John Balance

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John Balance
John Balance
John Balance
Background information
Birth nameGeoffrey Laurence Burton
Also known asJohn Balance, Jhonn Balance, Jhon Balance
Born(1962-02-16)16 February 1962
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Died13 November 2004(2004-11-13) (aged 42)
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
poet
Instruments
Years active1979–2004
LabelsChalice
Threshold House
Eskaton

Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton[2] (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English[3] musician, occultist, artist and poet.

He was best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson.[4][5] Coil was active from 1982 to Balance's death in 2004. He was responsible for the majority of Coil's vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric.

Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia (at the beginning of the 1980s), Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, Chris & Cosey,[6] Thighpaulsandra, and produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes.[7]

  1. ^ O'Neill, Tim, "The Invocation of the Black Sun", Coil text archive, Brainwashed, Inc., retrieved 22 September 2017
  2. ^ "Official Public Record". The London Gazette. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ "JOHN BALANCE". brainwashed.com. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  4. ^ Smith, Richard (11 December 2004), "Obituary: John Balance", The Guardian, retrieved 22 August 2007.
  5. ^ Brandon; Genesis P-Orridge (29 November 2010). "The First Five Minutes After Death: Various Artists Remember Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (UPDATE: Genesis P-Orridge eulogy)". Steriogum. BUZZMedia. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ Scott Treleaven (11 March 2001). "Coil". disinformation. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  7. ^ Nick Kushner (2004–2012). "Coil and the Occult" (Article). nachtkabarett.com. Retrieved 27 April 2012.