| Def FX | |
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| Also known as | Definition FX |
| Origin |  Australia |
| Genre(s) | Industrial rock |
| Years active | 1990–1997 |
| Label(s) | Phantom Records RCA Records EMI Cicada Music MCA Records |
| Associated acts | Caligula Celebrity Drug Disasters |
| Former members | |
| Sean Lowry Fiona Horne Blake Gardner Martin Basha Larry Van Kriedt Margaret Urlich Dave Stein Charlie McMahon Peter Tasker Sean Fonti |
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Def FX (1990-1997) was an Australian industrial-dance-rock group, formed in Sydney. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 Events January January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Phantom Records was an Australian Independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing and Jules Normington in 1979 RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc Caligula were a band from Sydney, Australia, who produced Techno - Grunge music in the early 1990s and achieved some national success Sean Lowry (born 1968 is a visual artist writer theoretician electronic music producer and new media artist Fiona Horne (born 1966 in Sydney) is an Australian Singer, Rock musician model, actress, Author and wiccan Larry Van Kriedt (born in the United States c 1954) was the first bassist with rock band AC/DC. Margaret Urlich (born in Auckland, New Zealand) is a Musician. Charlie McMahon (born Horace Charles McMahon in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney, Australia, June 19, 1951) is an Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Synonyms Since around the mid-1980s electronic dance music has enjoyed popularity in many Nightclubs and as of 2006 is the predominant type of music played in Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The core of the group was keyboardist and vocalist Sean Lowry (also a visual artist) and vocalist Fiona Horne (a famous Wiccan and environmentalist). Sean Lowry (born 1968 is a visual artist writer theoretician electronic music producer and new media artist Fiona Horne (born 1966 in Sydney) is an Australian Singer, Rock musician model, actress, Author and wiccan
Top 50 ARIA hit "Psychoactive Summer" is exemplary of Def FX's music, combining elements of electronica and heavy-metal instrumentations and grunge vocals. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA is a Trade group representing the Australian recording industry Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Their music throughout their career can be described as a fusion of elements of psychedelia, industrial, grunge, electronica, and heavy metal, and in their early days, even reggae and disco. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define In fluctating degrees their sound has similarities to that of Pink Floyd, Skinny Puppy, Cliff Burton-era Metallica, Soundgarden, Jesus Jones, The Prodigy, INXS, Garbage, Rammstein, 1990s Wollongong grunge band Tumbleweed, Marilyn Manson, and current hit-makers Evanescence. Pink Floyd are Skinny Puppy is an industrial band formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. Clifford Lee Burton (February 10 1962 &ndash September 27 1986 was a bass guitarist best known for his work with the American heavy metal band Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Jesus Jones is a British rock group. The London -based group recorded and performed in the late 1980s throughout the 1990s The Prodigy are an Electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree Essex, England. INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group Garbage is an American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994 Rammstein (ˈʀamʃtaɪ̯n is a German Industrial metal band founded in Berlin, and consisting of Till Lindemann ( lead vocals Marilyn Manson is an American Alternative metal band based in Los Angeles California. Evanescence is an American
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History
With guitarist Blake Gardner, bassist Martin Basha, and Larry Van Kriedt on saxophone and programming respectively, the band released their first EP Water in 1990. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Larry Van Kriedt (born in the United States c 1954) was the first bassist with rock band AC/DC. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The release featured the song "Surfers of the Mind", the band's first music video. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Their first album Light Speed Collision was released in 1992 (first as a vinyl-only release on the Phantom Records label, followed by CD in 1992 through EMI) and featured a cover both parodying and paying tribute to that of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, with the title track also decidedly Floydesque. Phantom Records was an Australian Independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing and Jules Normington in 1979 The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive The album also featured supplementary vocals by New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Margaret Urlich (born in Auckland, New Zealand) is a Musician. For its release in the United States the band were forced use the artist name "Definition FX" to avoid any confusion with US band Das EFX. Das EFX is an American hip-hop group It consists of emceess Skoob (also known as Books, born William "Willie" Hines
The next album Baptism, released in 1993, was a compilation of the EPs "Water", "Surge" and "Blink" as well as the 12-inch "Surfers of the Mind" single. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) It also featured the single "Make Your Stash", which is apparently so rare that Horne had no idea of its existence when presented it for autographing by a dedicated Def FX fan. The single was rather atypical of Def FX, in that it had no cover art and no B-sides, which had characterised their EPs. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s The band usually preferred to make each release, be it album or EP, a conceptual work that made full use of the compact disc format that had recently come into commercial prominence. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio
Weeks before the band's second tour of the United States, guitarist Gardner left the band to be replaced by Dave Stein. By the end of 1993, Martin Basha also departed, replaced by long-time member Larry Van Kriedt.
Ritual Eternal (1995) was a more experimental album, featuring some tracks without the standard guitars, and others featuring Charlie McMahon playing the didgeridoo, with whom Def FX also toured. Charlie McMahon (born Horace Charles McMahon in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney, Australia, June 19, 1951) is an The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. Recorded and produced almost entirely by Sean Lowry, following the cancellation of their contract with EMI, this album also introduced new bassist, Peter Tasker, who was forced out of the band months later for his unprofessional behaviour. His replacement was Sean Fonti, formerly of Sydney act Caligula. Caligula were a band from Sydney, Australia, who produced Techno - Grunge music in the early 1990s and achieved some national success
1996 saw the release of Majick the band's most techno/metal sounding album. It spawned four singles, and became the band's only certified release, going gold in 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The band dissolved in May of that year, as Lowry had a plan to end the project. The split was announced by Horne on ABCTV's Saturday morning youth variety show Recovery, many believed this to be premature as the band was still very successful. ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956 Recovery was a music and youth interests television series broadcast by ABC TV in Australia It was coincidentally during the same news segment as seminal Seattle grunge act Soundgarden's demise was also made public.
Post-breakup
Fiona Horne has subsequently become a successful author, writing an autobiography and a work discussing the Wicca rituals she practices.
Sean Lowry completed his PhD in 2003 at the University of Sydney (his thesis concerned appropriation art and sampling in music) and has since formed Celebrity Drug Disasters, together with producer Rob Taylor. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia Robert Earl Taylor (born November 14, 1960) is a former NFL Offensive tackle who played eight seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Discography
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 Water[1] |
Released: Jun 1991
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| Surge[2] | Released: 1991
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 Blink[3] |
Released: 1992
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.jpeg/100px-Def_FX_-_Light_Speed_Collision_(AUS).jpeg) Light Speed Collision (Aus Release)[4] |
Released: 1992
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 Baptism[5] |
Released: 1993
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.jpeg/100px-Def_FX_-_Light_Speed_Collision_(US).jpeg) Light Speed Collision (US Release)[6] |
Released: 1993
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 No Time For Nowhere[7] |
Released: 1993
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.jpeg/100px-Def_FX_-_Something_Inside_(No_Time_For_Nowhere).jpeg) Something Inside (No Time For Nowhere)[8] |
Released: 1993
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.jpeg/100px-Def_FX_-_Space_Time_Disco_(AUS).jpeg) Space Time Disco (Aus Release)[9] |
Released: 1993
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.jpeg/100px-Def_FX_-_Space_Time_Disco_(US).jpeg) Space Time Disco (Us Release)[10] |
Released: 1993
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| Make Your Stash | Released: 1993
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 Post Moronic[11] |
Released: 1994
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 Kill the Real Girls[12] |
Released: 1995
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| Psychoactive Summer[13] | Released: 1995
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 Ritual Eternal[14] |
Released: 1995
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 Deja Vu / Headfuck[15] |
Released: 1996
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 I'll Be Your Majick[16] |
Released: 1996
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 Majick[17] |
Released: 1996
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 Spell On You[18] |
Released: 1996
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References
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Water
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Surge
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Blink
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Light Speed Collision (Aus)
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Baptism
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Light Speed Collision (US)
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - No Time For Nowhere
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Something Inside (No Time For Nowhere)
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Space Time Disco (Aus)
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Space Time Disco (US)
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Post Moronic
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Kill the Real Girls
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Psychoactive Summer
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Ritual Eternal
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Deja Vu / Headfuck
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - I'll Be Your Majick
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Majick
- ^ Discogs: DEF FX - Spell On You
External links
- Fiona Horne's official website
- Celebrity Drug Disasters
- Def FX at Discogs
- Fiona Horne interview at WickedInfo.com
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