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Society Burning

October 19, 2023

Society Burning is an American coldwave industrial rock band composed of Daveoramma (born Dave Mansfield, aka Dave Creadeau), Twitch, and Boom chr Paige (born Boom Fernandez). The group was founded in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 1991 and was originally named 'The Watchmen' (a tribute to the Alan Moore graphic novel).

Society Burning
Daveoramma (left) and Boom chr Page in 1996
Background information
Also known asThe Watchmen
OriginLas Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Genres
Years active1991–present
Labels
Members
  • Daveoramma
  • Boom chr Page
  • Twitch
Past members
  • Tracey
Websitesocietyburning.com

History Edit

Daveoramma (born Dave Mansfield) began recording music in 1991 under the name "Watchmen" with one other person while at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. As an instructor of recording arts at the university, Mansfield had unfettered access to the university's 16-track recording studio where he met Boom chr Paige (born Boom Fernandez) who was recording for a band called Your Mother. Boom provided guitar work and other musical support during the production of Watchmen's first release, Is God in Showbusiness Too?.[1]

After completing work on the Showbusiness cassette, Chase of If It Moves... records (later Cargo/Re-constriction records) found out about the band via a New Mexico college radio station.[2] Soon after, Chase include their track, "Merciful Release," on the compilation Cyberflesh Conspiracy.[3]

After the other member of Watchmen left, Dave asked Boom to officially join the band.[3] The duo released a second self-produced work, Plague, in January 1992,[1] gaining further attention from Chase, as well as from German label Kugelblitz. Both labels released compilations featuring the band, but the band decided to change its name upon discovering at least two other bands vying to use the name "Watchmen".[2] The resulting name change to 'Society Burning' (ripped from a quote from a Denver, Colorado newscast) was chosen in time for both record labels to use the name on separate compilation appearances.

During this time the band relocated to Denver, Colorado,[3] where they met and enlisted, for a time, Michael Smith of Fiction 8 for assistance with keyboards on-stage. The move to Denver turned out to be difficult financially, and the duo found that they spent more time working to make ends meet than creating, a situation which contributed a turn towards writing "really mean music".[3]

In 1993, the band met Steven Seibold of Hate Dept., who would go one to produce/re-engineer the song "Human Waste" for the Re-Constriction compilation Thugs 'n' Kisses.[3] This would be the beginning of an odd precedent set by Re-Con and the band for 'premixing', or releasing the remixed material before releasing the original versions of their work.

In the first years of the 1990s the band utilized emerging technologies alongside their music, from promotion via Usenet and via internet as early as 1991, to being one of the first bands with a website as the World Wide Web emerged in 1994. In 1993, before the Web, Boom programmed and distributed 3.5" floppy discs containing multimedia samples of the band's work in packages they called "noise letters." The band's multimedia expressions continued beyond the nineties with Dave's own company, Prescient Thought Productions.[1]

In 1994, Twitch (aka DJ Twitch) – an industrial DJ in Denver – met Boom while he was working at a local software retailer and they immediately connected. Soon after, Twitch took his place as guitar player for the band while Boom switched to keyboards.[1] Also in 1994, the band brought on Tracey – Boom's wife, a once Miss Teen Colorado and classically trained pianist – for live keyboard support.[2] Despite the band having additional personnel for live support, they never had the financial support to justify a tour, but did play many one-off shows.[1]

In 1995, Society Burning signed to Re-Constriction. The band had already begun work on an album, spending time and money on a professional studio in Golden, Colorado. At the same time, the band released older tracks to other artists for remixing. Due to a series of delays, Chase at Re-Constriction decided to release the remixes before the debut album was complete. The following year, the label issued the "premix" CD EP, Entropy Lingua. By October 1996 the band had re-worked their original material and had the album Tactiq ready for release, but logistical concerns at Re-Constriction pushed its release into 1997.[2]

Over the next two years, the musicians worked mostly independently: Mansfield worked with a cast of voices to bridge songs for the parody/tribute album Cyberpunk Fiction while Fernandez worked as remixer for artists including Leæther Strip, Purr Machine, THD, Urania, Hexedene, and Battery.

In 1998, the band provided six tracks for the Re-Constriction satire soundtrack CyberPunk Fiction – A Synthcore "Soundtrack" alongside other bands such as Tinfed, Killing Floor, Christ Analogue, Collide, Purr Machine, 16 Volt and Hexedene.[4] The band also created the mock dialogue filler in the style of the film between the compilation tracks.[5]

The band parted ways in 1999, following the closure of Re-Constriction. After completing a degree at the Colorado Institute of Art,[2] Dave relocated to Los Angeles, California, while Twitch remained in Denver, Colorado, and Boom relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The band regrouped 2007, writing material for a new release on their own Audiocomm International Publishing label in addition to finalizing and releasing their previously unreleased 1994 album State of Decay in late 2009. October 2010 saw the release of their sixth album Internal Combustion.

Discography Edit

Albums and EPs Edit

  • Is God in Showbusiness Too? (1991) (as 'The Watchmen') Label: Prescient Thought Productions PTP-02
  • Plague (1992) (as 'The Watchmen') Label: Prescient Thought Productions PTP-03
  • State of Decay (1994) (released 2009) Label: Audiocomm International Publishing
  • Entropy.Lingua (1996) Label: Cargo/Re-constriction REC-019
  • Tactiq (1997) Label: Cargo/Re-constriction REC-036
  • Internal Combustion (2010) Label: Audiocomm International Publishing
  • Nausea ad Nauseam (2011) Label: Audiocomm International Publishing
  • D3l3te Up10ad (2015) Label: Audiocomm International Publishing
  • Rotor 25 (2016) Label: Audiocomm International / Rabid Coyote Music
  • Ready End User (2021) Label: Audiocomm International / Rabid Coyote Music / Technocosmic Music

Compilations Edit

  • Cyberflesh Conspiracy (1992) (as 'The Watchmen') Song: Merciful Release (Razor Hammer Mix) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction IIM-02
  • Rivet Head Culture (1992) Song: Party Girl (Radio Edit) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction IIM-03
  • Shut Up Kitty (1993) Song: Stand and Deliver (Adam Ant re-cover) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-009
  • Rotation.3 (1993) Song: Vision (Signal AC42) Label: Kugel Blitz KBR 002
  • Biotech 01: Colorado Electronics Compiled (1994) Song: Lovesick Label: SDS Productions SDS-019
  • Thugs 'n' Kisses (1995) Song: Human Waste (Hate Dept. Mix) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-016
  • Vampire Rodents: Clockseed (1995) Song: Clockseed (Guest Vocal Appearance) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-017
  • Chambermade (1995) Song: Awaken ([Hate Dept.] Mix) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-300
  • Vampire Rodents: Gravity's Rim (1996) Song: Evasion (Guest Vocal Appearance) Label: Fifth Column Records 9868-63224-2
  • Operation Beatbox (1996) Song: Colors (Ice-T re-cover) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-023
  • Re-Constriction 10* Year Anniversary (*=5) (1996) Song: Dead Man Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-400
  • T.V. Terror (1997) Song: Magnum P.I. Theme Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-032
  • Awake the Machines (1997) Song: Less Than Zero Label: Out of Line OUT-017
  • Circuit Noir (1997) Song: Broken Label: United Endangered Front UEF-CD/1006
  • Got Moose? (1997) Song: Tactiq Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-037
  • Persistence of Division Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997) Song: Time Label: Kinotonik KINO.CD 001
  • Cyber-punk Fiction (1998) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-31 Songs: Cyberpumpkin and Engergizer Honey Bunny Dialogue, Electro Body Music Dialogue, Busted Surf Boards, Chemlab's Dead Baby Dialogue, Bullwinkle Pt.2, Mos Eisley Download Contest Dialogue, If Love is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags), Bring out the Hack Dialogue, Comanche, Flowers on the Wall, User-friendliness goes a Long Way Dialogue, Surf Rider, FAQ 25.17 Dialogue
  • Songs from the Wasteland (1998) Song: Naked and Savage (Originally by The Mission UK) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-041
  • Nod's Tacklebox of Fun (1999) Song: Lovefool (Originally by The Cardigans) Label: Cargo/Re-Constriction REC-35
  • The Challenge From Beyond (A Tribute To H.P. Lovecraft) (2000) Song: Hold Your Breath (Dreams 1 And 2) Label: Dion Fortune, SPV GmbH
  • Drowned Visions (2011) Song: Nauseau Ad Nauseam (Kinky Sex And Breakfast Mix) Label: Dark Horizons
  • CRL Studios Presents: The Second Wavelength (Dark) (2011) Song: Exile (Skidmark Dub Mix) Label: CRL Studios CRLF013-2
  • Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume II: Recurrence (2012) Song: I Am the Man Label: Metropolis, Distortion Productions
  • CRL Studios Presents: The Third Wavelength (Life) (2015) Song: Playing with Undead Things Label: CRL Studios
  • Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume IV: Retaliation (2016) Song: Memory Label: Metropolis, Distortion Productions
  • Neo-Denver Is About To Explode: Weltmuzik Festival (2017) Song: Deleting Me Again (Expunged Remix) Label: Welt Muzik
  • Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume V: Remembrance (2018) Song: Bleed for Me Label: Metropolis, Distortion Productions
  • Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer: Synthcore Dreams Vol. 1 (2018) Song: Stand In L1ne Label: Distortion Productions
  • A Riveting Protest (2019) Song: For What It's Worth (Originally by Buffalo Springfield) Label: Riveting Music
  • Electronic Saviors – Electronic Music To Cure Cancer Vol VI: Reflection (2020) Song: Under Your Skin (Esaviors6mix) Label: Distortion Productions

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Górnisiewicz, Katarzyna; Backlash, Brian (May 3, 2007). "Society Burning – Interview". Fabryka Music Magazine. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Christian, Chris (August 13, 1997). "Interview with Society Burning". Sonic Boom. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Mayo, James (November 13, 1997). "Burn, Baby, Burn". Westword. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Helms, Colin (October 5, 1998). "Record News: Various Artists" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc. 56 (590): 9. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Roberts, Michael (December 17, 1998). "Feedback". Westword. Retrieved November 8, 2020.

External links Edit

  • Official website
  • Daveoramma's site
  • Boom chr Paige's site
  • Society Burning discography at Discogs

October 19, 2023
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Society Burning is an American coldwave industrial rock band composed of Daveoramma born Dave Mansfield aka Dave Creadeau Twitch and Boom chr Paige born Boom Fernandez The group was founded in Las Cruces New Mexico in 1991 and was originally named The Watchmen a tribute to the Alan Moore graphic novel Society BurningDaveoramma left and Boom chr Page in 1996Background informationAlso known asThe WatchmenOriginLas Cruces New Mexico U S GenresIndustrialelectronicasynthcorecoldwaveYears active1991 presentLabelsAudiocomm InternationalRe ConstrictionMembersDaveoramma Boom chr Page TwitchPast membersTraceyWebsitesocietyburning wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2 1 Albums and EPs 2 2 Compilations 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditDaveoramma born Dave Mansfield began recording music in 1991 under the name Watchmen with one other person while at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces NM As an instructor of recording arts at the university Mansfield had unfettered access to the university s 16 track recording studio where he met Boom chr Paige born Boom Fernandez who was recording for a band called Your Mother Boom provided guitar work and other musical support during the production of Watchmen s first release Is God in Showbusiness Too 1 After completing work on the Showbusiness cassette Chase of If It Moves records later Cargo Re constriction records found out about the band via a New Mexico college radio station 2 Soon after Chase include their track Merciful Release on the compilation Cyberflesh Conspiracy 3 After the other member of Watchmen left Dave asked Boom to officially join the band 3 The duo released a second self produced work Plague in January 1992 1 gaining further attention from Chase as well as from German label Kugelblitz Both labels released compilations featuring the band but the band decided to change its name upon discovering at least two other bands vying to use the name Watchmen 2 The resulting name change to Society Burning ripped from a quote from a Denver Colorado newscast was chosen in time for both record labels to use the name on separate compilation appearances During this time the band relocated to Denver Colorado 3 where they met and enlisted for a time Michael Smith of Fiction 8 for assistance with keyboards on stage The move to Denver turned out to be difficult financially and the duo found that they spent more time working to make ends meet than creating a situation which contributed a turn towards writing really mean music 3 In 1993 the band met Steven Seibold of Hate Dept who would go one to produce re engineer the song Human Waste for the Re Constriction compilation Thugs n Kisses 3 This would be the beginning of an odd precedent set by Re Con and the band for premixing or releasing the remixed material before releasing the original versions of their work In the first years of the 1990s the band utilized emerging technologies alongside their music from promotion via Usenet and via internet as early as 1991 to being one of the first bands with a website as the World Wide Web emerged in 1994 In 1993 before the Web Boom programmed and distributed 3 5 floppy discs containing multimedia samples of the band s work in packages they called noise letters The band s multimedia expressions continued beyond the nineties with Dave s own company Prescient Thought Productions 1 In 1994 Twitch aka DJ Twitch an industrial DJ in Denver met Boom while he was working at a local software retailer and they immediately connected Soon after Twitch took his place as guitar player for the band while Boom switched to keyboards 1 Also in 1994 the band brought on Tracey Boom s wife a once Miss Teen Colorado and classically trained pianist for live keyboard support 2 Despite the band having additional personnel for live support they never had the financial support to justify a tour but did play many one off shows 1 In 1995 Society Burning signed to Re Constriction The band had already begun work on an album spending time and money on a professional studio in Golden Colorado At the same time the band released older tracks to other artists for remixing Due to a series of delays Chase at Re Constriction decided to release the remixes before the debut album was complete The following year the label issued the premix CD EP Entropy Lingua By October 1996 the band had re worked their original material and had the album Tactiq ready for release but logistical concerns at Re Constriction pushed its release into 1997 2 Over the next two years the musicians worked mostly independently Mansfield worked with a cast of voices to bridge songs for the parody tribute album Cyberpunk Fiction while Fernandez worked as remixer for artists including Leaether Strip Purr Machine THD Urania Hexedene and Battery In 1998 the band provided six tracks for the Re Constriction satire soundtrack CyberPunk Fiction A Synthcore Soundtrack alongside other bands such as Tinfed Killing Floor Christ Analogue Collide Purr Machine 16 Volt and Hexedene 4 The band also created the mock dialogue filler in the style of the film between the compilation tracks 5 The band parted ways in 1999 following the closure of Re Constriction After completing a degree at the Colorado Institute of Art 2 Dave relocated to Los Angeles California while Twitch remained in Denver Colorado and Boom relocated to Philadelphia Pennsylvania The band regrouped 2007 writing material for a new release on their own Audiocomm International Publishing label in addition to finalizing and releasing their previously unreleased 1994 album State of Decay in late 2009 October 2010 saw the release of their sixth album Internal Combustion Discography EditAlbums and EPs Edit Is God in Showbusiness Too 1991 as The Watchmen Label Prescient Thought Productions PTP 02 Plague 1992 as The Watchmen Label Prescient Thought Productions PTP 03 State of Decay 1994 released 2009 Label Audiocomm International Publishing Entropy Lingua 1996 Label Cargo Re constriction REC 019 Tactiq 1997 Label Cargo Re constriction REC 036 Internal Combustion 2010 Label Audiocomm International Publishing Nausea ad Nauseam 2011 Label Audiocomm International Publishing D3l3te Up10ad 2015 Label Audiocomm International Publishing Rotor 25 2016 Label Audiocomm International Rabid Coyote Music Ready End User 2021 Label Audiocomm International Rabid Coyote Music Technocosmic MusicCompilations Edit Cyberflesh Conspiracy 1992 as The Watchmen Song Merciful Release Razor Hammer Mix Label Cargo Re Constriction IIM 02 Rivet Head Culture 1992 Song Party Girl Radio Edit Label Cargo Re Constriction IIM 03 Shut Up Kitty 1993 Song Stand and Deliver Adam Ant re cover Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 009 Rotation 3 1993 Song Vision Signal AC42 Label Kugel Blitz KBR 002 Biotech 01 Colorado Electronics Compiled 1994 Song Lovesick Label SDS Productions SDS 019 Thugs n Kisses 1995 Song Human Waste Hate Dept Mix Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 016 Vampire Rodents Clockseed 1995 Song Clockseed Guest Vocal Appearance Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 017 Chambermade 1995 Song Awaken Hate Dept Mix Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 300 Vampire Rodents Gravity s Rim 1996 Song Evasion Guest Vocal Appearance Label Fifth Column Records 9868 63224 2 Operation Beatbox 1996 Song Colors Ice T re cover Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 023 Re Constriction 10 Year Anniversary 5 1996 Song Dead Man Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 400 T V Terror 1997 Song Magnum P I Theme Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 032 Awake the Machines 1997 Song Less Than Zero Label Out of Line OUT 017 Circuit Noir 1997 Song Broken Label United Endangered Front UEF CD 1006 Got Moose 1997 Song Tactiq Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 037 Persistence of Division Motion Picture Soundtrack 1997 Song Time Label Kinotonik KINO CD 001 Cyber punk Fiction 1998 Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 31 Songs Cyberpumpkin and Engergizer Honey Bunny Dialogue Electro Body Music Dialogue Busted Surf Boards Chemlab s Dead Baby Dialogue Bullwinkle Pt 2 Mos Eisley Download Contest Dialogue If Love is a Red Dress Hang Me in Rags Bring out the Hack Dialogue Comanche Flowers on the Wall User friendliness goes a Long Way Dialogue Surf Rider FAQ 25 17 Dialogue Songs from the Wasteland 1998 Song Naked and Savage Originally by The Mission UK Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 041 Nod s Tacklebox of Fun 1999 Song Lovefool Originally by The Cardigans Label Cargo Re Constriction REC 35 The Challenge From Beyond A Tribute To H P Lovecraft 2000 Song Hold Your Breath Dreams 1 And 2 Label Dion Fortune SPV GmbH Drowned Visions 2011 Song Nauseau Ad Nauseam Kinky Sex And Breakfast Mix Label Dark Horizons CRL Studios Presents The Second Wavelength Dark 2011 Song Exile Skidmark Dub Mix Label CRL Studios CRLF013 2 Electronic Saviors Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume II Recurrence 2012 Song I Am the Man Label Metropolis Distortion Productions CRL Studios Presents The Third Wavelength Life 2015 Song Playing with Undead Things Label CRL Studios Electronic Saviors Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume IV Retaliation 2016 Song Memory Label Metropolis Distortion Productions Neo Denver Is About To Explode Weltmuzik Festival 2017 Song Deleting Me Again Expunged Remix Label Welt Muzik Electronic Saviors Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume V Remembrance 2018 Song Bleed for Me Label Metropolis Distortion Productions Electronic Saviors Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Synthcore Dreams Vol 1 2018 Song Stand In L1ne Label Distortion Productions A Riveting Protest 2019 Song For What It s Worth Originally by Buffalo Springfield Label Riveting Music Electronic Saviors Electronic Music To Cure Cancer Vol VI Reflection 2020 Song Under Your Skin Esaviors6mix Label Distortion ProductionsReferences Edit a b c d e Gornisiewicz Katarzyna Backlash Brian May 3 2007 Society Burning Interview Fabryka Music Magazine Retrieved November 3 2020 a b c d e Christian Chris August 13 1997 Interview with Society Burning Sonic Boom Retrieved November 2 2020 a b c d e Mayo James November 13 1997 Burn Baby Burn Westword Retrieved November 2 2020 Helms Colin October 5 1998 Record News Various Artists PDF CMJ New Music Report Great Neck NY College Media Inc 56 590 9 ISSN 0890 0795 Retrieved December 16 2021 Roberts Michael December 17 1998 Feedback Westword Retrieved November 8 2020 External links EditOfficial website Daveoramma s site Boom chr Paige s site Society Burning discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Society Burning amp oldid 1122826441, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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