Former members:
Josh: Guitar (2005-2008)
Kevin: Drums (2006-2008)
Influences
In no particular order:
David Bowie, Camus' "The Rebel", Bauhaus, Orwell's "1984", The Prisoner, Joy Division, Kubrick, Velvet Underground, Blade Runner, Brian Eno, William Gibson, Jesus & Mary Chain, Sex Pistols, Gary Numan, the Cure.
Sounds Like
"Typical" - Opening song from our Speakeasy Lounge (Sacramento, CA) show on 11/20/07
"Network" - From our Speakeasy Lounge (Sacramento, CA) show on 11/20/07
Razorblade Monalisa is a Sacramento based Post-Punk 4-piece that at once recalls the era of 80’s artists such as U2, Joy Division, the Cure and Chameleons, but also provides an entirely original soundscape, pushing the genre into a fresh and exciting new direction.
Razorblade Monalisa - whose name refers to the modern tendency to change or censor the art of the past to suit consumer’s current underdeveloped tastes - was formed in 2004 by lyricist Bino Prassa and instrumentalist Jules Alcouffe (formerly of Blue Monroe, DJ at clubs Noir and Trauma). Dire Deparra (bass, from Uberkunst and various NY-area indie bands of years past) joined in 2006.
Hook laden guitar and bass lines, narrative lyrics, and propulsive drumming are all vying for attention over a backdrop of shifting tempo and key changes, usual arrangements, and a wide palate of mood. Bino’s Sci-Fi laced lyrics echo Gary Numan's world of paranoid, lonely machines and alienated humanity.
A Razorblade Monalisa show is almost more of a cinematic experience than musical one. Each song is a set piece; from a hard-rocking wall-of-sound onslaught one moment and then a dreamy but desperate ballad the next.
BOOKING:
If you are interested in booking Razorblade Monalisa for a show, please message this profile.
Razorblade Monalisa - Alien Nation E.P. (2008) Available for purchase at shows, available for purchase as MP3 download above.
Features the songs "Alien Nation", "Net Work", and "Typical".
Razorblade Monalisa - Souvenir (2007) Available for purchase at shows, available for purchase as MP3 download above.
Includes the Eyes E.P., the Four Short Stories (for girls and boys) E.P. and a few live and rare recordings only available on this release. Features the songs "Eyes (remix)", "Disconnected", "Fall", "Saint (demo)", "Neverland", Wolves", Picture Perfect", "Ahab", "Dies Irae (instr)", "Nowhere Now Here (live)", "Eyes (live)", "Alien Nation (live)", "Saint (live)".
Razorblade Monalisa - Bleed (2003) Available for purchase as MP3 download above.
Constructed between 2000 and 2003, Bleed was conceived and written as a "concept album". Drifting somewhere between Camus' "The Rebel", Orwell's "1984", the Velvet Underground, and 1960's TV series "the Prisoner". Features the songs "White Heat", "Dead in the Springtime", "Got A Girl", "New Skin", "Pain Reliever", "Atom Bomb", "Abortion Is Mercy", "Bleed", "Thirteen".
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 the Batcave Pram. All set in a spooky Bladerunner environment!
So dress to kill … prepare for a thrill & Expect the unexpected!
The Batcave will be open from 10pm till 3am. Tickets £15 available from www.ticketweb.co.uk and Resurrection Records.
More info at www.specimenbatcave.net
Miss it at your peril!
Thanks for joining the Lockjaw Las Vegas street team, your support is appreciated more than ya know! Hope this week has treated ya well & best wishes for a great upcoming weekend!
Hey hey! Please join me at The Viper Room in Hollywood this Saturday May 9th and at Good Hurt in West LA on Thursday May 14th. I'll be spinning rock 'n' roll all night long. Hit me up for the free guest list.
I'm also starting to spin at Club Hoax in North Hollywood on May 27th! This LA's hottest new goth/industrial club.
Then June 19th in Sin City, Las Vegas @ Skizofrenia....LV's #1 goth/industrial night!
much love jules !<br /><br />yup. we got cut pretty short by the sound man last night. we were just getting warmed up.<br />longer set next time for sure<br /><br />much love !<br /><br />our new album "Devotion Implosion"<br />hits stores on April 7th<br /><br />xo<br /><br />G L I S S<br />
