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1) Coil was initially established in 1983 as an experimental solo outlet for ex-Psychic TV member John Balance, and became a full-fledged experimental sonic manipulation unit a year later following the arrival of keyboardist/programmer Peter Christopherson (Sleazy), a founder of Psychic TV as well as a member of Throbbing Gristle. After debuting with the 17-minute ritual recording How to Destroy Angels, Balance and Sleazy recruited the aid of Possession’s Stephen Thrower, J.G. “Foetus” Thirlwell, and The Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday to record their full-length 1984 bow Scatology, an intense, primal work of sculpted industrial noise thematically devoted to the concepts of alchemy and transmutation.
Coil spent the next period of its existence exploring visual media. In late 1984 they recorded a rendition of
Tainted Love (originally recorded by Gloria Jones, but made popular by Soft Cell in the 80s), producing a widely banned, hallucinogenic video clip featuring Marc Almond as the Angel of Death; despite considerable controversy at home, the video ultimately found its way to the archives of the Museum of Modern Art. After spending several years working with filmmaker Derek Jarman on the feature The Angelic Conversation, Coil issued a remixed edition of their soundtrack.
1) Coil was initially established in 1983 as an experimental solo outlet for ex-Psychic TV member John Balance, and became a full-fledged experimental sonic manipulation unit a year later following the arrival of keyboardist/programmer Peter Christopherson (Sleazy), a founder of Psychic TV as well as a member of Throbbing Gristle. After debuting with the 17-minute ritual recording How to Destroy Angels, Balance and Sleazy recruited the aid of Possession’s Stephen Thrower, J.G. “Foetus” Thirlwell, and The Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday to record their full-length 1984 bow Scatology, an intense, primal work of sculpted industrial noise thematically devoted to the concepts of alchemy and transmutation.
Coil spent the next period of its existence exploring visual media. In late 1984 they recorded a rendition of
Tainted Love (originally recorded by Gloria Jones, but made popular by Soft Cell in the 80s), producing a widely banned, hallucinogenic video clip featuring Marc Almond as the Angel of Death; despite considerable controversy at home, the video ultimately found its way to the archives of the Museum of Modern Art. After spending several years working with filmmaker Derek Jarman on the feature The Angelic Conversation, Coil issued a remixed edition of their soundtrack.
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NOISECORE_21 wrote:
coil, cuesta... yo lo he intentado como 2 veces y no he podido... quizas algun dia, con un poco mas de madurez sonica
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gamboda wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/zori/elementary+practice+to+choose+your+weapon come to listen some new noise&experemental sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet
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HepatitisSundae wrote:
GET OFF ME, YOU FAG
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polymorphous71 wrote:
this is some sort of goup here ->->->http://www.last.fm/group/Oblique+Satellites
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betty_zyklodol wrote:
You can't compare music. It's so easy to understand. Stop yours stupid verbal skirmishes.
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Powtuk wrote:
норм, пускай Бэланс побудет... чуток)
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Saturns_Tree wrote:
заебали фотку менять ))
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nancykitten wrote:
I'll never have gay sex to tortoise, that's for sure.
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landmixer wrote:
magical sound
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sewertroll wrote:
Coil, overrated? Uh... It's Underground music. How come it be overrated? Maby over aprecciated among the fans.
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Mothroom wrote:
Wow, how did the COIL page suddenly become so popular? I'll take this opportunity to advertise my COIL website, http://soundandsymbol.blogspot.com. Check it out! :) Trolls are also welcome.
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FootToFace wrote:
cool
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Zanrook wrote:
If I ever have gay sex I'll do it to Coil.
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Chronophasia wrote:
Generalizations are so overrated
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themagicalquest wrote:
Coil is so overrated and boring, unlike TORTOISE who are really under-appreciated and interesting.
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nancykitten wrote:
post rock is the internet generation's prog rock. except even more boring and wanky.
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home6alien wrote:
кто построк ты построк епт
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filipskutela wrote:
ล้ำลึกๆ
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Zanrook wrote:
Coil should be in the gay pride section on itunes
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nancykitten wrote:
Vote the fuck up this gorgeous piece of gayness : http://www.last.fm/music/Coil/+images/30312407
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