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Front Line Assembly

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Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly is the primary focus of Vancouver-based
musician Bill Leeb. A founding member of Skinny Puppy, Leeb moved on
to form FLA in 1986 with Michael Balch, releasing some cassettes
(since released as Total Terror I & II) which paved the way
for their 1987 releases: The Initial Command, State of Mind,
and Corrosion. In late 1988, they recorded the mini-LP
Disorder, since combined with Corrosion and released as
Corroded Disorder. Their 1989 release, Gashed Senses and
Crossfire, further cemented their popularity in the industrial
scene, and prompted their first world tour. By 1990, Balch had
departed and Rhys Fulber rounded out the duo, releasing Caustic
Grip. But it was two years later when the duo released what for
many has become the genre’s crowning moment, the classic album
Tactical Neural Implant, which to this day still defines the
best of industrial music.

FLA enraged many of their fans in 1994 when they began to
experiment with their established electronic-only sound.
Millenium, with its heavy doses of live and sampled metal
guitars, dared its audience to grow and expand with the band beyond
industrial’s perceived barriers. Front Line stepped to the firing
line again in 1995 with Hard Wired, which reflected both a
return to form and a continued embracing of the guitar. Hard
Wired not only picked up where Implant left off, it
improved on the sound by adding in elements of all of their side
projects. A fall European tour was recorded for the 1996 release
Live Wired, their first concert CD ever. Also in 1996, Front
Line Assembly followed up Hard Wired with two CD singles,
“Circuitry” and “Plasticity”, and toured North America with Numb and
Die Krupps.

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1997 saw the first realignment of Front Line Assembly since 1990,
with the departure of Rhys Fulber and the addition of Chris Peterson
to the ranks. Front Line’s 1998 album, FLAvor of the Weak,
featured the band’s first flirtation with electronica. Re-Wind,
a twin CD of remixes, followed later that year. The duo then
released Implode in 1999, and Epitaph in 2001.
Epitaph exhibited building intros, trancy synth lines, pulsing
beats, and solid melodies, which proved to be contagious anthems for
a new future of industrial music.

After the 2001 release of Epitaph, another changing of the
FLA “guard” occurred: Chris Peterson left, and original member, Rhys
Fulber (Fear Factory, Conjour One) returned. The newly charged Front
Line Assembly returned in late 2003 after a two year hiatus to
deliver the highly anticipated Maniacal single. With Rhys
Fulber joining forces once again with Bill Leeb Front Line Assembly
is set to deliver a straight up industrial rebellion to the
future-pop ruled world of electronic music. The successful single
laid the ground work for a brand new FLA album and era in industrial
music. Following up on Civilization, the duo released the
Vanished EP which features three unreleased tracks. They say
time can weather all things, but it has left FLA unscathed. They
have remained an influential force in music, and continue to put
excitement and adrenaline into industrial music.

Bill’s work can also be heard on a wide number of side projects,
including Noise Unit, Delerium, InterMix, Cyberaktif, Equinox, and
Synaesthesia. Bill has also contributed music to the popular video
game, Quake 3 - The Arena.

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www.mindphaser.com

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all:my:faults

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 90 views

all:my:faults A:M:F - Secrets

Do you want to support a:m:f?Please tell all your friends about this offer and give them the link to the webpage of all:my:faults and if you have an own home- or myspace page you can link to us.

Help to spread the word and our music

You can find the release, all songs as single download and the free version here: “Secrets”

Releasedate: 17.02.2006 www.allmyfaults.info
all:my:faults was originally founded in zwingenberg, germany, on march 13th,
2003 by steve:becker who had just left his old alternative band where he sang
and played bass. he always had ideas that didn’t quite fit in an alternative
combo and after he had left, he began writing more of his own music and
performed alone in some local clubs.
despite not having too much success with his former band, a:m:f pressed forward
more than expected, yet steve:becker didn’t want to play gigs just on his own
using tapes for everything but vocals and guitars, so he concentrated on the
songwriting and waited for the right live musicians to launch a:m:f as live act.
he released some press demos, continued writing songs and performing them on his
own at private shows. going new musical ways, atmosphaeric, conterintuitive-melancholic
with earwick-melodies and roots in goth-pop and darkwave he delivered all
qualities of a resounding success, decorated with modern keyboard-elements and
driving guitar-sounds.
with “your anniversary” the first official release of a song on the
newcomer-sampler “return to light vol. 01″ came out under the label bright light
records in march 2004 and another press release called ‘euthanasia: memento mori’
followed shortly after.

fast forward to winter 2004. after beeing asked to play some gigs in german
clubs and some in luxembourg, steve:becker finally found two fellows to work
with for the live performances as session musicians. danny:riedner (ex
black.in.mind, angerecton & mechanical moth) delivered the live guitars and
ethan:kemp (ton sur ton) played keys and supported steve:beckers voice with
backing vocals. thomas th (th-industry)
joined the live lineup to arrange the synths and more keyboards at several shows
and is up to now a:m:f session musician and good friend of the band.
well, back to winter 2004. it seemed like steve, danny and ethan matched
perfectly, so they decided to create the future of all:my:faults together. a
month later jonas:greene (ex byrons forgotten feast [los angeles] and ex
angerecton) was hired for additional vocals and keys to complete the live lineup
for now. danny and jonas already worked together as bandmates of the deathmetal
act angerecton (rip) so it was not much of a surprise that the new supplement
was very well from the first moment on. all:my:faults played a few gigs in
germany, some announced, some not, and the response was amazing. juiced by an
overwhelming fan response after the last live gig they played and a wealth of
ideas for new material the band decided to concentrate even more on their future
success. steve expanded his studio in zwingenberg to increase the quality of the
newest production and danny and jonas left angerecton to fully concentrate on
all:my:faults.
only few weeks later it showed up, that the line up wasn‚t so perfect and in
april 2005 the band parted ways with ethan:kemp due to his lack of motivation.
steve, danny and jonas began a creative marathon of writing songs and lyrics for
their upcoming promo, working on their live performance and creating demanding
artworks to support the bands appearance and image.

after two years of working alone steve:becker finally found two guys who where
willing to play a major role in the band he created. danny:riedner wrote new,
demanding guitars on all existing all:my:faults songs and the bands style went
in a slightly harder direction with more rock and metal influences and
jonas:greene who already designed artworks for bright-light-records and bands
from many different genres served a brandnew logo and created a new look for the
band’s releases and homepage.
a great surprise none expected was martin:wickler aka sathonys (agathodaimon),
who decided to join the a:m:f lineup as guitarist and additional singer after a
few rehearsals in july 2005. his musical ability and his long-time experience
with different well known bands and magazines are of huge value for
all:my:faults and with him, new influences supplement the stylistic variety of
new songs again.
the digestion of very personal feelings of steve:becker are still one of the
main aspects for the lyrics to deal with and his great new ideas for songs
surprise the band and the audience again and again. new lyrical influences by
jonas:greene (’fallen’,'don’t forget your valentine’ etc) and the new lead and
rhythm guitars, written and played by danny:riedner and martin:wickler can be
heard on the 2005 a:m:f recordings.

all:my:faults’s official e.p. “anger manifest” will be recorded between july and
october 2005 and released by the end of 2005. new live gigs are planned to
promote this upcoming release”

allmyfaults.com

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