The Young Gods

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The Young Gods

The Young Gods in 2007
Background information
Also known as TYG
Origin Fribourg, Switzerland
Genres Post-industrial, industrial rock, dark ambient
Years active 1985–present[1]
Labels Wax Trax!,[2] Play It Again Sam, Interscope, Ipecac, Intoxygene, Make Up, Two Gentlemen
Members Franz Treichler
Alain Monod
Bernard Trontin
Vincent Hänni
Past members Cesare Pizzi
Patrice Bagnoud
Urs Hiestand

The Young Gods (TYG) are a Swiss post-industrial band from Fribourg. The band's lineup consisted of a trio composed by a vocalist, a keyboardist/sampler operator and a drummer. In 2007, a fourth member joined the band. Their instrumentation often includes sampled electric guitars, drums, keyboards, and other samples.[1] The lyrics are written in English, French and German.

Biography

Their name is taken from an early EP by the no wave/noise rock band Swans. Artists influenced by The Young Gods include Pitchshifter, Mike Patton, Sepultura, The Edge (as stated in U2 by U2), Devin Townsend, Ithak, Econoline Crush and David Bowie; asked in 1995 if his album Outside was influenced by Nine Inch Nails, Bowie answered: "The band that I was actually quite taken with was three guys from Switzerland called The Young Gods... I’d been aware of them previous to knowing about Nine Inch Nails."[3]

Roli Mosimann of Swans has worked with the group as a producer. In 2007 they did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session. Notable hits are: "Did You Miss Me?", "Envoyé!", "Longue Route", "Skinflowers", and "Kissing the Sun".

In December 2012, The Young Gods gave a small series of concerts to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first album (1987). The group will play songs from their first two albums ("The Young Gods" and "L'eau rouge"). The line-up will be Franz Treichler (vocals), Bernard Trontin (drums) and Cesare Pizzi (samplers).

The group supplied original music for the 2012 animated short film, Kali the Little Vampire, which went on to win over 20 international awards.[4]

Members

Current

Past

Discography

Studio albums
Title Year Label
The Young Gods 1987 Wax Trax![2]
L'Eau Rouge 1989 Play It Again Sam
The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill 1991 Play It Again Sam
T.V. Sky 1992 Play It Again Sam
Only Heaven 1995 Interscope Records
Heaven Deconstruction 1996 Play It Again Sam
Second Nature 2000 Ipecac
Music for Artificial Clouds 2004 Intoxygene, Make Up
Super Ready/Fragmenté 2007 Ipecac
Everybody Knows 2010 Two Gentlemen

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Young Gods. "Everybody Knows (Biography)". The Young Gods (Official Site). Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Discogs (1987). "The Young Gods (self-titled album)" (Wax Trax! Records #WAX7135 - LP, Album, CD). Discogs. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Newquist, HP (January 1996). "No Longer A Lad Insane". Guitar.
  4. ↑ Lusa and PÚBLICO (January 30, 2014). "Kali, o Pequeno Vampiro exibido enquanto "património cultural internacional" em festival da UNESCO". publico.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ Patrice Bagnoud, alias Frank Bagnoud, died after a long illness in June 2005 http://www.younggods.com/cms/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=88&idart=138

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