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Betty X is the stage name of Zoe Kaylor, an industrial-metal performer based in Seattle, Washington. She was born and raised in Seattle, of Irish, and Cherokee heritage. She is also a conceptual artist and expressionist painter. Her work is often caustic and controversial. Image File history File linksMetadata BettyX_wiki. ...
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Anti-Social Records is an independent record label based in Seattle, WA. It was founded by a long-time veteran of the music industry that wanted to provide representation and support for like-minded artists, without the heavy artistic constraints associated with most major labels. ...
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Biography
From the official Betty X website: - Considering herself first and foremost a conceptual artist and performer rather than a singer, Betty X’s sardonic wit and unapologetic temperament is mirrored in both her music and her powerful (and often theatrical) stage performances. Her music has been described as everything from enigmatic and surreal, to aggressive, nihilistic, and brooding — as well as sarcastic and snide. The lyrical content, mostly cleverly disguised social commentary, is metaphoric and often tongue-in-cheek.
Betty X has been making music since the mid-90's, when she formed the controversial art rock band, Salon Betty — which received international attention and generally positive reviews. Though a native of the United States, Betty has previously lived in Prague, Czech Republic, which she credits as being her creative inspiration for Salon Betty. Salon Betty is an art rock band formed in Seattle during the early 90s by singer, songwriter, and performance artist, Betty X. The music is typically described as new wave or punk, but has been dubbed as gothabilly, death lounge and deathabilly by the bands frontwoman. ...
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- After several independent releases, the group disbanded and she decided to make her solo debut with the electro-industrial EP release Bad Side of Love in 1999, which was a dramatic departure from the campy and raucous lo-fi sound of Salon Betty.
Her solo project proved to be much darker and heavier than anything she had previously released. Naturally, this was met with mixed response from her fanbase. While losing some old fans, she also gained many new fans as the project gained momentum.
In 2004, several songs on her second solo release, Dystopia, found their way onto the soundtrack to independent filmmaker Craig Kovach's sci-fi horror film, Unearthed, featuring Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, From Dusk Till Dawn). Around the same time, she began collaborating with Martin Atkins (Pigface, Ministry, PIL), providing a live guest performance with Pigface and vocal recording for Sheep On Drugs' Machine Sex. Thomas Antonio Savini (born November 3, 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an award-winning actor, stunt man, director and special effects and makeup artist. ...
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From Dusk Till Dawn is a 1996 action/horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez, and written by Quentin Tarantino. ...
The industrial drummer Martin Atkins was born in Coventry, England on August 3, 1959. ...
Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin. ...
Ministry is an American industrial metal band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. ...
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During the course of her music career, Betty X has shared the stage with many notable performers, including Patti Smith, Powerman 5000, Machine Head, Pigface, Aiden, Professional Murder Music, Zeke, and Tim Cridland (AKA "The Torture King"). Patti Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ...
Powerman 5000 frequently referred to as PM5K, are a Boston-based alternative metal band formed in 1989. ...
Machine Head is a Heavy Metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. ...
Aiden is an American post hardcore/Emo[1] band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. ...
Zeke is a hardcore punk band from Seattle, USA. They are known for their extremely high-powered, driving guitar sound, mixed with blues influences. ...
Genre Betty X's earlier sound with Salon Betty has been described as psychobilly, gothabilly, death lounge, new wave, or, most commonly,art rock. One reviewer for the Seattle P.I. described the music as, "Neu-Wavo Ranchero" and referred to the fans as "Bettephiles." Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between the punk rock of the 1970s and the American rockabilly of the 1950s. ...
Gothabilly is a portmanteau which refers to the fusion of rockabilly music and the Goth culture. ...
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Her current self-titled solo project is much heavier and darker than previous material; fans of Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and Rob Zombie will feel right at home with it. With heavy, loud and grinding guitars, breakneck tempos, apocalyptic distortion and noise, moody soundscapes and extremely aggressive, distorted vocals, the music is best described as industrial metal. Ministry is an American industrial metal band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. ...
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Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings on January 12, 1965[1] in Haverhill, Massachusetts) is a Heavy metal and Industrial Rock musician, a director, and a writer. ...
Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ...
The newer songs cover a range of genres, however: "Human Disease" has the totalitarian/Orwellian flavor of Marilyn Manson, "Dystopia" is a poppy, bass-driven tune a la Nine Inch Nails, "Mons Venus" is a dark and sultry rock piece akin to P.J. Harvey, and most of Memoirs of a Pain Junkie could be considered straight-forward alternative metal in the style of Ministry's Psalm 69.
Albums
Bad Side of Love Betty X's debut solo album, Bad Side of Love (2000), was written and co-produced by Betty X with Vincent Saletto (Genitorturers). The album's heavy and dark industrial trip-hop vibe was a drastic change from the campy, light-hearted Salon Betty material. The album did not receive much attention and quickly went out of print. A debut album is the first released record album by an artist or a band. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The Genitorturers are an Industrial Metal band from The United States, with influences extending into the 1990s Hardcore Punk and Electronic Music. ...
Dystopia Betty X's second solo release was Dystopia (2004), an EP of six tracks plus one bonus track. This album, co-produced by Betty's husband and silent partner, Hate, featured heavier guitar riffs and more violent sonic tones than the debut album. It was fairly successful, gaining some national attention and radio play, and also spawning a small national tour. Several of the album's tracks, including "Shoot'em Up" and "Aurora," were featured on the movie soundtrack to Unearthed, starring Tom Savini. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thomas Antonio Savini (born November 3, 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an award-winning actor, stunt man, director and special effects and makeup artist. ...
Memoirs of a Pain Junkie Memoirs of a Pain Junkie (2006) is Betty X's third solo release and first full-length album. It is also her heaviest and hardest-hitting material to date. Released in summer of 2006, the album features a new version of "Shoot'em Up" remixed by Martin Atkins of Pigface. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The industrial drummer Martin Atkins was born in Coventry, England on August 3, 1959. ...
Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin. ...
Discography With the inclusion of the her releases with Salon Betty, Betty X's primary releases are: - Salon Betty - The Big Hair Sex Circus, 1996 (iMusic)
- Salon Betty - Arizona, 1997 (self-released EP)
- Betty X - Bad Side of Love, 2000 (Anti-Social Records)
- Betty X - Dystopia, 2004 (Anti-Social Records)
- Betty X - Memoirs of a Pain Junkie, 2006 (Anti-Social Records)
External links - www.bettyx.com
- www.myspace.com/bettyx
- www.livejournal.com/users/betty_x
- www.bettyx.com/salonbetty
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