Theatre of Sheep was a 1980s American

United States

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 New Wave

New Wave music

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 band from Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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 that was very popular locally. Musically, the band had much in common with stylish New Wave and New Romantic bands of the day such as Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen

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 and featured on MTV

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. Notably, their 1983 release, A Cathartic Aquacade, was produced and engineered by Greg Sage

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, leader of the Portland punk band the Wipers

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Rozz Rezabek is featured in the documentary film Kurt & Courtney

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Recent Activity

On October 13, 2010, Rozz Rezabek-Wright, Jimi Haskett, James Wallace, and Brian Wassman performed a rousing, soulful set of Theatre of Sheep standards at Satyricon on Portland, OR during the last full month of operations for this renown Portland rock institution.

On December 15, 2007, Theatre of Sheep reunited for a show at Slabtown in Portland, Oregon.

In the summer of 2006, Rezabek and Haskett began compiling old Theatre Of Sheep songs, to create a Theatre of Sheep greatest hits CD. Produced by TOS guitarist Jim Haskett the CD contained remixed versions of fan favorites. Old Flames

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was released in the spring of 2007.

Formed in 1980, they split in 1984 but played several one-off reunion shows throughout the 1990s to much fanfare. They were fronted by Rozz Rezabek

Rozz Rezabek

Rozz Rezabek-Wright , usually Rozz Rezabek, is an American musician based in Portland, Oregon and formerly San Francisco, California....

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Original Lineup

• Rozz Rezabek Wright—Vocals
• Leslie Arbuthnot—Keyboards
• Jimi Haskett—Guitar
• John (Clifford) Goins—Bass
• Brian Wassman—Drums

Other Members

• Mark Sten—Bass
• Jim Wallace—Bass/Keyboards
• Rob Ohearn; Keyboards
• Kevin Jarvis; Drums

Discography

A Cathartic Aquacade (1983 Tape-only release)

1. "Serenade" (sung out of key purposely version)
2. "Danger Zone"
3. "The Lucky Once"
4. "Carousel"
5. "Nacreous Cabaret"(kind of in-key version?)
6. "Still Life"
7. "Exhale "
8. "None of My Girlfriends Have Ever Been Sane"
9. "Glamour"

Not Quiet Enough Crusade (1983 Vinyl-only EP release)

1. "Like Young/Wild Thing"
2. "Ana-isa"
3. "Glamour"
4. "Blonde Haired Genius"

Old Flames (2007 CD))

1. "Dancing Underground"
2. "Trouble In Red"
3. "Climate Change Is Real"
4. "Midnight Lemonaide"
5. "Still Life Is Still the Life for Me"
6. "Nacreous Cabaret"
7. "Lucky Once"
8. "Brixton"
9. "1000 Kilometers Of Greys"
10. "Grey Kilometers"
11. "44 Greys"
12. "Grey Zone"
13. "Carousel"
14. "Ana-isa"
15. "Love Is Never Sane"

External links

• Lambs to the Slaughter
• Official Myspace page
• Rozz's MySpace page
• 2007 Performance Review