Black Light Burns
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Black Light Burns are a rock
band fronted by Wes Borland
, of Limp Bizkit
. The band's original studio lineup consisted of Borland, Danny Lohner
, Josh Eustis and Josh Freese
. Their debut album
Cruel Melody
, was released on June 5, 2007. The band released a covers and b-sides
CD/DVD combo package in summer of 2008 titled Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey
. The band is currently on hiatus due to Borland rejoining Limp Bizkit, but plans on releasing a second album still exist.
in 2001. Things began with Big Dumb Face
, a solo project that Borland had been working on during his time with Limp Bizkit. Borland didn't take the project too seriously, and used it to basically test the waters, and see how hard it would be to do something serious on his own, without the aid of his bandmates. After he quit the band, he began working on several different projects. The first of which was supposed to be an instrumental
album one could listen to and simply relax. Simultaneously, he began Eat The Day. With this project, Borland stated that he became cocky, and thought because of his previous success with Limp Bizkit, duplicating that success with a new band would be simple. He soon found out this wasn't the case. Eat The Day eventually unraveled itself, as, in Borland's words, "I think everybody involved in that project had different ideas about the direction that it should go". Borland became self-absorbed, and along with continuous pressure from the label, and struggles finding a lead singer for the band, the project eventually disbanded. http://odeo.com/audio/424480/view
In terms of their lineup, Black Light Burns is somewhat of a successor to the brief project The Damning Well
, which consisted of mostly the same members. The main difference this time around being that Borland has taken vocals into his own hands, after many attempts to find a proper vocalist in various projects.
After the 'failure' of Borland's various projects, Borland began writing a solo record with Danny Lohner
, Josh Freese
, Josh Eustis, and John Bates
all contributing. This solo record was the beginning of Black Light Burns, and stylistically at the time, it was more of a mellow, relaxing, and esoteric outing. Wes returned to Limp Bizkit once again in late summer of 2004, turning down the spots as touring guitar player in A Perfect Circle
and Nine Inch Nails
. According to vocalist Fred Durst
, Borland only agreed to return to the band on the condition that their label, Geffen, agreed to support his then burgeoning solo project, Black Light Burns.
It began only as a side project, with Borland writing many of the songs during his time off from Limp Bizkit, but soon things in Limp Bizkit became very quiet, and Borland stated that Black Light Burns was now his main project, and anything else he did, including Limp Bizkit, was a side project. Eventually arguments broke out on MySpace
between Borland and Durst, and Borland left Limp Bizkit once again, although according to him, the band members had already gone their separate ways, he simply decided not to return. By this time, however, Borland had written significantly heavier material for Black Light Burns alongside the softer material, and Black Light Burns had evolved into a full out band as opposed to a softer solo effort.
The Black Light Burns song titled "I Have a Need" was instrumentally written to be included on the Limp Bizkit release The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
, but was cut in order for the EP to remain mostly metal oriented. It features Limp Bizkit's
bassist Sam Rivers
on the track, and Borland was allowed to use the song for Black Light Burns when the song was turned down for use by Limp Bizkit.
.
The initial touring lineup of Black Light Burns was Wes Borland
– Vocals, Guitar, Marshall Kilpatric – Drums (previously in The Esoteric
), Nick Annis – Guitar (previously in Open Hand
, Turn of the Screw), Sean Fetterman – Bass (previously in Turn of the Screw).
However, Black Light Burns' first tour was previously set to begin in fall of 2006 with From First to Last
, who Borland also plays bass for on and off. This tour was to feature Borland doing double duty as the singer/guitarist for Black Light Burns and then bassist for From First to Last afterwards. However, Sonny Moore (From First to Last) developed a node on his right vocal cord needing surgery, thus ending Wes Borland's current touring stint with From First to Last.
Lie
served as the first single from the album, going to radio on March 20. A music video was released soon after this.
Borland announced touring dates for May 2007 opening for Chevelle
in April. While staying in Texas for a show, Chevelle was robbed of their equipment and canceled all tour dates for that week. Black Light Burns was unsatisfied with not playing for this time and played a few shows to test the waters of their upcoming headlining tour.
In its first week of release Cruel Melody
sold 6,000 copies in the US according to Indiehq.com.
On July 13, 2007 Black Light Burns was featured on the Carson Daly
late night talk show
where they performed "Lie."
, with their drummer Marshall Kilpatric and guitarist Nick Annis aiding in the writing process, which Borland describes as heavier, more guitar driven, less keyboard driven, and not as dark as Cruel Melody. Borland also has stated a strong desire to try and write more songs for Black Light Burns with Sam Rivers
of Limp Bizkit
on bass, and to get DJ Lethal
of Limp Bizkit to do some programming parts on the next record as well, but it has yet to be said if those plans came to fruition or not.
In late 2007–early 2008, after a scheduled break from touring for the their label to secure an overseas release of Cruel Melody, Black Light Burns released a cover album titled Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey
that also included remixes and b-sides from Cruel Melody, and a DVD containing live and behind the scenes footage of the band. Artists PJ Harvey
, The Jesus Lizard
, Love and Rockets
, The Swans, Fiona Apple
, Lard
, and Borland's own old side project Big Dumb Face
will be covered for the release. "Devil Inside" by INXS
was originally intended to appear on this album as well, but it has since been removed. Cover Your Heart is the name of the actual CD of covers, remixes, and b-sides of Cruel Melody, while The Anvil Pants Odyssey is the name of the DVD. The two discs released together in spring of 2008.
On March 30, 2008 Wes Borland
made a post on the band's MySpace
about how he filled in for the band X Japan
and was "looking forward to coming home and getting back to work on the next BLB album", by which he means the second full length Black Light Burns album, due to the fact that their cover song album was already complete by that point in time.
As of August 2008, at the ETP Conference, it was announced that Borland is now the current Marilyn Manson
guitarist.
However, Borland has since left Manson's employ, claiming his reasons for leaving included rejoining his old band and having creative differences with Manson, citing "It's the Marilyn Manson show over there."
Two new songs have appeared on http://www.myspace.com/wesleyborland
They are entitled Cats and Cats And Cats, B4Lf3r. Borland said that these two songs will not be on the next Black Light Burns record, and are just demos that he works on from time to time for use in other projects
On December 16, 2008 Wes Borland
made a post on the band's MySpace
blog that confirmed they would appear on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. They contributed the track "I Want You To", which is taken off their forthcoming record. The song is available on their official MySpace page. This is not the first time Borland's work appears on an Underworld series soundtrack; his previous band, The Damning Well
, appeared on the Underworld soundtrack and much of Cruel Melody
is believed to be taken from that project.
Black Light Burns have been touring with Combichrist
since December 2008, and have included two new songs in their set. One is "I Want You To" from the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
soundtrack, and the other is titled "How To Look Naked". The lyrics to the first verse of "How To Look Naked" were previously used in the song "Iodine Sky", the last of Cruel Melody; Borland whispers the same words at the end of the track.
Currently, Black Light Burns is on temporary hiatus due to a Limp Bizkit
reunion. Wes Borland
has rejoined Limp Bizkit and there are plans for a tour and a new album. Borland has stated many times on Myspace
and Twitter
that a second record was completed and currently put on the backburner until he found a label willing to release it.
Lustmord is said to hold a heavy influence on the new record that is aimed to release in 2011 along with a tour as stated by Wes in a recent interview.
Recently their Facebook said the song "It Rapes In All It's Path" will be on the new Underworld soundtrack from the unmixed album that is slated for 2012.
Former
Guests
Compilations
Box sets
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 fronted by Wes Borland
Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
, of Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
. The band's original studio lineup consisted of Borland, Danny Lohner
Danny Lohner
Daniel Patrick "Danny" Lohner , frequently known as Renholdër, is an American rock musician who plays bass guitar, electric guitar, and keyboards. He worked with Trent Reznor on numerous occasions, both with Nine Inch Nails and on the now defunct Tapeworm project...
, Josh Eustis and Josh Freese
Josh Freese
Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
. Their debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Cruel Melody
Cruel Melody
*Alternative Press - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cruel Melody is still interesting, ambient and, much like its creators, unforgettable."...
, was released on June 5, 2007. The band released a covers and b-sides
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...
CD/DVD combo package in summer of 2008 titled Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey
Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey
Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey is a CD/DVD collection from the industrial rock band Black Light Burns. The CD component features cover songs chosen by the band as being influential in their own music, as well as several instrumental b-sides from the band's debut album Cruel Melody....
. The band is currently on hiatus due to Borland rejoining Limp Bizkit, but plans on releasing a second album still exist.
Formation
Borland states that Black Light Burns is the culmination of the various projects he has been working on ever since he quit Limp BizkitLimp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
in 2001. Things began with Big Dumb Face
Big Dumb Face
Big Dumb Face is a band formed by Wes Borland shortly before he left Limp Bizkit. The style hails to Frank Zappa and Ween as their primary influence...
, a solo project that Borland had been working on during his time with Limp Bizkit. Borland didn't take the project too seriously, and used it to basically test the waters, and see how hard it would be to do something serious on his own, without the aid of his bandmates. After he quit the band, he began working on several different projects. The first of which was supposed to be an instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
album one could listen to and simply relax. Simultaneously, he began Eat The Day. With this project, Borland stated that he became cocky, and thought because of his previous success with Limp Bizkit, duplicating that success with a new band would be simple. He soon found out this wasn't the case. Eat The Day eventually unraveled itself, as, in Borland's words, "I think everybody involved in that project had different ideas about the direction that it should go". Borland became self-absorbed, and along with continuous pressure from the label, and struggles finding a lead singer for the band, the project eventually disbanded. http://odeo.com/audio/424480/view
In terms of their lineup, Black Light Burns is somewhat of a successor to the brief project The Damning Well
The Damning Well
The Damning Well was a rock supergroup comprising Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit on guitar, Danny Lohner formerly of Nine Inch Nails on bass, Richard Patrick of Filter on vocals, and Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle, on drums...
, which consisted of mostly the same members. The main difference this time around being that Borland has taken vocals into his own hands, after many attempts to find a proper vocalist in various projects.
After the 'failure' of Borland's various projects, Borland began writing a solo record with Danny Lohner
Danny Lohner
Daniel Patrick "Danny" Lohner , frequently known as Renholdër, is an American rock musician who plays bass guitar, electric guitar, and keyboards. He worked with Trent Reznor on numerous occasions, both with Nine Inch Nails and on the now defunct Tapeworm project...
, Josh Freese
Josh Freese
Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
, Josh Eustis, and John Bates
John Bates
John Bates may refer to:* John Bates , fashion designer who designed Diana Rigg's clothes in The Avengers* John Bates , former president of the UK Social Democratic Party...
all contributing. This solo record was the beginning of Black Light Burns, and stylistically at the time, it was more of a mellow, relaxing, and esoteric outing. Wes returned to Limp Bizkit once again in late summer of 2004, turning down the spots as touring guitar player in A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The original incarnation of the band also included Paz Lenchantin on bass, Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar, and Tim Alexander on drums...
and Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
. According to vocalist Fred Durst
Fred Durst
William Frederick "Fred" Durst is an American musician, director, producer and actor, well known as the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit.-Early life:...
, Borland only agreed to return to the band on the condition that their label, Geffen, agreed to support his then burgeoning solo project, Black Light Burns.
It began only as a side project, with Borland writing many of the songs during his time off from Limp Bizkit, but soon things in Limp Bizkit became very quiet, and Borland stated that Black Light Burns was now his main project, and anything else he did, including Limp Bizkit, was a side project. Eventually arguments broke out on MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
between Borland and Durst, and Borland left Limp Bizkit once again, although according to him, the band members had already gone their separate ways, he simply decided not to return. By this time, however, Borland had written significantly heavier material for Black Light Burns alongside the softer material, and Black Light Burns had evolved into a full out band as opposed to a softer solo effort.
The Black Light Burns song titled "I Have a Need" was instrumentally written to be included on the Limp Bizkit release The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
The Unquestionable Truth is the fifth studio album by Limp Bizkit, released on May 2, 2005 internationally and a day later in North America. Despite being less than 30 minutes long and containing only seven tracks, it is still considered a studio album rather than an EP. The Unquestionable Truth ...
, but was cut in order for the EP to remain mostly metal oriented. It features Limp Bizkit's
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
bassist Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers (bassist)
Sam Rivers is the bassist and one of the founding members of the band Limp Bizkit. He is the cousin of the band's drummer, John Otto.-Early life:...
on the track, and Borland was allowed to use the song for Black Light Burns when the song was turned down for use by Limp Bizkit.
Cruel Melody
Borland has stated that he is the only constant in Black Light Burns, as the other members of the studio lineup are expected to be mostly unable to participate in touring with Black Light Burns, such as the notoriously busy Josh FreeseJosh Freese
Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
.
The initial touring lineup of Black Light Burns was Wes Borland
Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
– Vocals, Guitar, Marshall Kilpatric – Drums (previously in The Esoteric
The Esoteric
The Esoteric is a hardcore/rock band founded in 1996 from Lawrence, Kansas. They are currently signed to Prosthetic Records. Following several self-produced EPs, the band's debut full-length, With the Sureness of Sleepwalking, came out on Prosthetic Records in 2005...
), Nick Annis – Guitar (previously in Open Hand
Open Hand
Open Hand is a Californian indie rock band. The band was formed in Hollywood in 1999 by guitarist/vocalist Justin Isham, bassist Michael Anastasi and drummer Alex Rodriguez. They released two EPs on its own American Propaganda label, Radio Days and Evolutions...
, Turn of the Screw), Sean Fetterman – Bass (previously in Turn of the Screw).
However, Black Light Burns' first tour was previously set to begin in fall of 2006 with From First to Last
From First to Last
From First to Last was an American rock band based out of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Valdosta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. The band released their first EP titled Aesthetic in 2003 with vocalist Phillip Reardon, followed by Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count in 2004 and Heroine in...
, who Borland also plays bass for on and off. This tour was to feature Borland doing double duty as the singer/guitarist for Black Light Burns and then bassist for From First to Last afterwards. However, Sonny Moore (From First to Last) developed a node on his right vocal cord needing surgery, thus ending Wes Borland's current touring stint with From First to Last.
Lie
Lie (song)
"Lie" is the first single by Black Light Burns from their debut album Cruel Melody. It was released to radio on March 20.-Song information:Lie was the first full Black Light Burns song Wes Borland had shown to the public...
served as the first single from the album, going to radio on March 20. A music video was released soon after this.
Borland announced touring dates for May 2007 opening for Chevelle
Chevelle
Chevelle is an American alternative metal trio that formed in 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The band was originally composed of two brothers and a local friend: Pete Loeffler , Sam Loeffler , and Matt Scott . Matt was later replaced by brother Joe Loeffler...
in April. While staying in Texas for a show, Chevelle was robbed of their equipment and canceled all tour dates for that week. Black Light Burns was unsatisfied with not playing for this time and played a few shows to test the waters of their upcoming headlining tour.
In its first week of release Cruel Melody
Cruel Melody
*Alternative Press - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cruel Melody is still interesting, ambient and, much like its creators, unforgettable."...
sold 6,000 copies in the US according to Indiehq.com.
On July 13, 2007 Black Light Burns was featured on the Carson Daly
Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly is an American television host. He is the host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, a late-night talk show that began airing on January 7, 2002. Before his role as host of that program, Daly was a VJ on MTV's TRL, and a DJ for the Southern California based radio station KROQ-FM...
late night talk show
Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late night talk show that is broadcast on NBC. The show is hosted by Carson Daly, the half-hour show featuring celebrity interviews, documentary-style coverage of a topic, and musical performances. Last Call airs weeknights at 1:35 a.m. Eastern / 12:35 a.m....
where they performed "Lie."
Future events
Borland says that he has written 20+ new songs for the follow-up to Cruel MelodyCruel Melody
*Alternative Press - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cruel Melody is still interesting, ambient and, much like its creators, unforgettable."...
, with their drummer Marshall Kilpatric and guitarist Nick Annis aiding in the writing process, which Borland describes as heavier, more guitar driven, less keyboard driven, and not as dark as Cruel Melody. Borland also has stated a strong desire to try and write more songs for Black Light Burns with Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers (bassist)
Sam Rivers is the bassist and one of the founding members of the band Limp Bizkit. He is the cousin of the band's drummer, John Otto.-Early life:...
of Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
on bass, and to get DJ Lethal
DJ Lethal
Leor Dimant , better known as DJ Lethal, is a turntablist and producer and member of the bands Limp Bizkit, House of Pain and La Coka Nostra.-Early life:Leor Dimant was born in Riga, Latvia, when this country was still part of the Soviet Union...
of Limp Bizkit to do some programming parts on the next record as well, but it has yet to be said if those plans came to fruition or not.
In late 2007–early 2008, after a scheduled break from touring for the their label to secure an overseas release of Cruel Melody, Black Light Burns released a cover album titled Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey
Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey
Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey is a CD/DVD collection from the industrial rock band Black Light Burns. The CD component features cover songs chosen by the band as being influential in their own music, as well as several instrumental b-sides from the band's debut album Cruel Melody....
that also included remixes and b-sides from Cruel Melody, and a DVD containing live and behind the scenes footage of the band. Artists PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...
, The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard was an American alternative rock and noise rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial...
, Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets (band)
Love and Rockets were an English alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash , David J , and Kevin Haskins . Former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy had embarked on a solo career after Bauhaus split in 1983...
, The Swans, Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success...
, Lard
Lard (band)
Lard is a hardcore punk/industrial band founded in 1988 as a side project by Jello Biafra , Al Jourgensen , Paul Barker , and Jeff Ward . Biafra is perhaps best known as the former frontman of the punk rock band Dead Kennedys...
, and Borland's own old side project Big Dumb Face
Big Dumb Face
Big Dumb Face is a band formed by Wes Borland shortly before he left Limp Bizkit. The style hails to Frank Zappa and Ween as their primary influence...
will be covered for the release. "Devil Inside" by INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
was originally intended to appear on this album as well, but it has since been removed. Cover Your Heart is the name of the actual CD of covers, remixes, and b-sides of Cruel Melody, while The Anvil Pants Odyssey is the name of the DVD. The two discs released together in spring of 2008.
On March 30, 2008 Wes Borland
Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
made a post on the band's MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
about how he filled in for the band X Japan
X Japan
is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
and was "looking forward to coming home and getting back to work on the next BLB album", by which he means the second full length Black Light Burns album, due to the fact that their cover song album was already complete by that point in time.
As of August 2008, at the ETP Conference, it was announced that Borland is now the current Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
guitarist.
However, Borland has since left Manson's employ, claiming his reasons for leaving included rejoining his old band and having creative differences with Manson, citing "It's the Marilyn Manson show over there."
Two new songs have appeared on http://www.myspace.com/wesleyborland
They are entitled Cats and Cats And Cats, B4Lf3r. Borland said that these two songs will not be on the next Black Light Burns record, and are just demos that he works on from time to time for use in other projects
On December 16, 2008 Wes Borland
Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
made a post on the band's MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
blog that confirmed they would appear on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. They contributed the track "I Want You To", which is taken off their forthcoming record. The song is available on their official MySpace page. This is not the first time Borland's work appears on an Underworld series soundtrack; his previous band, The Damning Well
The Damning Well
The Damning Well was a rock supergroup comprising Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit on guitar, Danny Lohner formerly of Nine Inch Nails on bass, Richard Patrick of Filter on vocals, and Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle, on drums...
, appeared on the Underworld soundtrack and much of Cruel Melody
Cruel Melody
*Alternative Press - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cruel Melody is still interesting, ambient and, much like its creators, unforgettable."...
is believed to be taken from that project.
Black Light Burns have been touring with Combichrist
CombiChrist
Combichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech band formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua based in Atlanta.-Formation:The first material LaPlegua wrote was a few powernoise/techno crossover tracks under the moniker DRIVE...
since December 2008, and have included two new songs in their set. One is "I Want You To" from the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a 2009 American film directed by Patrick Tatopoulos. It is the third installment in the Underworld series, focusing primarily on the origins of some characters and the events leading to the Vampire-Lycan war, depicted in the previous films Underworld and...
soundtrack, and the other is titled "How To Look Naked". The lyrics to the first verse of "How To Look Naked" were previously used in the song "Iodine Sky", the last of Cruel Melody; Borland whispers the same words at the end of the track.
Currently, Black Light Burns is on temporary hiatus due to a Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
reunion. Wes Borland
Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
has rejoined Limp Bizkit and there are plans for a tour and a new album. Borland has stated many times on Myspace
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and Twitter
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that a second record was completed and currently put on the backburner until he found a label willing to release it.
Lustmord is said to hold a heavy influence on the new record that is aimed to release in 2011 along with a tour as stated by Wes in a recent interview.
Recently their Facebook said the song "It Rapes In All It's Path" will be on the new Underworld soundtrack from the unmixed album that is slated for 2012.
Band members
Current- Wes BorlandWes BorlandWesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
– lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, production (since 2005) - Nick Annis – guitars (since 2007)
- Dennis Sanders Jr – bass (since 2008)
- Marshall Kilpatric – drums, percussion (since 2007)
Former
- Sean Fetterman – bass (2007–2008)
Guests
- Josh FreeseJosh FreeseJosh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
– drums, percussion (on Cruel Melody) - Josh Eustis – keyboards, synths, sound design (on Cruel Melody)
- Eustis was originally supposed to join the live lineup, but opted to do production instead, leaving Borland to use his laptop to reproduce samples and keyboards live.
- Danny LohnerDanny LohnerDaniel Patrick "Danny" Lohner , frequently known as Renholdër, is an American rock musician who plays bass guitar, electric guitar, and keyboards. He worked with Trent Reznor on numerous occasions, both with Nine Inch Nails and on the now defunct Tapeworm project...
– guitars, bass, production, programming, sound design (on Cruel Melody)- Borland has also stated that Lohner may contribute to future records.
- Sonny MooreSonny MooreSonny John Moore is an American electronic dance music producer who is widely known by his professional name Skrillex. Moore is also a former frontman for the American band From First to Last. In late Autumn of 2007 he embarked on his first tour as a solo artist, the Team Sleep Tour with Team...
– vocals on "Coward" - Sam Rivers – bass on "I Have a Need"
- Carina RoundCarina RoundCarina Round is a British singer/songwriter from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England.Comparisons are frequently drawn to PJ Harvey, though Round would contend that she is more directly influenced by Patti Smith.- Background :...
– vocals on "Cruel Melody" - Johnette NapolitanoJohnette NapolitanoJohnette Napolitano is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.- Solo career :...
– vocals on "I Am Where it Takes Me" - Endless Hallway – certain members appear on one of the three still as-of-yet untitled song written during the summer of 2006, that are currently unreleased.
Discography
Studio albums- Cruel MelodyCruel Melody*Alternative Press - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cruel Melody is still interesting, ambient and, much like its creators, unforgettable."...
(2007) - TBA (2012)
Compilations
- Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants OdysseyCover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants OdysseyCover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey is a CD/DVD collection from the industrial rock band Black Light Burns. The CD component features cover songs chosen by the band as being influential in their own music, as well as several instrumental b-sides from the band's debut album Cruel Melody....
(2008)
Box sets
- Order of the Black Light (2008)