Artist description Gothic terror on acid... with a twist.

Music Style Gothic, Punk, Pop, Industrial Noise

Similar Artists The Residents, 45 Grave, Pere Ubu and the Virgin Prunes have a fight in a garage

Artist History Formed in 1979 to create the soundtrack to a "movie" they were making, THEATRE OF ICE metamorphosed over the next 20 years from an experimental underground spookshow, to a creepy electro-synth duo, to a cutting edge horror-punk band, to the masters of gothic terror. For a detailed history see WWW.THEATREOFICE.COM

Group Members CURRENT AND FORMER --- BRENT JOHNSON (vocals, guitars, synthesizers, drums); JOHN JOHNSON (guitars, synthesizers, vocals); JAY PLANTY (guitars, bass, keyboards); DALE GARRARD (guitars, keyboards, vocals); CRAIG MOORE (guitars, vocals); MIKE DOSKOCIL (drums); ERIC JOHNSON (guitars); GEORGE CARLSTON (bass, vocals); JOHN BARADET (drums); MARK JOHNSON (drums, guitars, vocals); TONY PAYTON (guitars); TED PRIESS (bass, synthesizers); JASON COBB (drums); RICHARD HILLQUEST (drums); LYLE JOHNSON (guitars); MALCOM BLISS (guitars)

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums, Sythesizers, Rocks, Bones, and Found Objects

Press Reviews "Brilliant, one can imagine oneself being faced with a quiet cold corpse, and suddenly blood bursts forth from within and covers you... densley rich cemetery songs" - EARMEAT (CANADA) "A view of pychedelic pycho hell on earth" - PURITY (NEW JERSEY) "A haunting celebration of the dark side... guarranteed to send chills down anyone's spine" - NEW TIMES (ARIZONA) "These guys have a dark vision peopled with rotting corpses and ugly oozy things... a definite must for all creepy horror show fanatics" - REAL LIFE (CALIFORNIA) "Mystical, medieval layers of sound and noise" - SPINAL JAUNDICE (COLORADO) "Demented, sick, deranged, perverted, degrading... in other words, pure enjoyment" - MAXIMUM ROCK'N ROLL (CALIFORNIA) "Dark, atmospheric, yet slashing horror rock" - OPTION (CALIFORNIA) "Raw, gloomy rock that drags the listener along the razor's edge of insanity and despair" - WHERE IT'S HOT (ARIZONA)"Great high energy horror rock... an absolute must" - VIRGIN MEAT (CALIFORNIA)"A great substitute for ghost stories around the campfire" - UNSOUND (CALIFORNIA)"At the end of listening immense disgust and real despair become clear... I am all ears" - OPEN SYSTEM PROJECT (BELGIUM) "Synthesizers projecting etheral discords to the back of your head; quiet but crashing guitars; unconventional percussion, and vocals that sound as if they are about to commit suicide... a great musical talent" - HIGH OCTANE (ENGLAND) "Spooky stuff... good for a dose of the old late-nite willies" - INK DISEASE (CALIFORNIA) "Utterly and quasi-insanely intense and hypnotizing... simply the last word in horror" - SPORADIC DROOLINGS (NEW JERSEY) "This could be the soundtrack to your worst nightmare... some of the scariest music ever" - FACTSHEET FIVE (NEW YORK) "Think of Edgar Allen Poe's BLACKCAT as a reference point for their works. As in Poe the suggestion of insanity always lays close to the surface. Imagine Poe living in the contempory family, and then you'll sense how Theatre of Ice flows through the dark night of domestic horror." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS (OHIO

Additional Info VINYL AVAILABLE: many lps and eps @ www.theatreofice.com

Location MESA, ARIZONA - USA

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