Medicant Downline

Medicant Downline is a Northeast United States-based industrial rock/coldwave band known for mixing standard industrial influences with the 8-bit sound of Nintendo or Genesis games. Due to their unique sound, they have performed at Connecticut's Connecticon anime and video convention twice; performing with in 2005 and headlining in 2006.

Influences and Style
Medicant Downline counts among its influences many different genres of music, each supplied by a different member of the band. Combining elements of late 80s synthpop (most notably bands such as Depeche Mode or Gary Numan) with the thunderous crash of the mid-90s industrial rock scene along with the synthesizer programming style of many 8-bit video games, Medicant Downline creates a style of music they gladly classify as Synthcore or .

Live Shows and Support
Throughout 2007, Medicant Downline played almost exclusively at the Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. During this time, they shared the stage with bands such as Mindless Self Indulgence, Static-X, Powerman 5000, Shadows Fall, Paradise Lost, VAST, Kill Hannah, Zebrahead, Authority Zero, Bella Morte, Deadstar Assembly, Lennon, Pig, Crossbreed, Mindless Faith, Digital Mindy, and Circus of Dead Squirrels.

Outside of club acts, Medicant Downline has attracted a following playing at anime and video conventions such as Connecticon.

Covers and Tributes
A gimmick the band has since retired, Medicant Downline peppered sets throughout 2006 and 2007 with various cover songs. Particulary, the band paid tribute to Depeche Mode heavily, doing their own renditions of "It's No Good," "Blasphemous Rumours," "Stripped," and "Precious." This lead to an on-stage in-joke where keyboardist Dan Robinson renamed Medicant Downline "Violator," Connecticut's only Depeche Mode tribute band.

Other songs covered by Medicant Downline live include Danzig's "Mother," Gary Numan's "My Dying Machine," and Genesis' "Land of Confusion."

With the blessing of their lead singer, Medicant Downline has recorded a cover of the Shriekback song "Faded Flowers" to appear on their debut LP, Test Subject. The band often plays this song live to end sets played with quieter or acoustic bands.

Discography
Albums
* Demotion EP (2005)
* Test Subject (2007)
* Line of Sight (2008)

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