The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of The Nephilim, Last Rites, The Mission, New Model Army, Killing Joke, Clan of Xymox, David Bowie, NFD, Rubicon, Curve, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Snog, Frontline Assembly, VNV Nation, Front 242, New Order, Joy Division, She Wants Revenge, The Cult, Peter Murphy, Stabbing Westward, The Stranglers, Siouxie and The Banshees, GBH, Ministry, Love and Rockets, SWANS, Michael Gira, Nick Cave, Siouxie, Wire, The Stranglers, Front 242, Course of Empire
..The initial conception of Pleasure and Pain began in 1996 while Michael Garcia was between musical projects. Having been the former frontman for acts such and The End, Severance, and Flood, it was the perfect time creatively to start working on his solo ideas that didn't neccessarily fit into the musical scheme of his other projects. After 9 years of fronting Electric Jesus he is now fronting his first ever solo work. Michael Garcia finds himself writing, producing and playing all instruments on this project called Pleasure and Pain. He is currently finishing up his first 4 song solo EP entitles "The World, and All Its Thorns" with a full length debut to follow. Stay tuned for more history as it is still in the making....
Thanks dude! Miss you too... I will call one of these days I swear! I'm just soooooo damn busy with work and rehearsals. I hardly ever see my husband! Meh. I definitely need some Reps time. N~>
THE RETURN OF THE BAT
Specimen will bring their special brand of glam mayhem, The Batcave to London again.
After last year’s wildly-successful 25th anniversary Batcave event, The Batcave returns to its original spawning ground of London’s West End on Sunday July 19 for another night of blasphemy, lechery and blood.
Specimen (Fresh from a fantastic show at Leipzig’s Waves Gotik festival), the original Batcave instigators will headline the lurid frolics at the Embassy Club, (29 Old Burlington St, London W1S3AP) Also on the bill are original Batcavers Sexbeat, with DJs Hamish and Cavey Nick, cavorting from decks to decadence with the usual brutal, trouser-dropping surprises & suitably confronting & barbaric entertainment.
The 2009 Batcave will feature installations from exciting new artists of the ‘Dark London Underground’ and visuals from the upcoming ‘Welcome To The Batcave’ book, along with this year’s bitcrushed message from the creature in t