Wesley Eisold
Encyclopedia
Wesley Eisold is a musician, poet and author. He records music under the name Cold Cave
and runs the publishing house Heartworm Press
.
groups and noise rock
bands American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost
, Some Girls
, XO Skeletons and Ye Olde Maids.
His current project is Cold Cave
who is signed to Matador Records
. This group includes Dominick Fernow (Prurient
).
Eisold only has one hand.
According to the Guardian
, "Wesley Eisold is an absolutely new, young god of nihilism and despair – he brilliantly captures Cold Cave's aesthetic: the Morrissey of How Soon Is Now wailing over Nitzer Ebb beats and New Order melodies."
After a public row over alleged plagiarism, Eisold is now given songwriting credits for Fall Out Boy
's songs "The Carpal Tunnel of Love
", "Golden", and "Bang the Doldrums" from the album Infinity on High
. [ (source)]
On Fall Out Boy
's 2005 album, From Under the Cork Tree
, Eisold is credited as "Inspirador".
In 2006, Eisold was published in the Columbia Journal and in August 2007, he released his first collection of poems and prose, Deathbeds. He has also worked with Eric Paul
of Arab On Radar
's poetry collection, I Offered Myself As The Sea, as well as Genesis P-Orridge
, Jonathan Shaw
, Boyd Rice
, Chris Leo, and Max G. Morton.
He currently lives in Manhattan
and runs Heartworm Press, an independent publishing company.
Cold Cave
Cold Cave is the experimental musical project of Wesley Eisold based in New York City and originating in Philadelphia and is described as "a collage of darkwave, noise, and synth pop"...
and runs the publishing house Heartworm Press
Heartworm Press
Heartworm Press is an independent publisher based in Philadelphia. It specializes in limited editions, mainly books by music-related artists.Founded in 2003 by musician Wesley Eisold, Heartworm started out with zines and cassettes, before graduating to fine-art book editions...
.
Biography
He is an alumnus of the hardcore punkHardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
groups and noise rock
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
bands American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost
Give Up the Ghost
Give Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
, Some Girls
Some Girls (California band)
Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
, XO Skeletons and Ye Olde Maids.
His current project is Cold Cave
Cold Cave
Cold Cave is the experimental musical project of Wesley Eisold based in New York City and originating in Philadelphia and is described as "a collage of darkwave, noise, and synth pop"...
who is signed to Matador Records
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...
. This group includes Dominick Fernow (Prurient
Prurient
Prurient is the performing name of Ian Dominick Fernow. He has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records, and his own label Hospital Productions...
).
Eisold only has one hand.
According to the Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, "Wesley Eisold is an absolutely new, young god of nihilism and despair – he brilliantly captures Cold Cave's aesthetic: the Morrissey of How Soon Is Now wailing over Nitzer Ebb beats and New Order melodies."
After a public row over alleged plagiarism, Eisold is now given songwriting credits for Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
's songs "The Carpal Tunnel of Love
The Carpal Tunnel of Love
"The Carpal Tunnel of Love" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy from their 2007 album Infinity on High. It was originally leaked online by the band, and later given to iTunes as a digital download before Infinity on High was released. In addition, a web-exclusive video was released, but...
", "Golden", and "Bang the Doldrums" from the album Infinity on High
Infinity on High
Infinity on High is the fourth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on February 5, 2007 by Island Records as the follow-up to the band's commercially successful 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree. Pre-production began in the group's hometown of Chicago, where writing and...
. [ (source)]
On Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
's 2005 album, From Under the Cork Tree
From Under the Cork Tree
From Under the Cork Tree is the third studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was released on May 3, 2005, through Island Records as the band's major label debut...
, Eisold is credited as "Inspirador".
In 2006, Eisold was published in the Columbia Journal and in August 2007, he released his first collection of poems and prose, Deathbeds. He has also worked with Eric Paul
Eric Paul
Eric Paul is a noise rock singer. He is known for his disturbing vocals, lyrics and energetic stage presence. Eric Paul has played in many popular noise bands, such as Arab on Radar until their break up in 2003. His current project is a noise and experimental group called The Chinese Stars.Paul has...
of Arab On Radar
Arab on Radar
Arab on Radar are a Providence, Rhode Island based noise rock band founded in 1994. They went on hiatus in 2002. Members of the band went on to form or join the bands The Chinese Stars, Athletic Automaton, Made in Mexico, and most recently Doomsday Student...
's poetry collection, I Offered Myself As The Sea, as well as Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is an English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist. P-Orridge's early confrontational performance work in COUM Transmissions in the late 1960s and early 1970s along with the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, which dealt with subjects such as prostitution,...
, Jonathan Shaw
Jonathan Shaw
Jonathan Rowland Shaw is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford from 1997 to 2010...
, Boyd Rice
Boyd Rice
Boyd Blake Rice is an American experimental sound/noise musician using the name of NON since the mid-1970s, archivist, actor, photographer, author, member of the Partridge Family Temple religious group, co-founder of the UNPOP art movement and current staff writer for Modern Drunkard...
, Chris Leo, and Max G. Morton.
He currently lives in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
and runs Heartworm Press, an independent publishing company.
Discography
- American Nightmare/Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- 4 Song Demo Tape/7" (2000) - Self Released/Malfunction - American Nightmare - S/T 7" (2000) - Bridge 9 Records
- American Nightmare - The Sun Isn't Getting Any Brighter 7" (2001) - Bridge 9 Records
- American Nightmare/Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- Background Music CD/LP (2001) - Equal Vision Records[1] - American Nothing - Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag (song: Depression) (2002) - Initial
- American Nightmare - Love American Demos 2002-2003 - Unreleased
- Chrome Jesus- Anti-Aquarian Cassette (2010) - Hospital Productions
- Cold Cave - Coma Potion 12" (2008) - Heartworm Press
- Cold Cave - The Trees Grew Emotions And Died 12"(2008) - Dais Records
- Cold Cave - Painted Nails 7" (2008) - Hospital Productions
- Cold Cave - Blessure Grave/Crocodile 3 way split 7" (2008) - Down In The Ground
- Cold Cave - Electronic Dreams Cassette (2009) - Heartworm Press
- Cold Cave - Cremations CD/12" (2009) - Hospital Productions
- Cold Cave- New Morale Leadership Cassette (2010) - Hospital Productions
- Cold Cave - Prurient Split - stars explode Cassette (2009) - Hospital Productions
- Cold Cave - Easel and Ruby 12" Single (2009) What's Your Rupture?
- Cold Cave - Love Comes Close CD/12" (2009) - Heartworm Press
- Cold Cave - The Laurels 12" Single (2009) - Big Love
- Cold Cave - Death Comes Close 12" (2009) - Matador Records
- Cold Cave - Love Comes Close 12" Re-Press (2009) - Matador Records
- Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years (2011) - Matador Records
- Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- Love American CD-EP (2003) - Bridge 9 Records/Equal Vision Records - Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- We're Down Til We're Underground CD/LP (2003) - Equal Vision Records - Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- Live in London 7" (2003) - Bridge 9 Records - Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- Year One CD/2x7" (2004) - Reflections Records/Bridge 9 Records - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- "We'll Let You Know" demo(2002)- Self Released - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- The Rains EPThe Rains EPThe Rains Ep is the first recording by supergroup Some Girls.-Track listing:...
EP(2002)- Deathwish - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- The Blues EPThe Blues EPThe Blues EP is the second recording by Some Girls.-Track listing:...
EP (2002)- Deathwish - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- All My Friends Are Going DeathAll My Friends Are Going DeathAll My Friends Are Going Death is a compilation album by Some Girls consisting of their first two EPs, a few new songs, and demo material. Jacob Bannon, owner of Deathwish Inc. and vocalist of Converge, designed the artwork for the album. There is a limited edition LP press of 300 copies with an...
CD/LP (2003)- Deathwish/Three One G - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- The DNA Will Have Its Say EP (2005)- Three One G - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- Heaven's Pregnant TeensHeaven's Pregnant TeensHeaven's Pregnant Teens is the last recording by Some Girls and their first full length album.-Track listing:"Religion II" is a cover of a Public Image Ltd. song from their album First Issue....
CD/LP (2006)- Epitaph/Three One G - Some GirlsSome Girls (California band)Some Girls was a collective of musicians who came from different backgrounds and all who had established bands that pushed the limits of hardcore punk. Their musical style was a hybrid of mathcore, grindcore and noise rock.-History:...
- BBC Session - XO Skeletons - Live From Planet Death(demo) (2005) - Heartworm Press
- XO Skeletons - Asthmagasm EP (2006) - Malfunction
- XO Skeletons - Bored By Heaven Digital/12"(2008) - self released
- Ye Olde Maids - s/t Cassette (2007) - Heartworm Press
- Ye Olde Maids contributed a track to Nihil Underground's "Decades of Decay" noise/power electronics compilation.
- Ye Olde Maids - God Blesses Us, Mother Dresses Us 12" (2009) - Art Fag