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John Balance (1962-2004)

Alias:
Coil
Geoff Rushton
Jhonn Balance

Birthplace:
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Born:
February 16, 1962

Died:
November 13, 2004

Biography from TheMovieDB

Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.  He was best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson. Coil was active from 1982 to Balance's death in 2004. He was responsible for the majority of Coil's vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric.  Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia (at the beginning of the 1980s), Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, Chris & Cosey, Thighpaulsandra, and produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes.

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2023  A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance

Music:
1992  The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993  Blue
1996  Frisk
2002  Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002  Coil: Prague 2002
2004  Coil: Dublin 2004
2004  Coil: Paris 2004
2010  Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023  A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance

Original Music Composer:
1985  The Angelic Conversation
1992  The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993  Blue
1996  Frisk
2002  Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002  Coil: Prague 2002
2004  Coil: Dublin 2004
2004  Coil: Paris 2004
2010  Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023  A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance

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