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Rozz Williams founded Christian Death (originally called The Upsetters) in October 1979, at the age of 16, with bassist James McGearty, drummer George Belanger and guitarist Jay. Their latest album is entitled The Root of All Evilution and was released August 2015. Valor's Christian Death continued performing and recording, releasing 11 studio albums since 1985.

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After this, Williams' version would not release another full album of original material and he went on to pursue other projects before committing suicide on April 1, 1998.

Williams consequently billed his version of the band as Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams. However, Kand already had the rights to the name due to Williams' departure from the group and subsequent neglect of the moniker. Williams' reclamation of the Christian Death name sparked a fierce battle with Kand. The band was signed to Cleopatra Records, and released The Iron Mask and the Skeleton Kiss EP in 1992, The Path of Sorrows in 1993, and The Rage of Angels in 1994, all under the Christian Death name.Ī 1993 show featuring Only Theatre of Pain-era members Williams, Agnew and Belanger (along with bassist Casey Chaos) performing live at Los Angeles' Patriot Hall was recorded and later released in 2001 as a DVD by Cleopatra Records. Billing themselves as the original Christian Death, they were rejoined by first-album guitarist Agnew for a 1989 tour of Canada. During the late 1980s, while also recording as Shadow Project, Williams resurrected his own version of Christian Death, with his wife Eva O contributing guitar as well as vocals. Guitarist Valor Kand took over leadership, serving as lead vocalist and songwriter.Īt one point during the 1990s there were two bands with the name Christian Death. In mid-1985, Williams left Christian Death, in part due to his increasing interest in experimental music and performance art. The new version of the band recorded their next two albums: Catastrophe Ballet (1984) (with bassist Constance Smith) and Ashes (1985) (with bassist Randy Wilde). This lineup included guitarist Valor Kand, vocalist/keyboardist Gitane Demone and drummer David Glass. Williams assembled a new version of the band later that year by merging with another L.A. The original band broke up in 1983 amid band infighting and drug abuse. Christian Death is most notable for their debut studio album Only Theatre of Pain (1982), which was a major event in the birth of gothic rock and deathrock subculture within the United States and beyond. The band was fronted and founded by Rozz Williams and featured former Adolescents guitarist Rikk Agnew, bassist James McGearty and drummer George Belanger. Christian Death is an American deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1979.

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