Stiff Valentine
Encyclopedia
Based in Vancouver
, BC
, Canada
; Stiff Valentine is a Canadian rock
band. They play a unique style of hard rock mixed with industrial, techno, metal and punk elements.
Stiff Valentine shares members and musicians with Sounds of Mass Production
, 16 Volt
, Chemlab
, Front Line Assembly
, Left Spine Down
, and Dismantled
.
Known Guest members
Former members
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, BC
British Columbia
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, 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...
; Stiff Valentine is a Canadian rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band. They play a unique style of hard rock mixed with industrial, techno, metal and punk elements.
Stiff Valentine shares members and musicians with Sounds of Mass Production
Sounds of Mass Production
Sounds of Mass Production is a cyberpunk/rap/nu metal/Industrial music band from Seattle, WA . The band name is often referred to by the acronym SMP...
, 16 Volt
16 Volt
16Volt is an industrial rock band featuring Eric Powell and Mike Peoples with various other performers added for live shows.-History:Powell became interested in music early on, and formed 16Volt in 1988. While shopping his demos several years later, he met up with a college-radio music director who...
, Chemlab
Chemlab
Chemlab is a coldwave and industrial rock band formed in Washington D.C., USA, in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More, Joe Frank , and Jared Louche . Influenced by the pioneers of the industrial genre, such as Throbbing Gristle, Chemlab mixed experimental sounds with rock and metal, which they dubbed...
, Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
, Left Spine Down
Left Spine Down
Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down is a band that plays what they call "cyberpunk," a mixture of electronica, metal, punk, and drum & bass....
, and Dismantled
Dismantled
Dismantled is an electronic music artist from the United States.-History:Dismantled is the product of an experiment that began in late 2000 by Gary Zon, who was attempting to create something similar to Front Line Assembly's sound...
.
Albums
- DigiTrash EP (2006)
- Loveless EP (2008)
- Industrial Metal Disco (2009)
- America Bleeding (2011)
- America Inbreeding (2012)
Members
Current members- "Loud" Chris DeMarcus - Vocals, Programming, Guitar
- Kerry "Babz" Peterson - Vocals, Keyboards
- Galen WalingGalen WalingGalen Waling is a classically trained musician based out of Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC who is the drummer for Left Spine Down, in addition to also drumming for Stiff Valentine and Stayte. He previously played drums for the band Desillusion....
- Drums
Known Guest members
- Craig "Hollywood" Jensen - Guitar
- Jason Bazinet - Drums
- Jared SlingerlandJared SlingerlandJared Slingerland was born on January 16, 1984 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada where his father was a radio announcer on CKIQ. The family moved to Calgary, Alberta shortly after birth due to his father securing an on air job with a new CHR radio station...
- Guitar - Adam Johnson - Bass / BG Vocals
- Craig Huxtable - Lead Keyboards
- Matt Sheppard - Keyboards
- Kaine Delay - Vocals
- Eric Powell - Vocals
- Jon Sheppard - The Roughneck
Former members
- Adrian White - Guitar and Drums
See also
- Front Line AssemblyFront Line AssemblyFront Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
- 16volt
- Sounds of Mass ProductionSounds of Mass ProductionSounds of Mass Production is a cyberpunk/rap/nu metal/Industrial music band from Seattle, WA . The band name is often referred to by the acronym SMP...
- Left Spine DownLeft Spine DownBased in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down is a band that plays what they call "cyberpunk," a mixture of electronica, metal, punk, and drum & bass....
- DismantledDismantledDismantled is an electronic music artist from the United States.-History:Dismantled is the product of an experiment that began in late 2000 by Gary Zon, who was attempting to create something similar to Front Line Assembly's sound...
- Industrial rockIndustrial rockIndustrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...