List of California Goth and Industrial Bands

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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Dates: this is the range of years that the band has been together, where bands that are no longer active are shaded in gray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)

[edit] 0 - 9

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
13th Sky  ?  ?  ?  ?
15 degrees below zero Yes 2000 - Present San Francisco 3
45 Grave No 1979 - 1990 Los Angeles 8
187 Calm  ?  ?  ?  ?
5,000 Fingers Yes  ? - 2005 San Mateo  ?

[edit] A

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  ?  ?  ?  ?

[edit] B

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
B!Machine Yes 1996 - Present San Francisco 21
Battery  ?  ? San Francisco  ?
Battery Cage  ?  ? - Present  ?  ?
BATZZ in the Belfrey  ?  ?  ?  ?
Bitcrush  ?  ? - Present San Francisco  ?
Black Ice  ?  ?  ?  ?
Black Snake Moan yes 1997 - Present San Francisco 2
Blade Fetish yes 1990 - 1993 Santa Barbara 2
Bleak Track  ?  ?  ?  ?
Bleeding Stone  ?  ?  ?  ?
Burning Image yes 1983-Present Bakersfield 2

[edit] C

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
C/A/T Yes 1998 - Present Seattle 8
Catharsis  ?  ?  ?  ?
Cause and Effect  ?  ?  ?  ?
Cellar-M  ?  ?  ?  ?
Charlie Nusance Yes July 2005 - Present Marysville, California 3
Chemical Angel Yes 1996 - Present Sacramento  ?
Christian Death Yes 1979 - 1998 Los Angeles 28
Cindergarden Yes  ? - Present Los Angeles 1
Claire Voyant Yes 1995 - Present Sacramento 4
Claudia's Ashes Yes 2002 - Present Galt 2
Collide Yes 1988 - Present Los Angeles 10
CompostFilter Yes 2000 - Present Oakland 2
Consolidated  ? 1988 - ?  ? 7
Control Theory Yes 2001 - 2004 San Jose 1
Crimson Ivy  ?  ?  ?  ?

[edit] D

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
d.compose Yes  ? San Francisco 1
Deathline International Yes  ? San Francisco  ?
Din Fiv Yes  ? - Present San Francisco 2
Disclosure No 2005 - Present Seattle 1
Diva Destruction Yes 2000 - Present Hollywood 2
Dreams of the Fall No  ? - 2001 San Jose 2
Drop Black Sky Yes 2003 - Present Oakland 1
Dryft No 1999 - Present San Francisco 2

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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

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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  ?

[edit] G

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Galaxxy Chamber Yes 1991- San Francisco 1 album, numerous compilation tracks
Ganymede  ?  ?  ?  ?
Gauge  ?  ?  ?  ?
Gridlock Yes 1994 - 2005 San Francisco 13
Grotus Yes 1991 - 1996 San Francisco 10

[edit] H

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  ?  ?  ?  ?

[edit] I

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Imperative Reaction  ?  ?  ?  ?
Imperial Floral Assault Unit  ?  ? San Francisco  ?
Informatik Yes 1994 - Present Boston / San Francisco 4
Information Society  ?  ?  ?  ?
Inure  ? 1999 - Present Los Angeles 2
Invisible Ballet Yes  ? - Present San Francisco 1
Ivoux Yes 1996  ? 1

[edit] J

[edit] K

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Kill Sister Kill  ? 1992 - ? San Francisco  ?
Killing Floor Yes 1968 - ?  ?  ?
Kode IV Yes  ? San Francisco 8

[edit] L

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Loma Prieta  ?  ? - Present San Francisco  ?
Love Club  ?  ?  ?  ?
Luxt Yes  ? - 2005 Sacramento 5

[edit] M

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  ?  ?  ?  ?

[edit] N

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  ?

[edit] O

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
off_ocus Yes  ?  ?  ?
the Operative  ?  ? - Present Los Angeles 1

[edit] P

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Primal Engine early 90s
Pulse Legion  ? 1996 - ? Los Angeles 2
Psyclon Nine Yes 2002 - Present San Francisco 2

[edit] Q

[edit] R

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Rosen Coven Yes  ? - Present San Francisco 3

[edit] S

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  ?  ?  ?  ?

[edit] T

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

[edit] U

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Uberkunst Yes 1995 - Present Sacramento  ?
Unwoman Yes 2000 - Present San Francisco 2

[edit] V

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Vas Yes 1995 - Present Los Angeles 4

[edit] W

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  ?  ?  ?  ?

[edit] X

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Xenocanon Yes  ? - Present Sacramento  ?
Xorcist Yes 1991 - 1999  ? 7

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

Artist Homepage Dates Last Residence Number of Releases
Zymosiz Yes 1998 - Present San Francisco 5

[edit] Additional Resources