| Combichrist | |
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Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist performing in 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Aggrotech, industrial music[1][2][3][4] |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Metropolis Records (North America) Out of Line (Europe) |
| Associated acts | Icon Of Coil, Scandy, Panzer AG, Eighteen Visions, Imperative Reaction |
| Members | |
| Andy LaPlegua - Vocals Joe Letz - Drums Z Marr- Electronics Trevor Friedrich - Percussion Abbey Nex - Guitar |
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| Past members | |
| Wes Borland -guitar Jon Horton - percussion Shaun F - keyboard Kourtney Klein - Percussion Mr. Bjoern Petersen - programming/guitar (later keyboard) Syn M - keyboard |
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Combichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech and EBM band formed in 2003 by Andy LaPlegua, who also founded the bands Icon of Coil, Panzer AG, Scandinavian Cock, and Scandy. Combichrist is based in Atlanta,Georgia. The band consist of Andy, Joe Letz, Z_Marr, Trevor Friedrich, and has a revolving guitarist spot currently filled in by Abbey Nex. Releases by the band have been very successful and charted in top positions for dance and alternative charts worldwide, a few releases have even sold out completely. The lyrical content of Combichrist typically varies from themes of misogyny, murder and suicide to BDSM and paramilitary themes, with some sampling of movies, phone calls, or interviews done throughout most songs.
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The first material LaPlegua wrote for the project was a powernoise/techno crossover track under the moniker D.R.I.V.E. The project name was later changed to Hudlager and then finally to Combichrist before the debut album The Joy of Gunz was released on the German record label Out of Line.[5] The band name came from a fanzine of Andy's in the 90s, with Combichrist being a character in it that was a "punk-rock messiah." The character would go on drug and alcohol fueled rampages, later healing those whom he had beaten.[6]
A few years after the band's conception, LaPlegua departed Norway for the United States, which is now the current home-base for Combichrist and his other projects Scandy, Panzer AG, Scandanavian Cock..[7]
Combichrist's first LP The Joy of Gunz was released in 2003. On Halloween of the same year, the limited edition EP Kiss The Blade was released with 667 pressings which sold out in less than a week.[8]
In 2004, the second EP, Sex, Drogen Und Industrial, spent several weeks at number one in the DAC charts. At the same time that Sex, Drogen Und Industrial was released, a limited edition of 666 white-vinyl 12" pressings for Blut Royale were produced, and sold out quickly. [9]
The year 2005 saw the release of Everybody Hates You and it was at this time that Andy began labeling the music as "Techno Body Music" or TBM.[10] The band released a song called "This is TBM" on the Out-of-Line compilation Techno Body Music volume 1.[11] After this release though, Andy stopped referring to their music as TBM.
Their 2006 single Get Your Body Beat was released to commercial success debuting in the number 14 slot for Billboard's Dance Singles on the date 06/06/06.[12] The band then embarked on a North American tour with KMFDM.[13]
In 2007 What the Fuck is Wrong With You People? was released, becoming a best seller for both Metropolis and Out of Line records.
Pull Out Kings producer and songwriter Z Marr joined the band as keyboardist in January 2008 to begin work on the album Today We Are All Demons.[14] According to a private exchange with Trevor Friedrich of Imperative Raction, he was asked to join the band as a drummer with Joe Letz (of Eighteen Visions and Wednesday 13) in October of 2008.
Combichrist released Today We Are All Demons on Jan 20, 2009. For part the European tour that year, Trevor was temporarily replaced by Mark Jackson of VNV Nation.[15] Combichrist's song "Shut Up and Bleed" featuring W.A.S.T.E was put on the soundtrack for the horror movie The Collector.[16]
Limp Bizkit's guitarist Wes Borland joined Combichrist briefly in October 2009 for their tour of North America and in the studio for recording of new material on Making Monsters.[17]
Combichrist's latest album, Making Monsters, was released digitally on 31 August 2010 and on CD on 28 September 2010.[18] Combichrist began a tour in support of the new album in late 2010, with Aesthetic Perfection and iVardensphere as the support bands.[19][20] In 2011, after opening for Rammstein at Madison Square Garden in December of 2010, both bands announced Combichrist would be supporting Rammstein on their North American tour and Andy announced the "Monsters on Tour Part II" taking place around the scheduled Rammstein shows. The "Monsters on Tour Part II" had the same support as the 2010 tour but with the additions of Angel Spit and God Module performing with them on select dates.[21]
Combichrist's song Never Surrender was featured in a gameplay demo for the upcoming hack-n-slash style video game DmC Devil May Cry with Andy LaPlegua working on the soundtrack for the whole game.[22]
| Year | Album |
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| 2003 | The Joy of Gunz |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates You |
| 2007 | What the Fuck is Wrong With You People? |
| 2009 | Today We Are All Demons |
| 2010 | Making Monsters |
| Year | EPs | Label |
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| 2003 | Kiss the Blade | Out of Line |
| 2004 | Blut Royale | Bractune Records |
| Sex, Drogen und Industrial | Out of Line | |
| 2006 | Get Your Body Beat | Out of Line / Metropolis Records |
| 2008 | Frost EP: Sent to Destroy | |
| 2009 | Heat EP: All Pain is Beat | |
| 2010 | Scarred | |
| Never Surrender | ||
| 2011 | Throat Full of Glass |
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Noise Collection Vol. 1 |
| Compilations |
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| 2003 Extreme Jenseitshymnen Vol. 4 (Track: "Line to the Dead") |
| 2003 Dark Awakening Vol. 4 (Track: "God Wrapped in Plastic") |
| 2003 Awake the Machines Vol. 4 (Track: "Vater Unser") |
| 2004 Intensivstation (Track: "Vater Unser") |
| 2004 Machineries of Joy 3 (Track: "Lying Sack of Shit") |
| 2004 Industrial for the Masses Vol. 2 (Tracks: "Strike" and "Without Emotions") |
| 2004 15 Minutes into the Future (Exclusive Track: "Das Der Bunker") |
| 2004 Per:Version: Vol 14 (Track: "Blut Royale") |
| 2005 Endzeit Bunkertracks: Act I (Track: "Tractor") |
| 2005 This Is... Techno Body Music (Exclusive Track "This is TBM") |
| 2006 Das Bunker: Fear of a Distorted Planet (Exclusive Track: "Christus Commando") |
| 2007 Machineries of Joy Volume 4 (Exclusive Track: "Hate and Booze (feat. Helltrash) |
| 2008 Industrial Attack Vol.2 (Track: "Electrohead") |
| 2008 Awake the Machines Vol. 6 (Track: "Prince of E-Ville (Chicago Club Mix by Accessory)") |
| 2010 Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer (Exclusive Track: "Nosepad") |
| Remixes by Combichrist/Andy Laplegua/DJ Scandy |
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| Ad Inferna - Vertige (Combichrist Remix) |
| Agonoize - Chains of Love (Destruction Remix) |
| Angelspit - 100% (99% Rawmix) |
| Angelspit - 100% (110% Fucked Mix) |
| Assemblage 23 - Spark (Combichrist Mix) |
| The Azoic - Conflict |
| The Birthday Massacre - Shallow Grave (Combichrist) |
| C + C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (as Combichrist) |
| Cylab - Kundalini (Lucky 13 Mix) |
| Dive vs. Diskonnekted - Do You Believe It |
| FGFC820 - Existence |
| Front Line Assembly - Beneath the Rubble |
| Hocico - Ruptura (Motherfucker 667 Remix) |
| I:Scintilla - Havestar |
| IAMX - You Can Be Happy |
| Icon of Coil - Android |
| Icon of Coil - Regret |
| Icon of Coil - Shelter |
| Interface - Faith in Nothing |
| Julien-K - Systeme de Sexe (Combichrist Remix) |
| KMFDM - Tohuvabohu (MS 20 Mix) |
| KMFDM - Bait & Switch (All 4 One Mix) |
| Left Spine Down - Last Daze from the 2009 album Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited |
| Manufactura - Sex and Suicide (Leaving Scars) |
| Mindless Self Indulgence - Never Wanted to Dance (Electro Hurtz Mix) |
| Mindless Self Indulgence - Straight to Video (Mix According to Combichrist) |
| Modulate - Skullfuck |
| Morbid Angel - Destructos Vs. the Earth (remixed by Combichrist) |
| Sevendaysofnight - Free Your Mind [Rock the Dancefloor Mix by Combichrist] |
| Snakeskin - I Am the Dark (Electronoir Mix) |
| SSS - Demi God |
| Suicide Commando - Fuck You, Bitch |
| Surgery - L'erba Cattiva |
| Tamtrum - Abort the Pope |
| The Birthday Massacre - Shallow Grave (Combichrist 'Good For Her' Mix) |
| W.A.S.T.E. - Shut Up and Bleed |
| Warren Suicide - Butcher Boy |
| Remixes of Combichrist |
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| Kiss the Blade r(emixed by Soman) |
| Sex, Drogen und Industrial (Addicted Remix by SolaceRED) (Download Track Only) |
| Sex, Drogen, und Industrial (Remixed by Soman (band)Soman) |
| Sex, Drogen, und Industrial (Remixed by Lowtech) |
| Sex, Drugs & Industrial (are missing) (Cross mix) feat. E.R.R.A. |
| Vater Unser (Remixed by Combicritters) |
| This is My Rifle (Happy Fucking Rifle Remix) (Lo-Fi Legion) |
| This is My Rifle (BioMechAnimal Mix by XP8) |
| This is My Rifle (AK47 Mix by Controlled Collapse) |
| This is My Rifle (BFG Remix by Servo.Hatred) |
| This is My Rifle (Pussy Pounding Mix by Encoder) |
| This is My Rifle (Spoils of War Remix by Kandelectra) |
| This is My Rifle (UCNX Mix) |
| This is My Rifle (Killswitch Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Zyst3m 3rror Re.mix by ZyVar +2) |
| This is My Rifle (CL-Macromix) by Caustic Light) |
| This is My Rifle (Gravemachine Mix) |
| This is My Rifle (TU-160 Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (5ilent Narcotic Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Flesh Eating Foundation Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Adipocere Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Bang, You're Dead Mix by Catharsis) |
| This is My Rifle (B'christ Mix by Afront) |
| This is My Rifle (Exit-Wound Mix by Fatal Rupture) |
| This is My Rifle (Lasergun Remix by T3CHN0PH0B1A) |
| This is My Rifle (Reverie Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Fuck Off RMX by Amd) |
| This is My Rifle (Sthilmann Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Vietcong Remix by Attack) |
| This is My Rifle (sOuNd_oF-cHaOs Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (PukesPantiesPussy Remix by AntI-EstaticA) |
| This is My Rifle (Remix by Anthony Chapman) |
| This is My Rifle (Sothis216 "Riffle Pussy" Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Faderhead Remix) |
| This is My Rifle (Masoschizm Remix) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Käpt'n K Mix by Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Rotten Blood Remix by Amduscia) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Shooting Up Remix by Point45) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Tortured Remix by Manufactura) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Remixed by Spetsnaz) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Remixed by Sergio Mesa) |
| Get Your Body Beat (Beat By Beat Remix by Controlled Collapse) |
| Get Your Body Beat (NOS remix), feat. Amduscia |
| Like to Thank My Buddies (Re]-Verp) ~ mix by [Syn]thetic-Null |
| Combichirst vs. Ashlee Simpson - Get Outta My Head (She's a Psycho Bitch Remix by Deader) |
| Today We Are All Demons (Beneath the World Mix) on - Soundtrack|Underworld: Rise of Lycans OST |
| Sent to Destroy (Reworked by Rotersand) |
| Sent to Destroy (Northborne Remix) |
| Sent to Destroy (Sacrifice Remix by Suicide Commando) |
| Prince of E-Ville (Princess Mix by Babyland) |
| Prince of E-Ville (Chicago Club Mix by Accessory) |
| Prince of E-Ville (Caustic Remix) |
| All Pain is Gone (Rapid Ascent Mix by VNV Nation) |
| All Pain is Gone (Matthew Grim Deathmix) |
| Can't Change the Beat (Designer Drugs Remix) |
| Can't Change the Beat (Aesthetic Perfection Remix) |
| Can't Change the Beat (Remixed By Vaughn_e) |
| Can't Change the Beat (Assemblage 23 Remix) |
| Scarred (Single Version Feat. Wes Borland) |
| Scarred (Club Mix) |
| Scarred (Pull Out Kings Remix) |
| Scarred (Shok's Zeitmahl Remix) |
| Scarred (Imperative Reaction Remix) |
| Never Surrender (IAMX Rework) |
| Never Surrender (Remix by MELT) |
| Never Surrender (Terrence Fixmer Remix) |
| Throat Full of Glass (Tough Guy Mix by S.A.M.) |
| Throat Full of Glass (Vocal Mix by Computer Club) |
| Throat Full of Glass (Dub Mix by Computer Club) |
| Throat Full of Glass (Renegade of Noise Mix by Daniel Myer) |
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 2005 | "Blut Royale" | Sandra Jensen |
| 2006 | "Get Your Body Beat" | Agata Alexander |
| 2007 | "Electrohead" | |
| "Deathbed" | Andy LaPlegua & Agata Alexander | |
| "Fuck That Shit" | Brandon Duncan | |
| 2008 | "Sent to Destroy" | Robyn Von Swank |
| 2011 | "Throat Full of Glass" | Chad Michael Ward |
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