CHRISTIAN DEATH Street Date: Only Theatre of Pain, LP AVAILABLE NOW!
CHRISTIAN DEATH Street Date: Only Theatre of Pain, LP AVAILABLE NOW! INFORMATION: Artist Hometown: Los Angeles Key Markets: Los Angeles, Orange County CA, New York, Europe (France, Germany, Belgium in particular), Japan, Mexico For Fans of: ROZZ WILLIAMS, 45 GRAVE, BAUHAUS, XMAL DEUTSCHLAND, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, DELERIUM, SWANS The founding fathers of American goth-rock, CHRISTIAN DEATH released their debut, Only Theatre of Pain, on Frontier Records in March 1982, and that landmark album has had an enormous influence on goth, death-rock, ARTIST: CHRISTIAN DEATH dark-wave, metal and even industrial music scenes all over the world, TITLE: Only Theatre of Pain shaping the approach of more bands than can be counted. Led by vocalist LABEL: Frontier Records and founder Rozz Williams, the CHRISTIAN DEATH of Only Theatre of Pain CAT#: 31007-1-W included guitarist Rikk Agnew, fresh out of THE ADOLESCENTS, bassist FORMAT: LP James McGearty, drummer George Belanger and backing vocals from GENRE: Gothic Rock, Goth, Superheroines leader (and Rozz’s future wife), Eva O as well as performance Death Rock, Punk artist Ron Athey. It was this line-up, with its dirgy, effects-laden guitar riffs BOX LOT: 50 and ambient horror-soundtrack synths, that crystalized the ominous post- SRLP: $14.98 punk sound that has established this album as the ultimate archetype of goth UPC: 018663100715 EXPORT: NO RESTRICTIONS sensibility. Genre touchstones include “Romeo’s Distress,” “Spiritual Cramp” and “Mysterium Iniquitatis.” Marketing Points: Tracklist: • This is a one-time only MISS-PRESS of the newly remastered version of 1. Cavity - First Communion the OTOP but with the previous edition’s black and gold LP jacket 2.
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