003–2004: Unstable, Mark Chavez's and Mike Ransom's departure:Adema's second album, Unstable, was released by Arista in August 2003. It was produced by Howard Benson, whose credits also include producing albums with P.O.D., Hoobastank and Cold....

, and frontman Ty Elam performed in a number of Bakersfield bands. Ty Elam has recently reformed the band as Cradle of Thorns with a new line up.

Formation and Remember It Day (1988–1990)

Formed in 1988 by male vocalist Ty Elam as the gothic rock band Cradle of Thorns. With a combination of male and female lead vocalists, a dark, atmospheric sound, and environmentally and socially conscious lyrics ("Remember It Day" especially is about pollution, violence, and ignorance), they toured extensively and won an underground following. They released an independent record entitled Remember It Day in 1990.

Feed-Us (1994-1995)

The band signed with Triple X Records (label of Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

and Social Distortion

Social Distortion

Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and David Hidalgo, Jr...

) and in 1994 released Feed-Us produced by Ross Robinson. A more aggressive album with hip hop elements (emcee style vocals on "Ignore-Your-Race") and lyrics about race ("Ignore-Your-Race" again), drug addiction ("Lullaby for the Dead", "Dysfunctional Brady Bunch"), S&M and voyeurism ("Flesh" and "My Sister Sam (Bleed)"), and serial murder ("Behave"). The album also included a new, angrier version of "Remember It Day" with cleaner production that descends into screaming chaos. Feed-Us also established a band staple: the final track contains an extended, sample-based noise collage following the last song.

Download This! (1996-1998)

1996's Download This! saw the departure of female vocalist Tamera Slayton and bassist Scat Elis. With new bassist Purdy Spackle, the band shifted to a fusion of punk, rap, metal, and industrial rock, with more rapping and screaming than ever before and more extensive sampling and use of electronics. This song "Bulimia Blowjob" features an appearance by vocalist Aimee Echo of Human Waste Project

Human Waste Project

Human Waste Project was a band from Huntington Beach, California with Aimee Echo on vocals, Mike Tempesta on guitar, Jeff Schartoff on bass, and Scott Ellis on drums. They released their album E-lux in 1997 and broke up soon after.- History :...

and TheSTART

TheSTART

TheStart is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. Their current lineup includes Aimee Echo, Jamie Miller, Lance Webber and Chelsea Davis.- Early history and Shakedown! :...

and Jeff Schartoff also of Human Waste Project

Human Waste Project

and Professional Murder Music

Professional Murder Music

Professional Murder Music is an Alternative Rock band, from Los Angeles, California.They are currently signed and own indie label, Wormhole Records. Their music has been used for such film soundtracks as End of Days, Ginger Snaps, Valentine, and Jet Grind Radio, a video game for the Sega Dreamcast....

. Schartoff is also touring bassist for Peter Murphy.

Name change and Videodrone (1998-2000)

For their fourth album, bassist Purdy Spackle was replaced by Mavis and the band dropped most of the punk elements and fully embraced a more pop-oriented industrial rock sound. They renamed themselves Videodrone after the film Videodrome
Videodrome
Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and singer Deborah Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small cable station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal featuring...

. The twelve track self-titled CD was released in 1999 with appearances from Korn

Korn

's Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist and frontman for the nu metal band Korn. Davis was ranked 16th on Hit Parader 's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists".-Early life:...

on "Ty Jonathan Down", Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...

's Fred Durst & DJ Lethal on "Human Piñata", and Psycho Realm

Psycho Realm

Psycho Realm is an american hip hop supergroup started in 1989 by brothers Sick Jacken and Big Duke from the Downtown, Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. The first recorded Psycho Realm song, "Scandalous", was released on the soundtrack of the film Mi Vida Loca in 1994...

on "Pigs In A Blanket". Also from Korn

Korn

, Head

Brian Welch

Brian Phillip Welch , better known as Head, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn...

played guitar on "Power Tools For Girls" and Fieldy

Reginald Arvizu

Reginald Quincy "Fieldy" Arvizu is the bassist for the nu metal band Korn, and guitarist for the hard rock band StillWell.-Musical career:...

produced the album. In high school, vocalist Ty Elam often collaborated with friends Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist and frontman for the nu metal band Korn. Davis was ranked 16th on Hit Parader 's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists".-Early life:...

(later of Korn

Korn

) and Ryan Shuck

Ryan Shuck

Ryan Christopher Shuck , better known as Ryan Shuck, is the rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Orgy and rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of alternative rock band Dead By Sunrise. He also has a side project with fellow Orgy member Amir Derakh called Julien-K...

and their band Sexart

Sexart

Sex Art was an American alternative metal band that formed c. 1989. They are best known for being the band that Jonathan Davis was in, before being found by Korn's guitarists while Sex Art was performing in a bar in Bakersfield, California. David DeRoo played bass, Ray "Chaka" Solis, Ryan Shuck...

. Shuck who would go on to play for Orgy

Orgy (band)

Orgy is an American synth rock band formed in 1996, from Los Angeles, California. Orgy described their music as "death pop".-History:Orgy was formed in 1996 by vocalist Jay Gordon and guitarist Ryan Shuck. Bassist Paige Haley, guitarist Amir Derakh, and drummer Bobby Hewitt soon completed the line-up...

, another one-time Elementree Records band. After touring with Korn

Korn

, Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

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, Orgy

Orgy (band)

, and Machine Head

Machine Head (band)

Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. Formed on October 12, 1991, the group was founded by Robb Flynn and Adam Duce. There have been 4 member changes since their inception. The current lineup of the band comprises Flynn , Duce , ex-Vio-Lence guitarist Phil Demmel ,...

, lack of label support and drug problems spelled the end for Videodrone

Videodrone

Cradle of Thorns is a five piece industrial rock band from Bakersfield California, USA. The band put out one record as Videodrone on Korn's Elementree Records as well three albums under their original name. One was independently released, and other two were released by Triple X Records...

(as detailed in the interview with Elam on the "All Over Again" maxi-single).

Break up and post-Videodrone projects (2000-2007)

Drummer Kris Kohls

Kris Kohls

went on to play for Adema

Adema

and vocalist Ty Elam would go on to play in local Bakersfield bands Karmahitlist, Three Chord Whore, and Arrival of Fawn after Videodrone's demise in 2000.

Reformation (2007-Present)

In 2007, Elam resurrected the band under its original moniker Cradle of Thorns with all new members. The song "All Over Again" is their current release, which can be heard on the band's official MySpace

MySpace

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.

Ty Elam Appears On Metal band Mastiv's CD End Of The Silence (2011) www.cdbaby.com/mastiv

www.facebook.com/cradleofthornsmusic

Current lineup

Ty Elam - vocals/drums
Steve Thiriot - guitar/keyboards/screams
Matt Wilkinson - bass

Cradle of Thorns

Remember It Day (1990)

"Days Go By"
"Everything"
"Lose Dimension"
"Porcelain Hands"
"River Flows with Ice"
"Black"
"Dreamland"
"Far Away"
"I'm Human"
"Bury Me"
"Remember It Day"
"Relax in Suffocation"

Feed-Us (1994)

"Missing Teeth (Ass Lickin' Son of a Bitch Mix)"
"Lullaby for the Dead"
"Ignore-Your-Race"
"Flesh"
"Transparent Jesus"
"Father's Day"
"Dysfunctional Brady Bunch"
"Remember It Day"
"Behave"
"My Sister Sam (Bleed)"

Download This! (1996)

"We Came 2 Wreck Everything"
"Picture Perfect"
"I Go 1st"
"1 Eyed 1 Formed Blind Consuming People Eater"
"Utah Flesh?"
"Shout at the Devil"
"Subtract"
"Bulimia Blowjob"
"End of Side 1"
"Thirsty 4 Sex"
"Roaches 4 Roaches"
"Cocaine 4 Breakfast"
"S.P.A.M."
"Sleep With The TV On"
"Chant of the Goat Face Tribe"
"Buckets of Fraud"
"Relax and Recline"
"The Golden Butt Plug Puppet Show"

Videodrone (February 23, 1999)

"Ty Jonathan Down" (featuring Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist and frontman for the nu metal band Korn. Davis was ranked 16th on Hit Parader 's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists".-Early life:...

)
"Closer To Coma"
"Alone With 20 Bucks"
"The Devil's Sweepstakes"
"Faceplant"
"Human Piñata"(featuring Fred Durst
Fred Durst
William Frederick "Fred" Durst is an American musician, director, producer and actor, well known as the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit.-Early life:...

& DJ Lethal
DJ Lethal
Leor Dimant , better known as DJ Lethal, is a turntablist and producer and member of the bands Limp Bizkit, House of Pain and La Coka Nostra.-Early life:Leor Dimant was born in Riga, Latvia, when this country was still part of the Soviet Union...

)
"Pig In A Blanket (featuring Psycho Realm
Psycho Realm
Psycho Realm is an american hip hop supergroup started in 1989 by brothers Sick Jacken and Big Duke from the Downtown, Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. The first recorded Psycho Realm song, "Scandalous", was released on the soundtrack of the film Mi Vida Loca in 1994...

)"
"L.S.D. (Lucifer's Stained Dress)"
"Ant In The Dope"
"Power Tools For Girls"(featuring Head
Brian Welch
Brian Phillip Welch , better known as Head, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn...

)
"Jesus (Lord Of The Apes)" (L.A.P.D.
L.A.P.D. (band)
L.A.P.D. is an American funk metal band, formed in 1989, in Bakersfield, California. From 1989 to 1991, the member line-up was James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, David Silveria, Richard Morrill, and Pete Capra...

cover)
"C.O.B."

Singles

Year	Title	US Dance	Album
1999	"Faceplant"	15	Videodrone
1999	"Ty Jonathan Down"	—	Videodrone
2006	"All Over Again"	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

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