Tragic Black
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| Tragic Black | |
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| Image:TBgroup.jpg Back to front: Ashe (no longer in band), Seputus, Hex, Vyle, and Vision. |
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| Origin | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 2000– |
| Genres | Darkwave, EBM |
| Labels | Strobelight Records |
| Members | Vision Vyle Hex Ashe Seputus |
| Past members | Toni Stich Ashe |
| Website(s) | www.tragicblack.com www.myspace.com/tragicblack |
Tragic Black is a four piece EMB band from Salt Lake City, Utah. The band was formed in the summer of 2000 by core members Vision and Vyle.
The band consider themselves a Deathrock act and promote themselves as so, though with each release they evolve and move further away from that genre and into electronic music stylings such as; Darkwave and Industrial rock.
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[edit] Biography
Tragic black was a concept thought of by Vision in the summer of 2000. Vyle, Ashe & Vision formed a trinity and performed live for the first time on Halloween of 2000. Shortly afterwards, Hex was admitted into the group. Ashe was removed from the band shortly afterwards and a new musician, Toni, was added in his place. Hex left the band to pursue other goals and the line-up remained as Vision, Vyle, and Toni until the Spring of 2002.
Later that year, Stich joined Tragic Black as the new six-stringed bassist. Stich brought an entire new dynamic to the band and the music progressed greatly. Due to problems with Toni, in the summer of 2003 he was removed from the band on less than desirable terms.
The line-up remained as Vision, Vyle, and Stich until the spring of 2004 when Stich left the band to pursue his own goals. Still, he stayed for several months to play his last several shows with the band but soon afterwards, he moved to London to live with his wife Barb (DJane Darlin' Grave) and in time he began form his own band All Gone Dead. Tragic Black and Stich remain on ammacable terms and hope to soon tour together and bring the spirit of brotherhood back to the stage.
Ashe was re-admitted into the band in the Spring of 2004 and played his first show with the band at the 2004 Rozz Williams memorial in Salt Lake City. In the fall of 2004, Hex returned to SLC and re-joined the band as the new bass player.
[edit] Recent times
In the Summer of 2005, Seputus joined as the new drummer. The band now incorporates elements of both electronic and real drums. After many self-released records, the band was approached by Strobelight Records in the Summer of 2005 and signed a deal. They released their third album The Decadent Requiem on February 17, 2006.
On June 2, 2006, the band performed at the Wave Gotik Treffen along with acts such as All Gone Dead and Bloody Dead and Sexy. Later that summer, the band made an official announcement on their Myspace announcing that their guitarist, Ashe, had been removed from the band and a new line-up was in place.
[edit] Line up
[edit] Current members
- Seputus - drums/programing
- Hex - guitar
- Vyle - bass/keyboard/programing
- Vision - vocals
[edit] Former members
- Toni - guitar
- Stich - bass
- Ashe - Guitar
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] E.P.
- Vatican Demonica (2002) Mp3.com exclusive.
- The Sixx Premonitions (2004)
