Def FX (1990-1997) were an Australian industrial-dance-rock group, formed in Sydney. The core of the group was keyboardist and vocalist Sean Lowry (also a visual artist) and vocalist Fiona Horne (A famous Wiccan and environmentalist). This article is about the year. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Electronic dance music (EDM) is a broad set of percussive music genres that largely inherit from 1970s disco music and, to some extent, the experimental pop music of Kraftwerk. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Sean Lowry is the inspiration and back bone of the Australian smash hit band Def Fx. ... Fiona Horne is an Australian singer, rock musician and Wiccan. ... For the book series Wicca see Sweep (book series) and Circle Of Three. ...

Top 50 ARIA hit "Psychoactive Summer" is exemplary of Def FX's music, combining elements of electronica and heavy-metal instrumentations and grunge vocals. Their music throughout their career can be described as a fusion of elements of psychedelia, industrial, grunge, electronica, and heavy metal, and in their early days, even reggae and disco. In fluctating degrees their sound has similarities to that of Pink Floyd, Skinny Puppy, Cliff Burton-era Metallica, Soundgarden, Jesus Jones, The Prodigy, INXS, Garbage, Rammstein, 1990s Wollongong grunge band Tumbleweed, Marilyn Manson, and current hit-makers Evanescence. Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band noted for philosophical lyrics, classical rock compositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. ... Skinny Puppy is a prominent industrial band, which formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. ... Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was the second bassist in the band Metallica, joining the band in late 1982 (replacing Ron McGovney. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... Soundgarden was a seminal Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. ... Jesus Jones is a British London-based rock group that performed and recorded in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. ... For other uses, see Prodigy (disambiguation). ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... Garbage is an American-Scottish rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... Rammstein is a German band that was formed in 1994. ... This article is about the plant. ... Marilyn Manson redirects here. ... Evanescence is a rock/alternative/pop[1] band from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Early in their career, the rock band garnered local fame in Little Rock before releasing their first major label album Fallen, which went on to sell over 14 million copies worldwide. ...

With guitarist Blake Gardner, bassist Martin Basha, and Larry van Kreidt on saxophone and programming respectively, the band released their first EP Water in 1990. The release featured the song "Surfers of the Mind", the band's first video. Their first album Light Speed Collision was released in 1992 (first as a vinyl-only release on the Phantom Records label, followed by CD in 1993 through EMI) and featured a cover both parodying and paying tribute to that of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, with the title track also decidedly Floydesque. The album also featured supplementary vocals by New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich. For its release in the United States the band were forced use the artist name "Definition FX" to avoid any confusion with US band Das FX. Different kinds of guitars The guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

The next album Baptism, released in 1993, was a compilation of the EPs "Water", "Surge" and "Blink" as well as the 12-inch "Surfers of the Mind" single. It also featured the single "Make Your Stash", which is apparently so rare that Horne had no idea of its existence when presented it for autographing by a dedicated Def FX fan. The single was rather atypical of Def FX, in that it had no cover art and no B-sides, which had characterised their EPs. The band usually preferred to make each release, be it album or EP, a conceptual work that made full use of the compact disc format that had recently come into commercial prominence. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... A CD (Compact Disc), is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

Weeks before the band's second tour of the United States, guitarist Gardner left the band to be replaced by Dave Stein. By the end of 1993, Martyn Basha also departed, replaced by long-time member Larry Van Kriedt. Larry Van Kriedt is the original AC/DC bassist/volcalist along with Malcolm Young (Rhythm Guitar), Angus Young (Lead Guitar), Dave Evans (Lead Vocals) and Colin Burgiss (Drums). ...

Ritual Eternal (1995) was a more experimental album, featuring some tracks without the standard guitars, and others featuring Charlie McMahon playing the didgeridoo, with whom Def FX also toured. Recorded and produced almost entirely by Sean Lowry, following the cancellation of their contract with EMI, this album also introduced new bassist, Peter Tasker, who was forced out of the band months later for his unprofessional behaviour. His replacement was Sean Fonti, formerly of Sydney act Caligula. A didgeridoo. ... Caligula were a band from Sydney, Australia, who produced techno-grunge music in the early 1990s and achieved some national success. ...

1996 saw the release of Majick the band's most techno/metal sounding album. It spawned four singles, and became the band's only certified release, going gold in 1997. The band dissolved in May of that year, as Lowry had a plan to end the project. The split was announced by Horne on ABCTV's Saturday morning youth variety show Recovery,many believed this to be premature as the band was still very successful. It was coincidentally during the same news segment as seminal Seattle grunge act Soundgarden's demise was also made public. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with RIAA certification. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ...

Fiona Horne has subsequently become a successful author, writing an autobiography and a work discussing the Wicca rituals she practices.

Sean Lowry completed his PhD in 2003 at the University of Sydney (his thesis concerned appropriation art and sampling in music) and has since formed Celebrity Drug Disasters, together with producer Rob Taylor. Sean is also a visual artist, academic, electronic musician and theorist.

Discography

• Water [EP]: 1990
• Surge [EP]: 1991
• Blink [EP]: 1992
• Light Speed Collision: 1992
• Space Time Disco [12" single]: 1992
• No Time for Nowhere [EP]: 1993
• Baptism: 1993
• Make Your Stash [single]: 1993
• Post Moronic [EP]: 1994
• Kill The Real Girls [EP]: 1995
• Ritual Eternal: 1995
• Psychoactive Summer [EP]: 1996
• Spell On You [single]: 1996
• Majick: 1996
• (I'll be your) Majick [single]: 1996
• Deja Vu [single] : 1997

External links

• http://www.fionahorne.com/
• http://www.celebritydrugdisasters.com/