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L I G H T S H I N I N G D A R K L YCOIL DISCOGRAPHY v8.2 October 20, 1994This discography compiled and maintained by Greg Clow (ecurrent@sizone.pci.on.ca, gclow@octrf.on.ca) with help from:
Mason Jones (mason@netcom.com) Beast of Eden (boe666@u.washington.edu)
Orpheus 23 (dickenjd@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu)
Silas K. Law (silas@SEAS.UCLA.EDU) Larry Carrier (sol@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
the wonderful goat-bo (goat@sys6626.bison.mb.ca)
Joao Leal (cbd14@sputnik.fc.ul.pt) Darrell Fuhriman (slp3k@cc.usu.edu)
Harvey D. Thornburg (hthornbu@siris.ac.hmc.edu)
Tony (pagandancr@aol.com) Andrew Shires (andrews@harlequin.com)
Scot Kirkwood (oops, lost his email address...)
Susan Roston (sroston@mere.acns.nwu.edu) Andrew Russ (endwar@gatech.uucp)
Special thanks to Coil themselves for sending me their "official" discography, which proved very helpful, especially in compiling information on their many limited edition releases. The latest version of this discography is available via anonymous FTP at cs.uwp.edu and ftp.maths.tcd.ie Please e-mail any additions, corrections, complaints & compliments A discography of releases from Coil. All of their "own" releases are listed first, followed by compilation appearances & collaborations. Many of the releases listed in this document can be ordered directly from Threshold House, Coil's distribution and mail order service:
THRESHOLD HOUSE, BM/CODEX, LONDON, ENGLAND, WCIN 3XX
TEL: 081 742 7347 FAX: 081 995 2961
COUNTRY LEGEND: COIL Coil is John Balance and Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, who started to officially work as Coil on May 11, 1983, after working together as members of Psychic TV (Balance doing so under his real name, Geoff Rushton) and Zos Kia. Stephen Thrower was also a semi-regular member, but no longer works with them. Producer Danny Hyde is a regular fixture on later Coil releases. Coil releases have also featured many guest artists, such as Marc Almond, Gavin Friday, and Annie Anxiety.
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS
EP 1984 Laylah Anti-Records LAY 5 BE
How to Destroy Angels / Absolutely Elsewhere
Notes:
The b-side, "Absolutely Elsewhere", is intended to be non-playable:
- first pressing had unplayable noise-filled grooves
- second pressing had playable multi-layered music
- third pressing had a smooth, grooveless surface as originally
intended.
First pressing included an A3 black & white poster.
Vinyl is etched with "SHUT UP! IT'S GOOD FOR YOU!".
SCATOLOGY
LP 1984 Force & Form/K.422 FFK 1 UK
CD 1988 Force & Form FFKCD1 UK
Ubu Noir / Panic / At the Heart of it All / Tenderness of Wolves /
The Spoiler + / Clap / Restless Day * / Aqua Regis * / Solar Lodge
/ The S.W.B.P. / Godhead ~ Deathead / Cathedral in Flames / Tainted
Love *
+ CD contains "unreleased alternative version"
* appears only on CD release
Notes:
The track listing above is the actual playing order of the CD; the
tracks "Restless Day" and "Aqua Regis" are listed in the wrong order
on the cover.
First UK vinyl pressing has a sleeve with a colour postcard (2
different designs).
Vinyl is etched with "I AM PERPLEXED" (side A) and "THE HILLS ARE
ALIVE" (side B).
PANIC/TAINTED LOVE
12" 1984 Force & Form/K.422 FFK5.12 UK
12" 1984 Wax Trax! Records WAX 013 US
CD5" 1990 Wax Trax! Records WAXCD 013 US
CD5" 1994 Wax Trax! Records/TVT TVT 7013 US
Panic / Aqua Regis / Tainted Love
Notes:
First UK pressing was 500 red vinyl copies in textured sleeve.
Vinyl is etched with "DIVINE INSPIRATION" (side A) and "LOVE AND
TERROR" (side B).
HORSE ROTORVATOR
LP 1986 Force & Form/K.422 ROTA 1 UK
LP 1986 Relativity Records 88561-8139-1 US
LP 1986 Boudisques Records ??? BE
CD 1989 Force & Form/K.422 ROTA CD1 UK
The Anal Staircase / Slur / Babylero / Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
/ Herald / Penetralia / Ravenous * / Circles of Mania / Blood From
the Air / Who By Fire / The Golden Section / The First Five Minutes
After Death
* appears only on CD release
Notes:
The track listing above is the actual playing order of the CD; the
track "Ravenous" is listed on the cover as appearing on the end of
the disc (after "The First Five Minutes After Death").
First pressing of UK LP is on clear vinyl, limited to 1000 copies,
and comes with A5 card insert and stickers.
US release limited to 500 gold vinyl copies.
Belgian release limited to 500 blue vinyl copies.
Vinyl is etched with "WE ALL GET THE GODS WE DESERVE" (side A) and
"CHANTS DE MORT" (side B).
THE ANAL STAIRCASE
12" 1986 Force & Form/K422 ROTA 121 UK
12" 1986 Relativity 88561 8135 1 US
The Anal Staircase (A Dionysian Remix) / Blood From the Air / Ravenous
Notes:
First UK pressing was 500 clear vinyl copies.
Vinyl etched with "YOU CANNOT BE SIRIUS" (side A) and "BLACK JACKAL
THROWBACKS" (side B).
GOLD IS THE METAL (WITH THE BROADEST SHOULDERS)
LP 1987 Threshold House LOCI 1 UK
CD 1987 Threshold House LOCI CD1 UK
LP 1990 Threshold House/Normal Records NORMAL 77 GE
CD 1990 Threshold House/Normal Records NORMAL 77 CD GE
Last Rites of Spring / Paradisiac / Thump / For Us They Will / The
Broken Wheel / Boy in a Suitcase / Golden Hole / Cardinal Points /
Red Slur / ...Of Free Enterprise / Aqua Regalia / Metal in the Head /
Either His or Yours / Chickenskin / Soundtrap / Hellraiser * /
The Wheal * / The First Five Minutes After Violent Death /
* appears only on CD releases
Notes:
From the liner notes: "This release is not the follow-up to HORSE
ROTORVATOR... but a completely seperate package - a stopgap and a
breathing space - the space between two twins. Presented here are
thoroughbreds that escaped the Horse Rotorvator - discarded shards,
distortions, disappointments, scrambled and disassembled stages.
Remnants of what once was. This record is a chance for us to
release some otherwise placeless pieces of music."
The initial vinyl release (LOCI 1) took 3 different forms:
(1) 55 copies in deluxe box with free single THE WHEEL (LOCI 2, see
below) and art works.
(2) 900 copies on coloured vinyl (some red, some clear), some copies
including free single THE WHEEL (LOCI 2, below)
(3) "regular" release on black vinyl.
The vinyl is etched with "ME AND MY SHADOW" (side A) and "UNDERNEATH
ALL THAT EVER WAS" (side B).
The 1990 vinyl re-release (NORMAL 77) had slightly different
packaging and included the second version of THE WHEEL single
(listed below).
The initial CD release (LOCI CD1) was limited to 1000 numbered
copies.
THE WHEEL
7" 1987 Threshold House LOCI 2 UK
The Wheel / The Wheal
Notes:
Limited edition of 500. Only available with some copies of GOLD
IS THE METAL... LP (see above).
Vinyl is etched with "ANIMAL IN PALACE" (side A) and "RING OF BRIGHT
WARFARE" (side B).
7" 1990 Threshold House/Normal Records GE
The Wheel / Keelhauler
Notes:
Only available with some copies of GOLD IS THE METAL... LP.
THE UNRELEASED THEMES FOR HELLRAISER (aka THE CONSQUENCES OF RAISING HELL)
10" 1987 Solar Lodge COIL 001 UK
CS 1987 Soleilmoon SOL 4 US
Hellraiser / Box Theme / Main Title / Airline 1 / Liqueur / Purfume /
Video Recorder / Airline 2 / Natural Gas / Cosmetic 1 / Cosmetic 2 /
Analgesic / Road Surface / Accident Insurance
Notes:
Initial 10" pressing on black vinyl.
Second 10" pressing on coloured vinyl - 500 clear, 500 pink.
THE GAY MAN'S GUIDE TO SAFER SEX (MUSIC FROM THE VIDEO)
CS 198? Threshold House ??? UK
Notes:
Selections taken from Coil's soundtrack to the video "A Gay Man's
Guide to Safer Sex".
WRONG EYE
7" 1990 Shock Records SX002 UK
Wrong Eye / Scope
Notes:
Limited edition of 3000 copies, broken down as follows:
- 26 copies in a white sleeve, lettered (A to Z) and signed by Coil
and cover artist Savage Pencil
- 974 copies in white sleeve, numbered
- 1000 copies in yellow sleeve
- 1000 copies in green sleeve
Some copies include a gold sticker with a demonic emblem.
Vinyl is etched with "WRONG IS RIGHT" (side A) and "SHOOT TO LIVE"
(side AA)
UNNATURAL HISTORY (COMPILATION TRACKS COMPILED)
CD 1990 Threshold House/World Serpent LOCI CD2 UK
Various Hands / The Swelling of Leeches / The Pope Held Upside Down
/ His Body was a Playground For the Nazi Elite / Homage to Sewage /
Here to Here (Double Headed Secret) / S is for Sleep / Dream
Photography / Comfortable / Never / Penetralia II / Sicktone / How
to Destroy Angels
Notes:
As the subtitle of this release suggests, this is a collection of
tracks that appeared on various compilations and limited edition
releases between 1983 and 1990.
HELLRAISER THEMES
CD 1990 Solar Lodge/Torso TORSO CD 161 GE
Hellraiser / The Hellbound Heart / Box Theme / No New World / Attack of
the Sennapods / Main Title
WINDOWPANE
12" 1990 Threshold House LOCI 3 UK
12" 1990 Threshold House ??? UK
12" 1990 Wax Trax! Records WAX 9142 US
CD5" 1990 Threshold House/Torso TORSO CD 174 GE
CD5" 1990 Wax Trax! Records WAXCD 9142 US
CD5" 1994 Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records TVT 8642 US
Windowpane (Minimal) * / Windowpane / Windowpane (Astral Paddington
Mix)
* appears on CD releases only
Notes:
The original 12" release (LOCI 3) is a picture disc limited to 5000
numbered copies.
The other Threshold House release was a limited edition DJ promo.
LOVE'S SECRET DOMAIN
LP 1991 Wax Trax! Records WAX 7143 US
LP 1991 Threshold House/Torso TORSO 33181 UK
CD 1991 Wax Trax! Records WAXCD 7143 US
CD 1991 Threshold House/Torso TORSO CD 181 UK
CD 1994 Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records TVT ???? US
Disco Hospital / Teenage Lightning 1 / Things Happen * / The Snow + /
Dark River / Where Even the Darkness is Something to See * / Teenage
Lightning 2 * / Windowpane / Further Back and Faster / Titan Arch /
Chaostrophy / Lorca Not Orca * / Love's Secret Domain
* appears on CD only.
+ extended version on CD.
THE SNOW
EP 1991 Wax Trax! Records WAX 9144 US
EP 1991 Threshold House/Torso TORSO 180 UK
CD 1991 Wax Trax! Records WAXCD 9144 US
CD 1991 Threshold House/Torso TORSO CD 180 UK
CD 1994 Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records TVT 8644 US
Driftmix / Answers Come in Dreams I / Out in the Cold / As Pure As? /
Answers Come in Dreams II / The Snow / Windowpane (remix?) *
* appears only on TVT re-release
12" 1991 Wax Trax! Records ??? US
12" 1991 Torso Dance 12 180 DJ UK
As Pure As? / Answers Come in Dreams / Driftmix
Notes:
DJ promo release.
Wax Trax! release limited to 500 copies.
Torso release limited to 1000 copies.
STOLEN AND CONTAMINATED SONGS
CD 1992 Threshold House/World Serpent LOCI CD 4 UK
As It Really Is / Chaos / Who'll Tell / Exploding Frogs / In The Lost
Kingdom / Love's Secret Domain (demo) / Nasa - Arab (live) / Who'll
Fall / Original Scot Song / Wrim-Wram-Wrom / Oboe Cop / Her Friends
the Wolves / Dark Nova
Notes:
This release is to LOVE'S SECRET DOMAIN as GOLD IN THE METAL is to
HORSE ROTORVATOR - a collection of outtakes, oddities, etc.
Limited edition of 2000.
Mail order copies included a skull/Coil sticker.
CD 1993 Threshold House/World Serpent LOCI CD 4b UK
Futhur / Original Chaostrophy / Who'll Tell / Omlagus Garfungiloops /
Inkling / Love's Secret Domain (original mix) / Nasa - Arab / Who'll
Fall? / The Original Wild Garlic Memory / Wrim Wram Wrom / Corybantic
Ennui / Her Friends the Wolves... / Light Shining Darkly
Notes:
This second, unlimited edition was meant to stem the flow of bootlegs
of this release that began appearing in Europe. Although the song
titles and cover are different, the disc is identical to the original
release.
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS (REMIXES AND RE-RECORDINGS)
CD 1992 Threshold House/World Serpent LOCI 5 UK
The Sleeper / Remotely / The Sleeper II / Tectonic Plates / Dismal Orb
/ How to Destroy Angels II / Absolutely Elsewhere *
* misspelled as "Absolute Elsewhere" on the cover.
Notes:
As on the original vinyl release of "HTDA", the track "Absolutely
Elsewhere" is blank - in this case, it is a one second long track of
nothing.
IS SUICIDE A SOLUTION?
7" 1993 Clawfist XPIG 22 UK
Is Suicide A Solution? / Airborne Bells
Notes:
The title track is a reworking of "Who'll Fall" from STOLEN AND
CONTAMINATED SONGS. Limited edition of approx 1200.
Vinyl is etched with "HALOGEN REFRACTED THROUGH KERATIN" (side A)
and "...UNBORN SMELLS" (side B)
THEMES FOR DEREK JARMAN'S "BLUE"
7" 1993 Threshold House LOCI S1 UK
(no song titles)
Notes:
Limited edition release to commemorate Derek Jarman's death
- 1000 numbered copies on blue vinyl
- 23 signed & numbered copies on canary yellow vinyl
Vinyl is etched with "LUMINOUS DARKNESS" (side A) and "GO INTO THE
LIGHT" (side b).
THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION
CD 1994 Threshold House/World Serpent LOCI CD 6 UK
Ascension / Enochian Calling / Angelic Stations / Finite Bees / Cave
of Roses / Sun Ascension / Madriiax / Escalation / Never / Enochian
Calling II / Montecute
Notes:
Soundtrack to the 1985 Derek Jarman film of the same name.
"Ascension / Enochian Calling" is another mix of "How To Destroy
Angels". "Montecute" is a version of the track "At The Heart of it
All" from SCATOLOGY.
First pressing on gold CD. All subsequent discs were printed white on
a regular disc.
BEAUTIFUL CATASTROPHE
12" 1994 Threshold House/World Serpent withdrawn UK
CD5" 1994 Threshold House/World Serpent withdrawn UK
Notes:
A planned colaboration with Rose McDowell (ex-Strawberry Switchblade,
Current 93, etc.) that never took place. John Balance has stated
that might record with Rose in the future.
NASA-ARAB
12" 1994 Eskaton/World Serpent ESTAKON001 UK
Nasa-Arab (extended) / First Dark Ride
Notes:
An upcoming release.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
CD 1994? Threshold House/World Serpent ??? UK
Notes:
An upcoming release collecting various tracks from Coil's soundtrack
works.
UNNATURAL HISTORY II
CD 1994? Threshold House/World Serpent ??? UK
Notes:
An upcoming release collecting some of Coil's many compilation
appearances.
COMPILATION APPEARANCES - COLLABORATIONS
Various Artists: THE BEAST 666
CS 1983 Nekrophile Rekords NRC 03 AU
includes track "Here to Here (A Double Headed Secret)"
Notes:
This song formed the basis for the Zos Kia song "Rape", which was
released as a 7" and 12" on All The Madmen records, and which also
appeared on the TRANSPARENT cassette (see below) under the title
"Violation".
Coil/Zos Kia: TRANSPARENT
CS 1983 Nekrophile Rekords NRC 05 AU
Sicktone / Baptism of Fire / Violation / Poisons / Truth / Sewn Open
(rehersal 5.x.83) / Sicktone / Silence and Secrecy (section - live at
Magenta Club, London) / Truth (version) / Stealing the Words / On
Balance
Notes:
The first five tracks ("Sicktone" to "Truth") form Side A of the
cassette, which is labelled "Zos Kia. Berlin Atonal. 12.3.83". Zos
Kia were John Balance, Joan d'Arc and Min, mixed live by Peter
Christopherson.
The remainder of the tracks form Side 2, which is credited to
"Coil/Zos Kia", and were recorded in 1982/83.
Various Artists: BETHEL
CS 1983 John Balance/Andreas Muller UK/GE
includes track "Red Weather"
Notes:
Limited to 500 copies, half packaged in a special box, the other half
in a "rancid green" regular cassette box.
Various Artists: ELEPHANT TABLE ALBUM
dbl-LP 1983 X Tract Records XX 001 UK
CD 1990 Jungle Records/X Tract Records XX 1 FR
includes track "S is for Sleep"
Various Artists: LIFE AT THE TOP
LP 1984 Third Mind Records TMLP 07 UK
includes track "Homage To Sewage"
Notes:
Came packaged with issue 4 of Abstract Magazine, which features a very
early interview with Coil.
Various Artists: DEVASTATE TO LIBERATE
LP 1985 Yangki Records YANGKI 1 UK
CS 198? United Dairies UDT 025 UK
includes track "Restless Day"
Notes:
Benefit LP to raise funds for the Animal Liberation Front.
Various Artists: A DIAMOND HIDDEN IN THE MOUTH OF A CORPSE
LP 1985 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 035 US
includes track "Neither His Nor Yours"
Various Artists: THE FIGHT IS ON
LP 1985 Laylah Anti-Records LAY 10 BE
includes track "Sicktone"
Various Artists: IF YOU CAN'T PLEASE YOURSELF, YOU CAN'T PLEASE YOUR SOUL
LP 1985 Some Bizarre EJ 26 06631 UK
LP 1985 Some Bizarre/Capitol ST-12439 CA/US
CD 1990? Some Bizarre SBZCD1 UK
includes track "The Wheel"
Various Artists: PEYERE
CS 1986 Robin Aspel UK
includes track "Dream Photography"
Various Artists: NIGHTMARE CULTURE
EP 1986 Laylah Anti-Records LAY 14 BE
Various Hands / The Swelling of Leeches / The Pope Held Upside Down
/ Killy Kill Killy
Notes:
Tracks 1-3 appeared under the group name Sickness Of Snakes, and
were recorded in collaboration with Boyd Rice. Track 4 is by
Current 93, featuring performances by John Balance of Coil and Boyd
Rice.
First pressing came with an insert and picture labels. Subsequent
pressings do not.
Vinyl is etched with "I SLEPT WITH FAITH. AND WOKE UP WITH A CORPSE
IN MY ARMS" (side A) and "TIME FOR TEA - AND FEED THE THING" (side
AA).
Various Artists: OHRENSAUSEN
LP 1986 DOM Records DOM V77-03 GE
includes track "His Body Was a Playground for the Nazi Elite"
Notes:
This track was also recorded during the Sickness Of Snakes session,
and it also appears on the NON (Boyd Rice) release EASY LISTENING
FOR IRON YOUTH (Mute Records, STUMM 69) under the title "Predator/
Prey".
First pressing limited to 500 black vinyl copies.
Second pressing limited to 500 white vinyl copies.
This album was later released on CD by Dragnet Records (as part of
a double CD along with the OHRENSCHRAUBEN compilation), but the Coil
track was dropped from this re-release.
Various Artists: RAW LIKE SEWAGE
CS 198? Premonition ??? ??
includes track "Comfortable"
Various Artists: LESS THAN ANGELS
CS 198? Matthew Stevens UK
includes track "Never"
Notes:
This track appeared as a part of the soundtrack to Derek Jarman's film
"The Angelic Conversation".
Release limited to 100 copies.
Various Artists: CORE - A CONSPIRACY INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
LP 1988 Play It Again Sam ??? BE
LP 1988 Nettwerk/Capitol NTL 30022 CA
CD 1988 Play It Again Sam ??? BE
CD 1988 Nettwerk/Capitol NTCD 43 CA
includes track "Feeder"
Notes:
This track was recorded in collaboration with Chris and Cosey, as
were all the other tracks on the album. Other collaborators include
John Duncan, Monte Cazazza, Robert Wyatt, Lustmord and Boyd Rice.
Various Artists: MYTHS 4 - SINOPLE TWILIGHT IN CATAL HUYUK
LP 1988 Sub Rosa SUB 33004 BE
CD 1988 Sub Rosa SUBCD007-7 BE
includes track "Another Brown World"
Various Artists: A PATHOLOGICAL COMPILATION
LP 1989 Pathological PATH 1 UK
CD 1991 Pathological PATH CD 1 UK
includes track "Contains a Disclaimer"
Various Artists: TOTAL VOLUME 1
CD 1990 Total TOTAL 1 CD UK
includes track "The Anal Staircase (Relentless mix)"
Notes:
Packaged with a journal-style magazine.
Various Artists: THE PORTABLE ALTAMONT
CD 1991 Shock Records SX012 CD UK
includes tracks "Wrong Eye", "Scope" and "Meaning What Exactly?"
Notes:
The first two tracks were originally released as a 7" single on
Shock. The third track is an early version of "Things Happen", a
track on LOVE'S SECRET DOMAIN.
Various Artists: +! (WAX TRAX SAMPLER #2)
CS 1991 Wax Trax! Records ??? US
includes track "Love's Secret Domain (demo version)"
Notes:
Promotional release only.
Various Artists: ORDER TO THE GALAXY
CD 1991 Torso Dance TORSO CD 202 UK
includes track "The Snow (Driftmix)"
Various Artists: THE AMBIENT GROOVE VOL. 3 CD 1991 ESP ESP 919972 GE includes track "The Snow (Driftmix)"
Phallus Dei: PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
CD 1991 Dark Vinyl DV 05 GE
includes track "Rule Again", which is credited "music by Coil, lyrics
by Death In June". The music is actually the track "Here to Here".
Nine Inch Nails: FIXED
EP 1992 Nothing/TVT/Interscope/Atlantic 7-96093-1 US
CD 1992 Nothing/TVT/Interscope/Atlantic 7-96093-2 US
CS 1992 Nothing/TVT/Interscope/Atlantic 7-96093-4 US
EP 1992 Island ??? UK
CD 1992 Island IMCD 8005 UK
includes track "Gave Up (remixed by Coil and Danny Hyde)"
Various Artists: ELECTROCITY VOL. 3
CD 1993 Ausfahrt EFA06321-26 GE
includes track "Windowpane (original mix)"
Various Artists: CASH COWS - THE BEST OF GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS 1965-1993
CD 1993 ??? ESD80712 US
includes track "Neither His Nor Yours"
The Apocalyptic Folk: THE NODDING GOD UNVEILED
CD5" 1993 World Serpent NODAPOC 667 UK
Children of the Nodapoc Gather Round / Love Dance of the Nodding
Folk
Notes:
This release is a collaboration between Current 93, Coil and others.
It came packaged with a Current 93 comic book.
Various Artists: BLUE - A FILM BY DEREK JARMAN
CD 1993 Mute CDSTUMM 49 UK
CD 1994 Elektra Nonesuch ??? US
Notes:
This disc features John Balance and Peter Christopherson of Coil
as musicians, and also includes a portion of "Disco Hospital"
from LOVE'S SECRET DOMAIN.
Various Artists: CHAOS IN EXPANSION
CD 1994 Utopian Dairies/Sub Rosa SR 50 BE
includes track "Baby Food"
Nine Inch Nails: CLOSER
CD5" 1994 Nothing/TVT/Interscope/Atlantic 95905-2 US
12" 1994 Island ??? UK
CD5" 1994 Island ??? UK
includes track "Closer (precursor)", which is remixed by Coil and
Danny Hyde.
John Balance and David Tibet: HAUNTED AIR
CD 1994? World Serpent ??? UK
Notes:
This release is upcoming.
OTHER MISC. INFORMATION & QUESTIONS John Balance appears on the following recordings by Current 93 - LASHTAL 12" (1983), MENSTRUAL NIGHT LP (1985), DAWN LP (1986), THUNDER PERFECT MIND LP (1991), and LUCIFER OVER LONDON EP (1994) - and perhaps others. Steven Thrower was a member of the band Possession, who released at least one album - THE THIN, WHITE ARMS, OBTUSELY ANGLED AT THE ELBOW, METHODICALLY DIPPING AND EMERGING (1984, A-Mission Records, UK) - and appeared on several compilation LP's. Coil recorded a cassette in collaboration with The New Blockaders and Vortex Campaign that I have very little information about. All I know is that the initial release was supposed a limited edition of 50 packaged in a ripped cloth bag, that it was later re-released by RRRecords, and that Coil appears on two tracks but isn't recognizable - like most New Blockaders stuff, it's extremely noisy. Can anyone else shed some light on this one? Coil is supposedly working on a soundtrack to the graphic novel UNDERGROUND, to be released by Dark Horse Comics. Coil have signed to Nothing, a subsiduary of Interscope Records in the US that is owned by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Although the initial Coil release on Nothing will be their next album, Reznor has stated that he would like to re-release Coil's back catalog at some point. The tentative title for their next album proper is INTERNATIONAL DARK SKIES. It will include guest appearances by William Burroughs, Terence McKenna, Tim Simenon, Mark Almond, and Trent Reznor (playing John Lennon's Mellotron). |
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