Founding members Shawn Brice and Evan Sornstein met at Bennington College in Vermont in 1989. Both were influenced by electronic music, with Sornstein having grown up listening to Wendy Carlos (formerly Walter Carlos), Kraftwerk, Klaus Schultze and Isao Tomita.[2] After composing as a duo they decided to recruit fellow student Stuart Scanlon to fill membership and earn extra credit and money - the college paid bands a hundred dollars to perform for a live audience.[3][4] When asked why the name Battery appealed to its members, they replied: "According to any standard American dictionary it signifies: a percussion section of an orchestra, the artillery section of an army, cells where energy is stored, the dock/loading industrial section of a major city, and on and on."[5]
After the members of Battery graduated and Scanlon parted ways with the band Brice and Sornstein met Christian Petke of Deathline International, who decided to launch COP International with Battery and Diatribe as its lead bands.[6] In 1992 the title track appeared on the California Cyber Crash Compilation,[7] one of the first releases by COP Intl, and "Never Forget" was provided to Zoth Ommog Records for Body Rapture II.[8]
Receptionedit
Industrial Reviews gave Eternal Darkness four stars out of five and praised the thoughtfulness, energy and charm across the EP's four compositions, especially on the lead and coda tracks.[9]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Shawn Brice, Stuart Scanlon and Evan Sornstein
eternal, darkness, eternal, darkness, debut, battery, released, 1991, international, eternal, darknessep, batteryreleased1991, 1991, recordedjuly, 1991, 1991, studiodynamaphone, francisco, california, genreindustrial, rocklength16, 22labelcop, intl, producersh. Eternal Darkness is the debut EP of Battery released in 1991 by COP International 1 Eternal DarknessEP by BatteryReleased1991 1991 RecordedJuly 1991 1991 07 StudioDynamaphone San Francisco California GenreIndustrial rockLength16 22LabelCOP Intl ProducerShawn BriceStuart ScanlonEvan SornsteinBattery chronologyEternal Darkness 1991 Meat Market 1992 Contents 1 Music 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Release history 6 References 7 External linksMusic editFounding members Shawn Brice and Evan Sornstein met at Bennington College in Vermont in 1989 Both were influenced by electronic music with Sornstein having grown up listening to Wendy Carlos formerly Walter Carlos Kraftwerk Klaus Schultze and Isao Tomita 2 After composing as a duo they decided to recruit fellow student Stuart Scanlon to fill membership and earn extra credit and money the college paid bands a hundred dollars to perform for a live audience 3 4 When asked why the name Battery appealed to its members they replied According to any standard American dictionary it signifies a percussion section of an orchestra the artillery section of an army cells where energy is stored the dock loading industrial section of a major city and on and on 5 After the members of Battery graduated and Scanlon parted ways with the band Brice and Sornstein met Christian Petke of Deathline International who decided to launch COP International with Battery and Diatribe as its lead bands 6 In 1992 the title track appeared on the California Cyber Crash Compilation 7 one of the first releases by COP Intl and Never Forget was provided to Zoth Ommog Records for Body Rapture II 8 Reception editIndustrial Reviews gave Eternal Darkness four stars out of five and praised the thoughtfulness energy and charm across the EP s four compositions especially on the lead and coda tracks 9 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Shawn Brice Stuart Scanlon and Evan SornsteinThis SideNo TitleLength1 Eternal Darkness 5 082 Incest 3 33 Other SideNo TitleLength1 Never Forget 5 402 No Release 2 01Personnel editAdapted from the Eternal Darkness liner notes 10 Battery Shawn Brice instruments production engineering Stuart Scanlon instruments production engineering Evan Sornstein Curium Design instruments production engineering cover artProduction and design Christa Bruggemann as SST mastering Pain Less assistant production Christian Petke as Count Zero assistant productionRelease history editRegion Date Label Format CatalogGermany 1991 COP Intl LP COP 001References edit Finkler Ed June 13 1996 Interview with Battery The Fenix Seattle WA Sonic Boom 4 6 Retrieved August 27 2020 Battery Interview Unidentified German Zine July 1996 Archived from the original on January 6 2009 Retrieved August 27 2020 Baumgartner Geoff May 4 1999 Battery Ink 19 Retrieved August 27 2020 Torres Elexia September 28 1996 Battery Interview San Francisco KDVS 90 3 FM Rapture Archived from the original on January 6 2009 Retrieved August 27 2020 Christie Dixon August 1996 Battery Interview Online Digizine Archived from the original on January 6 2009 Retrieved August 27 2020 Congon Kevin November 17 1995 Interview with Battery Club Arte San Francisco Sonic Boom 4 6 Retrieved August 27 2020 Various Artists California Crash gt Overview AllMusic Retrieved August 27 2020 Body Rapture II booklet Various artists Hesse Germany Zoth Ommog Records 1992 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Lic June 25 2009 Battery Eternal Darkness Industrial Reviews Leo Levin Retrieved August 27 2020 Eternal Darkness sleeve Battery Oakland California COP International 1991 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link External links editEternal Darkness at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eternal Darkness EP amp oldid 992629869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
