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Gitane Demone
Gitane Demone, December 2007
Gitane Demone, December 2007
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, USA
Genre(s) Gothic Rock, Dark Cabaret
Years active 1985-present
Associated acts Christian Death
Website www.gitanedemone.com
Notable instrument(s)
Vocals

Gitane Demone is a singer and musician who was a member of Christian Death in the 1980s but has been working solo since leaving the band in the 1980s. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 This article is about the musical style of gothic rock For the goth scene in general see Goth subculture. Dark cabaret is a Music genre that blends the aesthetics of the decadent risqué German Weimar -era Cabarets and 1920s Burlesque Christian Death is an American Deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979 Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Christian Death is an American Deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979

Pompeii 99 and Christian Death

Gitane joined Pompeii 99 after answering an ad placed by Valor Kand. Pompeii 99 was a rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. They released one single and one album before the core members of the band (Valor Kand Gitane Valor Kand (born Skip kand in Australia is the current vocalist of Christian Death, an American Death rock / Goth rock band formed by Rozz Williams She joined Valor's band and the pair also become lovers, giving birth to a son, Sevan, in 1984. Gitane stayed with the band when it joined with Rozz Williams to become the new line-up of Christian Death. Rozz Williams ( November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) born Roger Alan Painter was an American Deathrock vocalist most Gitane split from both Valor and Christian Death in 1989.

Solo History

Gitane may have had an obvious background in punk and deathrock/gothic rock, but she also had a passion for jazz and a number of legendary female vocalists, most notably Billie Holliday. Deathrock (or Death Punk) is a term used to identify a fusion of Punk rock and Gothic rock which incorporates elements of horror and spooky atmospheres This article is about the musical style of gothic rock For the goth scene in general see Goth subculture. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter Her visual image was no less intriuging, a rubber-clad S&M look the order of the day, with the fetishy theme was carried through into her lyrics.

Gitane released a couple of EPs early in her solo career (eventually collected on the compilation 'Facets In Blue'). She then renewed her friendship with former bandmate Rozz Williams, touring together and then recording an album of cover versions in 1995. She then paired up with Mark Ickx to produce a full-length album, released under the name 'Demonix'. Around the same time

Gitane recorded an album of her own entitled 'Am I Wrong?' in 1997. She also continued to provide guest vocals for bands on both sides of the Atlantic, and also released a compilation of the songs she sung in her Christian Death days. A second studio album 'Stars of Trash' (again self-penned, but recorded with the assistance of the band Dreadful Shadows) followed in 2000. Dreadful Shadows was a German Gothic metal band formed in 1993 in Berlin

Discography

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