wilde wood - artistes - r -- gothic, darkwave, industrial, ebm and dark alternative resources, information and links, created by russell sheridan kelly -

{Andi Gordon - guitar, violin, music; Layla - vocals, santoor, lyrics;} Tara; Phil - violin; Cenk - guitars; Azadeh; James - bass; Elie -; [ Layla; Andi; Azadeh - vocals; Eleanor / Elie - flute, music, acoustic guitar, live keyboards, programming; Stevyn Grey - drums ]
Southampton, UK. Started as a female-fronted electronic Goth band, now a neo-classical Goth metal band, with supporting synths. Violin, flute, harpsichord, santoor (Persian dulcimer), heavy guitars, stompy beats, two female vocalists, theatrical styling. Trad goth, mediaeval, baroque, metal guitar, heavy industrial. Layla and Azadeh are sisters, bringing Persian / Iranian influences. 1999-late - Layla and Andi form the band for an upcoming gig. 2000-02 - first gig at Sonic Underground 5. 2003-early - Phil and Tara have had to leave recently due to time / job pressures. 2003-late - James joins on guitar.
contact: andy

Razor Skyline

Seattle goth rockers with goth, industrial and EBM influences.

void*

The Read Letter

Readymade

Realm of Doom

The Real Story

Rectal Surgery

Industrial.

Recycle

Finland.

Red Expendables

void

Red Flag

Mark Reynolds - lead singer
USA. EBM, synthpop. Reynolds died, 2003.04.07

official*

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Chris Reed - vocalist, guitarist; Mick Brown (The Mission) - drummer
Formed in Leeds, 1982. Brown left to join The Mission in 1985 . Noisy guitars with goth undertones, raw sound.
labels: Cherry Red Records Limited
releases: Talk About the Weather; Generation - The Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry; Nothing Wrong; Talk About the Weather / Paint Your Wagon (1994.06.06); Smashed Hits (1995.04.27); The Singles 1982-1987 (1999.04.26); The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (2000.03.20); Nothing Wrong / Blow (2001.11.05)
contact: Cherry Red:Bishops Park House
25-29 Fulham High St.
London
SW6 3JH
UNITED KINGDOM

void
void

The Redresser

Anthony; David
Something to do with Ikon? Australian?

Red Sky Coven

comparisons: NMA

Red Temple Spirits

Red Zebra

void

The Reegs

Reel

Regenerator

releases: The Archetype (maxi); War

void

Regerator

releases: Regenerated X

Reign of Angels

Relatives Menschsein

void

Reliquary

Merged with Methuselah's Child to form Paris Burning.

Remembrance

Requiem In White

Mors Syphilitica an off-shoot.

Reserved for Emily

Restoration II

Steve Weeks (Revolution by Night); Bryon (Revolution by Night); Richard Pyne (Killing Miranda, Prophacy) - guitarist.
Split up in 1994. More straight guitar Goth & Metal than the keyboard-based Killing Miranda.

Restricted Area

Synth pop
label: Life is Painful; Nova Media
releases: Realtime

View the entry for Resurrection Eve in isolation.

Resurrection Eve

Australia, Melbourne

Goth

Backing tracks, programming, guitars.

comment on this entry

entry created: 2005-01-24 19:54:33 last updated: 2005-01-24 19:54:33

Resurrection Mary

Lexington, Ky gothic-punk band.

void*

Return to Khafji

Reutoff

releases: ReuTRauM V

Rev Counter

Metal.

Revenge of the Nymphs

Reverb Sleep

Alan Dollenger (Of A Mesh) - baritone vocals, programming, writer; Ellen Watkins (Of A Mesh; The Glenn Branca Ensemble) - guitarist; Michael Goglia - drummer.
Alan Dollenger died from AIDS, October 22nd, 1995.
releases: Fish Dream (1995, last recording of Dollenger)
contact: Reverb Sleep
c/o MMG
P.O. Box 272
Center Valley,
PA 18034
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Revolex

Electro.

Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus

Revolution By Night

Steve Weeks (Restoration II) - vocals; Bryon (Restoration II)
London, UK-based synth-wave / goth band

comparisons: Ultravox; VNV Nation
label: Sonic X
releases: Faithless (2003-06-02 ep)

void
void*

re/work

EBM / synthpop.

Rhea's Obsession

Swirling gothic soundscapes named after mythological mother goddess.

void (Spider Records)

Rhomb

Rhythm of Creation

Richenel

Rico

Glasgow-based. Themes of self-destruction. Has collaborated with Gary Numan and Tricky.

comparisons: NIN

official*

Rise and Fall Of A Decade

Robert Rich

releases: Humidity (3-cd); Somnium; Bestiary

Robert X. Patriot

void

Robot God

Goth band.
comparisons: P.J. Harvey; Sonic Youth; NIN
void

Rock Bitch

Rock of Travolta

comparisons: Add N to X; Shellac; Stravinsky

official*

Romania

Romantic Vision

Rome Burns

Daevid Jael; Simon 'Satori' Hendley; Stoo (Stuart D Goff?); Gregor Samsa - drums (at one point); Nevla - guitarist.
Active since 1995, forming in Norwich, but now located in Cambridge. Piano. Stoo left late 2001?
labels: Friction Burns (own label?); Spiky Black Cat.
releases: Done & Dusted (September 1998)
contact: Rome Burns
155 Kings Hedges Road,
Cambridge,
CB4 2PL
old?; old?
Rome Burns Manor
8 Balmoral Drive
Ramsey Forty Foot
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE26 2YR

Official*

Romowe Rikoito

Russian

void

Rosa Crux

France.

void

Rosa Nota

Rosa Chronicles

Rosegarden Funeral

Hull-based, now inactive? Sombre, folk-inspired, bass chords, harmonic vocals.
comparisons: Sisters; Dammerung (influenced them)

Rose Garden Funeral of Sores

Rose of Avalanche

Philip Morris - vocals
Formed 1983, Leeds
labels: EMI; Virgin Music; Visionary.

View the entry for Rosetta Stone in isolation.

Rosetta Stone

{ Porl King - deep, mid-range vocals, guitar;
Karl North (Dream Disciples) - bass;
Madame Razor - drum machine }
Porl Young - guitar;
UK, Wirral.

Goth, Industrial, Goth rock, darkwave

Industrial rhythms, sampled strings, brooding vocals, synths.

Formed 1988, inactive since 1998-11-01. Started off with a Goth-sound / SoM soundalike, quickly went towards industrial-goth, further towards computerised-industrial-goth, then mixing all previous up?

After the band split up Porl King left the scene (moving to Los Angeles?) while Karl North would later join the Dream Disciples.

1988 - formed in Liverpool.
1989 - King and North meet Wayne Hussey who offers to produce their debut album.
1990 - Hussey leaves the production and the duo finish Rosetta Stone without him.
1991/2? - Porl Young joins as on additional guitar.
1993-12-29 - only gig of 1993, Nottingham, Young had left by now.
1998-11-01 - Last gig.
2000 - un:erotica released, effectively a King solo project?
influences:
comparisons:
labels: Futurity; Expression

table of releases by
release	label	catalogue	format	release date	notes	availability to buy
release	label	catalogue	format	release date	notes	availability to buy
Retribution			mc	1988/9?	One of three self-produced cassettes released before their first 'proper' production.
Chapter and Verse			mc	1988/9?	One of three self-produced cassettes released before their first 'proper' production.
Out of the Blue and Into the Black			mc	1988/9?	One of three self-produced cassettes released before their first 'proper' production.
Darkness & Light	Futurity Records	FT001	cd lp	1990	Recorded at Slaughterhouse Studio in Driffield, Yorkshire
Leave me for Dead	Expression Records		cd ep lp	1991-03
An eye for the Main Chance		29007174	12" and cd	1991-09	Single of title track of album.	Buy An eye for the Main Chance by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk
An eye for the Main Chance	Expression Records; Minority One	EXPCD12; MIN01CD	cd and lp	1991	Released in Germany by Bellaphon Records.	Buy An eye for the Main chance by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy An eye for the Main Chance by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk
Foundation Stone	Cleopatra	catalogue	cd lp	1993	Released by Cleopatra after signing Rosetta Stone up in 1993.
The Early Stuff	Depression Records	catalogue	ep		semi-official release
Under the Rose	label	catalogue	mc		Leeds 1992-10 concert
Adrenaline	Cleopatra	CLEO12752	cd lp	1993-05-14	first full-length album	Buy Adrenaline by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Adrenaline by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
Foundation Stones	Cleopatra	CLEO93232	cd lp	1993-04 (1995-01-01 in USA)		Buy Foundation Stones by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Foundation Stones by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
The Witch	label	catalogue	cd ep	1993	Cover of Ruggles song.
Epitome	Cleopatra	CLEO91192	cd ep	1993-10-19		Buy Epitome EP by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Epitome EP by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
On the Side of Angels	Minority One	MIN02CD	cd lp	1993-02		Buy On the Side of Angels by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk
Nothing	Minority One	12MIN101; 12MIN101L le	12"	1994-10-31	Remixes.	Buy Nothing by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Nothing (limited edition) by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk
Friends & Executioners			cd lp	1995 (1995-05-09 in USA)	album
Tyranny of Inaction	Minority One; Cleopatra	MIN03LP; MIN03CD	cd lp	1995-01-26	album	Buy Tyranny of Inaction by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Tyranny of Inaction by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Tyranny of Inaction by Rosetta Stone on vinyl at amazon.co.uk Buy Tyranny of Inaction by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
Hiding in Waiting	Cleopatra	35849	cd lp	1996 (1996-07-23 in USA)	album	Buy Hiding in Waiting by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Hiding in Waiting by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
Chemical Emissions	Cleopatra	CLP315	cd lp	1998 (1998-07-07 in USA	Live studio performance of contemporary set.	Buy Chemical Emissions by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Chemical Emissions by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
Unerotica: Reformatted Eighties Audio	Cleopatra		cd lp	2000 (2000-08-15 in USA)	Porl King production (Cleopatra supposed to have wanted it to be brought out under the RS name).	Buy Unerotica: Reformatted Eighties Audio by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Unerotica: Reformatted Eighties Audio by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com
Adrenaline (Deluxe Edition)	Cleopatra		cd	2005-02-15 (2005-04-18 in UK)		Buy Adrenaline (Deluxe Edition) by Rosetta Stone at amazon.co.uk Buy Adrenaline (Deluxe Edition) by Rosetta Stone at amazon.com

Rosetta Stone
P.O. Box 1344,
Madison Square Station,
New York,
NY 10010
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

vamp.org Potted history of Rosetta Stone
yahoo

comment on this entry

entry created: 2005-06-25 last updated: 2005-06-26

Rozz Williams

1963-1998. Has worked with Gitane Demone. Liked to play Europe. Born in Pomona, southern Ca. in a Southern Baptist family. Formed Christian Death at the age of 16. On European tour 1994 Todd Dixon was drummer, Eva O guitar. Mike bass. Brian guitar. Gitane opened for them. Rozz wanted to wrap up Christian Death and use the name Daucus Karota. Premature Ejaculation?

Releases: Only Theatre of Pain.