Nightmare Culture
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Nightmare Culture was a 12" split vinyl by Current 93
and Sickness Of Snakes. This was the only release for "Sickness Of Snakes" as members John Balance
and Peter Christopherson
formed Coil
by the time this record was originally pressed. The other member of Sickness Of Snakes was Boyd Rice
.
The first pressing was limited to 5000 copies with a seal on the cover.
The second pressing came out in 1988. It came without an insert and with different center labels.
For this release Current 93 were: David Tibet
, Ruby Wallis, Steven Stapleton
, Steve Ignorant
and John Murphy
.
The Current 93 song was later pressed on the CD reissue of "In Menstrual Night".
The Sickness Of Snakes songs were later released on the Coil compilation Unnatural History
. "His Body Was A Playground For The Nazi Elite" (issued later on CD) then appeared on the NON album Easy Listening for Iron Youth
as "Predator/Prey". "Various Hands" later appeared on the Boyd Rice album The Way I Feel under the title "Many Hands".
The vinyl is etched as follows:
Side A: Time for tea and feed the thing.
Side B: I slept with Faith and woke up with a corpse in my arms
The album was pressed in the Netherlands
with catalogue number LAY 14.
Side B:
Current 93
Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
and Sickness Of Snakes. This was the only release for "Sickness Of Snakes" as members John Balance
John Balance
John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...
and Peter Christopherson
Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....
formed Coil
Coil (band)
Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
by the time this record was originally pressed. The other member of Sickness Of Snakes was 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...
.
The first pressing was limited to 5000 copies with a seal on the cover.
The second pressing came out in 1988. It came without an insert and with different center labels.
For this release Current 93 were: David Tibet
David Tibet
David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo...
, Ruby Wallis, Steven Stapleton
Steven Stapleton
Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
, Steve Ignorant
Steve Ignorant
Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass stopped performing in 1984, he has worked with other groups including Conflict, Schwartzeneggar, The Stratford Mercenaries, Current 93 , US punk band Thought Crime, as well as...
and John Murphy
John Murphy (musician)
John Murphy , sometimes credited as "Jonh Murphy", is an Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician who has played in numerous Australian and British post-punk, ambient and industrial music groups...
.
The Current 93 song was later pressed on the CD reissue of "In Menstrual Night".
The Sickness Of Snakes songs were later released on the Coil compilation Unnatural History
Unnatural History
Unnatural History is a compilation album produced by Coil. Including tracks that originally appeared on various compilations and limited edition releases along with some previously unreleased material...
. "His Body Was A Playground For The Nazi Elite" (issued later on CD) then appeared on the NON album Easy Listening for Iron Youth
Easy Listening for Iron Youth
Easy Listening for Iron Youth: The Best of Non is a 1991 compilation album of Boyd Rice's NON recordings. It is a "best of" collection from 1975-1991.It was released by Mute Records on CD and an ultra-limited LP ....
as "Predator/Prey". "Various Hands" later appeared on the Boyd Rice album The Way I Feel under the title "Many Hands".
The vinyl is etched as follows:
Side A: Time for tea and feed the thing.
Side B: I slept with Faith and woke up with a corpse in my arms
The album was pressed in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
with catalogue number LAY 14.
Track listing
Side A:- Current 93: "Killy Kill Killy (a Fire Sermon)" – 12:25
Side B:
- Sickness Of Snakes: "Various Hands" – 3:26
- Sickness Of Snakes: "The Swelling of Leeches" - 3:04
- Sickness Of Snakes: "The Pope Held Upside Down" - 3:24