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This is a list of California based goth, synthpop, and industrial music bands. This list includes former and currently active bands in the entire California region and hopefully can be used to give people an idea of the significance of this region to goth, synthpop, and industrial music. It is based on a list compiled by San Francisco-Bay Area musician Eric Gottesman.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Artist: is the band name (and will be linked to the bands Wikipedia article if there is one), side projects or other names should have their own entries in the list
Homepage: an external link is available when the band has an active homepage
Dates: this is the range of years that the band has been together, where bands that are no longer active are shaded in gray
Last Residence: this is the last or current residence of bands (notice this list includes bands that are no longer in California)
Number of Releases: this number is the number of regular releases (bands that perform live only might have no releases)
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Alister's Rosary |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Amber Asylum |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
8 |
| Anguish |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Animated Corsage |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Artemis |
Yes |
2001 - Present |
San Francisco |
2 |
| The Aversion |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Axoe |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Equilibrium |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Escape(Window) |
Yes |
? |
San Francisco |
? |
| Everything Goes Cold |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
| Exclipsect |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
| Exillon |
Yes |
1998 - Present |
Oakland |
4 + comp appearances |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Factrix |
Yes |
1978 - 1982 |
San Francisco |
5 |
| Fade to Black |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| The Faded |
Yes |
? - Present |
? |
? |
| Faith and the Muse |
Yes |
1993 - Present |
Los Angeles |
5 |
| Falling You |
Yes |
? - Present |
? |
? |
| Fatal Rupture |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Final Duel |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Flatline Transmissions |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
| Form/Alkaline |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Fornicuit |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Frank The Baptist |
Yes |
1999 - Present |
San Diego |
4 |
| F-Space |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Halou |
Yes |
1995 - Present |
San Francisco |
5 |
| Here We Burn |
? |
1994-1998 |
San Francisco |
1 |
| HMB |
Yes |
? - Present |
Sacramento / Leipzig |
1 |
| Holocaust Theory |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Kill Sister Kill |
? |
1992 - ? |
San Francisco |
? |
| Killing Floor |
Yes |
1968 - ? |
? |
? |
| Kode IV |
Yes |
? |
San Francisco |
8 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Loma Prieta |
? |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
| Love Club |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Luxt |
Yes |
? - 2005 |
Sacramento |
5 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Malign |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Manufactura |
Yes |
2000 - Present |
Los Angeles |
4 |
| Meat Beat Manifesto |
Yes |
1987 - Present |
San Francisco |
10 |
| Mephisto Walz |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Metagalaxxy |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Monstrum Sepsis |
Yes |
1996 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
| Moonlife |
Yes |
1999 - Present |
Oakland |
3 |
| Murder Death Kill |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Mute Angst Envy |
Yes |
1988 - Present |
San Jose/Bay Area |
2 |
| My Sin |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Neither Neither World |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Nerve Factor |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Nevertheless |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Nihil Communication |
Yes |
1997 - Present |
San Francisco |
1 |
| N-Vitro |
? |
1997 - present |
Sacramento |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| off_ocus |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
| the Operative |
? |
? - Present |
Los Angeles |
1 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Rosen Coven |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Savak |
Yes |
1998 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
| Savior |
? |
? - Present |
Sacramento |
? |
| See Colin Slash |
Yes |
1998 - 2004 |
Oakland |
2 |
| Shadow Cabinet |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Sharkbait |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Slave Unit |
? |
? - Present |
? |
? |
| Sleeping with the Earth |
Yes |
1999 - Present |
Portland, Oregon |
11 |
| Soil and Eclipse |
Yes |
1996 - Present |
Richmond, CA |
4 |
| Stone 588 |
Yes |
1992 - Present |
Fullerton, CA |
3+ |
| Spiritual Cramp |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Sunshine Blind |
Yes |
1991 - 2003 |
San Francisco |
5 |
| Swann Danger |
www.swanndanger.com |
2001 - Present |
oakland |
2 + various compliations |
| Switchblade Symphony |
No |
1989 - 1999 |
San Francisco |
9 |
| System Exclusive |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Tesseract7 |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
| Tinfed |
Yes |
? - 2003 |
? |
? |
| Title |
Yes |
? - Present |
? |
4 |
| Trance to the Sun |
Yes |
1990 - 2001 |
Santa Barbara |
7 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Vas |
Yes |
1995 - Present |
Los Angeles |
4 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Wages of Sin |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Wench |
No |
1999 |
San Francisco |
1 |
| WhipKraft |
Yes |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
1 Welcome to the Chapel Perilous |
| Whormongr |
Yes |
? - Present |
? |
? |
| Winter Chapter |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Xenocanon |
Yes |
? - Present |
Sacramento |
? |
| Xorcist |
Yes |
1991 - 1999 |
? |
7 |
| Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
| Zymosiz |
Yes |
1998 - Present |
San Francisco |
5 |
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