Switchblade Symphony

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Switchblade Symphony was a San Francisco, United States based darkwave band, it was formed 1989 by composer Susan Wallace and vocalist Tina Root. They released their first album in 1995 on the Cleopatra Records label. They also have had two live guitarists, first Robin Jacobs and then George Earth and two live drummers, first Eric Gebow (now a performer with the Blue Man Group), and then Scott van Shoick.

Their music combined orchestral sounds with heavy sequences and ethereal vocals and the group come up with a highly original goth music that could not be compared to anyone else.

Switchblade Symphony broke up in November, 1999. After that, Tina Root started her own project, Tré Lux.

Discography

• Full-length albums and EPs
  • Fable, 1991 (out of print)
  • Serpentine Gallery, 1995
  • Scrapbook, 1997
  • Bread and Jam for Frances, 1997
  • The Three Calamities, 1999
  • Sinister Nostalgia, 2001 (remixes)
  • Sweet Little Witches, 2003 (live performances and video track)
  • Serpentine Gallery Deluxe, 2005
• Singles
  • Clown, 1996
  • Drool, 1997
• Other
  • Elegy, 1992 (out of print demo cassette)
• Compilations
  • 1995 - Gothic Rock Volume 2: 80's Into 90's

External links

• Tré Lux - Tina Root's new band
• Cleopatra Records - Switchblade Symphony's record label.