Die Warzau
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Also known as | Die Warzau Synfony |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Years active | 1987–2011 |
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Website | diewarzau |
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Die Warzau (originally Die Warzau Synfony) was an American industrial music band formed in 1987 by Jim Marcus and Van Christie.
History[]
Originally signed to Chris Parry's Fiction Records, the pair released Disco Rigido in 1989.[1]
A second album, Big Electric Metal Bass Face, was released in 1991.[1] Contributors to the band at the time included Chris Vrenna and James Woolley (both members of Nine Inch Nails during the mid-1990s), and audio visual artist Burle Avant, who went on to co-create the MTV television series Amp. Die Warzau supported Nine Inch Nails on tour the same year.[2]
Warzone Records was started by Van Christie and Jim Marcus in 1994 as part of Cabrini Green Housing Projects.[3]
Engine, a 1995 release[1] on Fiction/Wax Trax! and distributed by TVT, was the last album the group released before going on hiatus for almost a decade. Engine featured a much expanded list of contributors, including saxophonist Mars Williams, guitarist Louis Svitek, the Swans rhythm section of bassist Algis Kizys & Vinnie Signorelli, and Chris Randall of the band Sister Machine Gun (SMG).[4] One of the songs written by Die Warzau during this time, "Hole in the Ground", was featured on the SMG album Burn.
Die Warzau as a group then went on hiatus for a number of years, with Marcus and Christie working on other projects. Jim Marcus founded the pure funk group Everplastic while Van Christie worked on another project called Eco-Hed.
In 2005, the duo re-united, together with new members Abel Garibaldi and Dan Evans, releasing Convenience on their Chicago-based label Pulseblack Records.[1] The album won the Just Plain Folks Industrial Album of the Year in 2006.[5]
2008 saw the release of Vinyl88, a collection of remixes and previously unreleased tracks including "Born Again" (for which a video was released) and "Hitler's Brain", a collaboration with funk pioneer George Clinton. While some of the tracks had seen prior release, many of the remixes featured re-recorded elements.
In 2009, Die Warzau made several songs – many from the recent Convenience and Vinyl 88 releases – available for remixing at RemixGalaxy.com The different musical elements (vocals, drums, bass, etc.) of each song are available as separate tracks, which allows users the opportunity to create their own versions of the songs or incorporate the parts into their own original tracks under personal, non-commercial license.
In 2011, Die Warzau announced on their Facebook page that their performance at the WTII Minifest 2 on June 12 would be the band's last performance before breaking up. The live personnel included Jim Marcus, Dan Evans, Vince McAley, and Jay Ramirez.
In 2013, the band announced that they will reunite to play one show at the "Cold Waves II" festival held in Chicago in late September 2013.
Discography[]
- Studio albums
- Disco Rigido (1989, Fiction/PolyGram)
- Big Electric Metal Bass Face (1991, Atlantic/Fiction)
- Engine (1995, TVT/Wax Trax!)
- Convenience (2004, Pulseblack)
- Compilation albums
- Vinyl88 (2008, Rosehip/Pulseblack)
- EPs
- Borghild (2009, Pulseblack)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Huey, Steve. "Die Warzau Biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ NIN Hotline
- ^ "Warzone recorders: Wave of the future?". Sonic Boom. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Fletcher, Tony; Robbins, Ira. "Die Warzau". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Just Plain Folks Music Awards
External links[]
- TVT Records artists
- American industrial music groups
- Musical groups from Chicago
- Fiction Records artists
- Atlantic Records artists