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?
| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Foundation Stones | Cleopatra | CLEO93232 | cd lp | 1993-04 (1995-01-01 in USA) |
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| The Witch | label | catalogue | cd ep | 1993 | Cover of Ruggles song. | |
| Epitome | Cleopatra | CLEO91192 | cd ep | 1993-10-19 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Hiding in Waiting | Cleopatra | 35849 | cd lp | 1996 (1996-07-23 in USA) | album |
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| Chemical Emissions | Cleopatra | CLP315 | cd lp | 1998 (1998-07-07 in USA | Live studio performance of contemporary set. |
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| 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). |
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| Adrenaline (Deluxe Edition) | Cleopatra | cd | 2005-02-15 (2005-04-18 in UK) |
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