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Christian Death Only Theatre of Pain 40th Anniversary Book Featuring Photography by Edward Colver

Christian Death fans, rejoice: a new book is out detailing photographer Edward Colver’s journey with the band. For the uninitiated, American deathrock outfit Christian Death was formed in Pomona, California,…

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Johann Schumann of Mephisto Walz, Shadow Project, and Christian Death has Passed Away

Johann Schumann, legendary bassist for key deathrock and gothic rock acts Mephisto Walz, Shadow Project, and Christian Death, has left this mortal coil. His untimely passing at age 61 marks…

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Campaign For “Christian Death: Only Theatre Of Pain” Photography Book By Edward Colver

Christian Death Christian Death is an American deathrock band formed in Pomona, California in 1979 by Rozz Williams. Williams was eventually joined by guitarist Rikk Agnew of the band Adolescents,…

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Five Current Deathrock Bands You Should Definitely Be Listening To

Deathrock—the genre that simply won’t die. Although recent years have seen a revival of synth-and-drum-machine-based darkwave styles of postpunk, the shadowy intersection of goth and punk rock known as deathrock…

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Deathrock 101: Mikey Bean’s exhaustive “Phantoms: The Rise of Deathrock from the LA Punk Scene” book is finally out!

“There was nothing already out there about deathrock that was book-length when I started. But in the time I’ve spent on it, I’ve actually learned tons more myself that I…

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Song Premiere

Listen to Creux Lies’ Christian Death “Spiritual Cramp” All Hallows Eve Crossover

Listen to Creux Lies’ Christian Death “Spiritual Cramp” All Hallows Eve crossover. On the posthumous collaboration, featuring vocalist Rozz Williams iconic vocal overlaid with music set by the boys of…

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“Spiritual Cramp”: A Documentary on Christian Death and Rozz Williams

Following the 20th anniversary of his death, Los Angeles art gallery Lethal Amounts has announced it is working on the documentary Spiritual Cramp, a film on the life of Rozz Williams—frontman of…

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The Death of Rozz Williams on April 1st, 1998

Rozz Williams, born Roger Alan Painter, was a brilliant vocalist, musician, writer and painter. most famous for his band Christian Death. Rozz was never one to rest on his laurels, and…

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Classic Bands

Eva O to release her first new solo record in over a decade

Eva O has had a prolific career for 3 and a half decades, starting with her band Super Heroines, continuing with her work with then husband Rozz Williams in Christian Death,…

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‘The Art of Rozz Williams: From Christian Death to Death’ is back in print

This is my favorite sad story, Forget me not or I’ll forget myself Last year one of our editors Andi Harriman did a piece with Lethal Amounts about the ultra-rare…

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