Rorschach Test (band)

Rorschach Test was an American industrial band from Denver, Colorado, formed by James Baker after he was expelled from the

church. Baker was a young priest based in Denver until being defrocked in the early 1990s for his allegedly heretical questioning of church doctrine.[1] Unsure of his next move, he fell headlong into music and lyric writing, to help take his mind off his problems. Soon after, he met guitarist Benjamin Anderson, from Yuma, Arizona, and the two began writing songs together.[2] Baker began composing "metallic, industrial songs with a definite debt to Ministry and Skinny Puppy but including elements of conventional metal."[1]

Rorschach Test formed in Denver, Colorado, and later relocated to Seattle where they were signed to the now defunct label Slip Disc Records out of Chicago, Illinois. They enjoyed a successful career during Seattle's lively music scene in the 90's. They toured North America playing shows with the likes of Korn, Type O Negative, Genitorturers, and Queensrÿche. The band worked closely with exotic dancers from a bar in Oregon called Club Cabos.

Discography

• The Eleventh (1996)
• Unclean (Slipdisc 1998)
• Peace Minus One (E-Magine 2000)

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