Fallon Bowman
Encyclopedia
Fallon Bowman is a musician from Ontario
, Canada
, best known for her involvement with Kittie
, Pigface
, Amphibious Assault and most recently, a solo career. She is of Dutch
and Indonesian
descent.
and Mercedes' sister, Morgan Lander
. She played guitar
and performed background vocals
for the band as heard on their Spit
album and the Paperdoll EP. She parted ways with Kittie in August 2001.
, Bowman, now seventeen, was skimming through a Tom Clancy
novel when she came upon the term amphibious assault
. Bowman thought this would be a great name for an industrial band
.
Soon after, Bowman went on to record several tracks with Pigface for the band's 2003 album, Easy Listening...
. Her enjoyment of the recording experience led her to begin writing music again. She purchased a sequencer
and began exploring the industrial music genre that she admired but had never actively pursued. In the months that followed, Bowman's basement became filled with drum machine
s and synthesizer
s. From her basement, she wrote the songs that made up Amphibious Assault's debut album, District Six
, released on the Social Unrest label. Bowman's former Kittie bandmate, bassist Talena Atfield
, and guitarist Pete Henderson also contributed to the project.
Amphibious Assault's second album was completed and originally scheduled for a June, and later, an August 2005 release. The release was postponed on both occasions, largely due to Bowman's school schedule. Her school schedule also caused her to miss her scheduled live appearances with Pigface. On January 10, 2007, Bowman announced via the Amphibious Assault website, that the second album, On Better Days and Sin-Eating
, was finally available for purchase. The album was limited to 500 physical copies but was also made available via digital download. She also confirmed that this album would be the last release under the Amphibious Assault name. Bowman commented that a new project, tentatively named "Oh No, Torpedo!", was planned for the future.
of The Birthday Massacre
on drums. The band played a series of live shows and announced their forthcoming debut album. Soon after the recording of the album, the decision was made to release it under her own name and to continue on as a solo artist. The album, Human Conditional, was released on January 25, 2011.
series Freak Encounters. The episode reveals that she has a degree in archaeology
.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, best known for her involvement with Kittie
Kittie
Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. A quartet of women, the group rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single...
, Pigface
Pigface
Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...
, Amphibious Assault and most recently, a solo career. She is of Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
and Indonesian
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
descent.
Kittie
At fourteen years old, Bowman helped to form Kittie with classmate Mercedes LanderMercedes Lander
Mercedes Sherida Lander is the drummer and backing vocalist for the Canadian alternative metal group Kittie. Her sister, Morgan Lander, also sings and plays guitar for Kittie. Other than Morgan she is the only other original member of Kittie.She was also the leading vocals for a small Canadian...
and Mercedes' sister, Morgan Lander
Morgan Lander
Morgan Lee Lander is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian alternative metal group Kittie. Her sister, Mercedes Lander, plays drums for Kittie. She is known for her use of metal growls as a vocalist, though she also sings with a clean voice as well...
. She played guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and performed background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for the band as heard on their Spit
Spit (Kittie)
Spit was the successful debut album by Kittie, a Canadian metal all-women band from London, Ontario. It was released in 1999 on Artemis Records and projected the band into the mainstream heavy metal music scene...
album and the Paperdoll EP. She parted ways with Kittie in August 2001.
Amphibious Assault
While on a flight from Ontario to New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, Bowman, now seventeen, was skimming through a Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and...
novel when she came upon the term amphibious assault
Amphibious warfare
Amphibious warfare is the use of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to project military power ashore. In previous eras it stood as the primary method of delivering troops to non-contiguous enemy-held terrain...
. Bowman thought this would be a great name for an industrial band
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
.
Soon after, Bowman went on to record several tracks with Pigface for the band's 2003 album, Easy Listening...
Easy Listening...
Easy Listening... is Pigface's 2003 album, their first since 1997's A New High in Low. The album includes contributions from Chris Vrenna, Fallon Bowman, Keith Levene, Edsel Dope, Jared Louche, Jason Miller, Penn Jillette, En Esch, Chris Connelly, Steven Seibold, Michelle Walters and more.-Track...
. Her enjoyment of the recording experience led her to begin writing music again. She purchased a sequencer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
and began exploring the industrial music genre that she admired but had never actively pursued. In the months that followed, Bowman's basement became filled with drum machine
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
s and synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s. From her basement, she wrote the songs that made up Amphibious Assault's debut album, District Six
District Six (album)
District Six is the debut album by Amphibious Assault. It was released in 2003.-Track listing:#"Post Apocalyptic Burn"#"Searchlight"#"District 6"#"There was Light "#"Defcon-3"#"In Your Room" #"Benedictine"...
, released on the Social Unrest label. Bowman's former Kittie bandmate, bassist Talena Atfield
Talena Atfield
-External links:* *...
, and guitarist Pete Henderson also contributed to the project.
Amphibious Assault's second album was completed and originally scheduled for a June, and later, an August 2005 release. The release was postponed on both occasions, largely due to Bowman's school schedule. Her school schedule also caused her to miss her scheduled live appearances with Pigface. On January 10, 2007, Bowman announced via the Amphibious Assault website, that the second album, On Better Days and Sin-Eating
On Better Days and Sin-Eating
On Better Days and Sin-Eating is the second, and final, release by industrial band Amphibious Assault, formed by former Kittie member Fallon Bowman....
, was finally available for purchase. The album was limited to 500 physical copies but was also made available via digital download. She also confirmed that this album would be the last release under the Amphibious Assault name. Bowman commented that a new project, tentatively named "Oh No, Torpedo!", was planned for the future.
Solo artist
Bowman's new project was eventually revealed as "Fallon and the Grace Dynasty." "The Grace Dynasty" was a five piece band that included RhimRhim
Rhim is a Toronto based musician and sound designer/engineer best known as the drummer for the band The Birthday Massacre since he joined in 2003. As a sound designer for the St. Catharine's based video game developer Silicon Knights, he worked on games including the Xbox 360 title Too Human...
of The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre is a synthrock band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band formed in 1999, known then as Imagica...
on drums. The band played a series of live shows and announced their forthcoming debut album. Soon after the recording of the album, the decision was made to release it under her own name and to continue on as a solo artist. The album, Human Conditional, was released on January 25, 2011.
Other work
Bowman was the subject of a prank for an episode of the Animal PlanetAnimal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
series Freak Encounters. The episode reveals that she has a degree in archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
.
Selected discography
- SpitSpit (Kittie)Spit was the successful debut album by Kittie, a Canadian metal all-women band from London, Ontario. It was released in 1999 on Artemis Records and projected the band into the mainstream heavy metal music scene...
(with KittieKittieKittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. A quartet of women, the group rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single...
) (1999) - Paperdoll EP (with KittieKittieKittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. A quartet of women, the group rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single...
) (2000) - Easy Listening...Easy Listening...Easy Listening... is Pigface's 2003 album, their first since 1997's A New High in Low. The album includes contributions from Chris Vrenna, Fallon Bowman, Keith Levene, Edsel Dope, Jared Louche, Jason Miller, Penn Jillette, En Esch, Chris Connelly, Steven Seibold, Michelle Walters and more.-Track...
(with PigfacePigfacePigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...
) (2003) - District SixDistrict Six (album)District Six is the debut album by Amphibious Assault. It was released in 2003.-Track listing:#"Post Apocalyptic Burn"#"Searchlight"#"District 6"#"There was Light "#"Defcon-3"#"In Your Room" #"Benedictine"...
(with Amphibious Assault) (2003) - On Better Days and Sin-EatingOn Better Days and Sin-EatingOn Better Days and Sin-Eating is the second, and final, release by industrial band Amphibious Assault, formed by former Kittie member Fallon Bowman....
(with Amphibious Assault) (2006) - Human Conditional (as Fallon Bowman) (2011)