Attrition is an electronic music band, formed in Coventry, England in 1980 by Martin Bowes and Julia Niblock. Influenced by punk's do-it-yourself aesthetic, Attrition appeared on compilation cassettes featuring contemporaries such as Portion Control, Konstruktivits, Chris and Cosey, Legendary Pink Dots, Nurse With Wound, Metamorphosis et al. However, while associated with the industrial scene, the band found it difficult to attract an appreciative audience. For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Portion Control is a british electronic and industrial band from South London. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Legendary Pink Dots are a UK rock band formed in London at the end of the late 1970s and who although distinctly underground, have been musically influential over the years. ... Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. ...

Their early post-punk stylings soon gave way to a distinctive electro-acoustic sound. ^{[citation needed]} This was based on Martin's deep growl, Julia's fretless bass work and breathy sub-operatic vocals, and a backline of electronic instrumentation, comprising analogue synthesizers (including a Korg MonoPoly and Korg MS20), sequencer (Roland MC202), drum machine (Roland TR808), and various effects units. The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... The Korg MS-20 is a patchable monophonic synthesizer which Korg released in 1978. ...

"At first, there wasn't the same sort of scene and we were in more of an 'industrial' thing. There was nothing like the clubs you get now, it was actually quite difficult to play anywhere that would appreciate you. It's a lot easier now, it's not just Goth, it's a mix - Darkwave or whatever. That's gotten stronger, so that has helped, but really, we were there before it was built."^[1]

History

In 1979, Martin started a zeroxed fanzine called "Alternative Sounds", to document the Coventry music scene (including such notables as The Specials and Furious Apples). The fanzine ran for 18 issues until 1981, and culminated in a vinyl compilation, "Sent from Coventry" (on Cherry Red records) and a brief appearance on the BBC's Something Else programme. During this time, Martin met Julia at a local gig and Attrition was formed; the initial line-up included Martin's brother Chris on guitar, who left in 1981 to join the army, and Julia's brother Ashley Niblock (who would become another mainstay) on synthesizer. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Something Else is a title that can refer to various things: Something Else TV, an Internet-based sketch comedy series produced and performed by students at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Something Else, a rock song by Eddie Cochran, also performed by punk rocker Sid Vicious. ...

Two early home recordings, "Fear" and "Devoid", were issued in 1982 as a flex-disc given away with the "Adventures in Reality" fanzine run by Alan Rider (later of Stress and Dance Naked), who would provide the band's visuals for live shows. Two experimental electronic soundtracks ("Crawling" and "Dead of Night") were released as the "Death House" cassette (later reissued on vinyl by Hamster Records as "This Death House"). Also in 1982, Gary Levermore included an Attrition track ("The Visitor") on the first volume of his "Rising from the Red Sands" series of compilation tapes, beginning a long running association with Gary and his Third Mind label (formerly Tone Death). Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Stress is a very short-lived rock band that only released one album in the late 80s. ... Dance Naked is a rock album by John Mellencamp released in 1994. ...

In 1983, Attrition received their first exposure in the national music press through a review by Dave Henderson in his "Wild Planet" column in Sounds, which led to their "Dreamsleep" track appearing on Henderson's compilation "The Elephant Table Album", the band's first vinyl appearance. A postal collaboration with Seattle-based improvisational collective Audio Leter led to the "Action and Reaction" cassette release for Adventures in Reality. Attrition's first London concert followed, with a supporting slot from Coil. Attrition are as active today as ever - regularly releasing new material and touring the world. Martin also currently teaches music at City College in coventry Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... David Lee Henderson (born July 21, 1958 in Merced, California, USA), best known as Dave Henderson, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Seattle Mariners (1981-86), Boston Red Sox (1986-87), San Francisco Giants (1987), Oakland Athletics (1988-93) and Kansas... This article is about compression waves. ... The Elephant Table Album: a compilation of difficult music was a 1983 Compilation album, released on Xtract Records. ... Coil was an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as Jhonn Balance—and his lover Peter Christopherson, aka Sleazy.[1] The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be inspired by...

References

1. ^ Composing noises. Sorted magAZine (1999).

Discography

(selected; a full discography can be obtained from the official website — see links below)

Albums

• (1982) Death House
• (1983) Action and Reaction
• (1984) The Attrition of Reason
• (1985) Smiling, at The Hypogonder Club
• (1986) In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (a compilation of remixed early material)
• (1988) At the Fiftieth Gate
• (1991) A Tricky Business
• (1993) The Hidden Agenda
• (1995) Ephemera
• (1996) 3 Arms and a Dead Cert
• (1997) Etude (early works performed by a chamber orchestra)
• (1999) The Jeopardy Maze
• (2000) Heretic Angels Live
• (2000) The Hand that Feeds
• (2004) Dante's Kitchen
• (2006) Tearing Arms from Deities (25 year anniversary collection of rare, remastered and remixed material)
• (2006) Something Stirs - the beginning (1981 - 83)
• (2007) All mine enemys whispers - The story of Mary Ann Cotton

External links

• Official Website