List of California Goth and Industrial bands
This is a list of California based goth, synthpop, and industrial music bands. This list includes former and currently active bands in the entire California region and hopefully can be used to give people an idea of the significance of this region to goth, synthpop, and industrial music. It is based on a list compiled by San Francisco-Bay Area musician Eric Gottesman.
Artist: is the band name (and will be linked to the bands Wikipedia article if there is one), side projects or other names should have their own entries in the list
Homepage: an external link is available when the band has an active homepage
Dates: this is the range of years that the band has been together, where bands that are no longer active are shaded in gray
Last Residence: this is the last or current residence of bands (notice this list includes bands that are no longer in California)
Number of Releases: this number is the number of regular releases (bands that perform live only might have no releases)
0 - 9
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13th Sky |
? |
? - Present |
Los Angeles |
? |
15 degrees below zero |
2000 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
|
26z |
2000 - Present |
Los Angeles |
5 |
|
45 Grave |
No |
1979 - 1990 |
Los Angeles |
8 |
187 Calm |
? |
? |
? |
? |
5,000 Fingers |
? - 2005 |
San Mateo |
? |
A
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alister's Rosary |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Amber Asylum |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
8 |
|
Anguish |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Animated Corsage |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Artemis |
2001 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
|
The Aversion |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Axoe |
? |
? |
? |
? |
B
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B!Machine |
1996 - Present |
San Francisco |
21 |
|
Battery |
? |
? |
San Francisco |
? |
? |
? - Present |
? |
? |
|
BATZZ in the Belfry |
2003 - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
|
Bitcrush |
? |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
Black Ice |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Black Snake Moan |
1997 - Present |
San Francisco |
2 |
|
Blade [...] |
1990 - 1993 |
Santa Barbara |
2 |
|
Bleak Track |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Bleeding Stone |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Blood Fountains |
2007-Present |
Sacramento |
? |
|
Burning Image |
1983-Present |
Bakersfield |
2 |
C
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C/A/T |
1998 - Present |
Seattle |
8 |
|
Catharsis |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Cause and Effect |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Cellar-M |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Chemical Angel |
1996 - Present |
Sacramento |
? |
|
Christian Death |
1979 - 1998 |
Los Angeles |
28 |
|
Claire Voyant |
1995 - Present |
Sacramento |
4 |
|
Claudia's Ashes |
2002 - Present |
Galt |
2 |
|
Collide |
1988 - Present |
Los Angeles |
10 |
|
CompostFilter |
2000 - Present |
Oakland |
2 |
|
Consolidated |
? |
1988 - ? |
? |
7 |
Control Theory |
2001 - 2004 |
San Jose |
1 |
|
Corey Lento |
? |
? |
? |
|
Crimson Ivy |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
d.compose |
? |
San Francisco |
1 |
|
Deathline International |
? |
San Francisco |
? |
|
Din Fiv |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
2 |
|
Disclosure |
No |
2005 - Present |
Seattle |
1 |
Diva Destruction |
2000 - Present |
Hollywood |
2 |
|
Dreams of the Fall |
No |
? - 2001 |
San Jose |
2 |
Drop Black Sky |
2003 - Present |
Oakland |
1 |
|
Dryft |
No |
1999 - Present |
San Francisco |
2 |
E
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Equilibrium |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Escape(Window) |
? |
San Francisco |
? |
|
Everything Goes Cold |
? |
? |
? |
|
Exclipsect |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
|
Exillon |
1998 - Present |
Oakland |
4 + comp appearances |
F
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Factrix |
1978 - 1982 |
San Francisco |
5 |
|
FADE to Black |
? |
? |
? |
? |
The Faded |
? - Present |
? |
? |
|
Faith and the Muse |
1993 - Present |
Los Angeles |
5 |
|
Falling You |
? - Present |
? |
? |
|
Fatal Rupture |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Final Duel |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Flatline Transmissions |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
|
Form/Alkaline |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Fornicuit |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Frank The Baptist |
1999 - Present |
San Diego |
4 |
|
F-Space |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
G
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Galaxxy Chamber |
1991- |
San Francisco |
1 album, numerous compilation tracks |
|
Ganymede |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Gauge |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Gridlock |
1994 - 2005 |
San Francisco |
13 |
|
Grotus |
1991 - 1996 |
San Francisco |
10 |
H
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Halou |
1995 - Present |
San Francisco |
5 |
|
Here We Burn |
? |
1994-1998 |
San Francisco |
1 |
HMB |
? - Present |
Sacramento / Leipzig |
1 |
|
Holocaust Theory |
? |
? |
? |
? |
I
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Imperative Reaction |
? |
? |
Los Angeles |
4 |
Imperial Floral Assault Unit |
? |
? |
San Francisco |
? |
Informatik |
1994 - Present |
Boston / San Francisco |
4 |
|
Information Society |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Inure |
? |
1999 - Present |
Los Angeles |
2 |
Invisible Ballet |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
1 |
|
Ivoux |
1996 |
? |
1 |
K
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kill Sister Kill |
? |
1992 - ? |
San Francisco |
? |
[...] Floor |
1968 - ? |
? |
? |
|
Kode IV |
? |
San Francisco |
8 |
L
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LOMA Prieta |
? |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
Love Club |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Luxt |
? - 2005 |
Sacramento |
5 |
M
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malign |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Manufactura |
2000 - Present |
Los Angeles |
4 |
|
Meat Beat Manifesto |
1987 - Present |
San Francisco |
10 |
|
Mephisto Walz |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Metagalaxxy |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Monstrum Sepsis |
1996 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
|
Moonlife |
1999 - Present |
Oakland |
3 |
|
[...] Death Kill |
? |
? |
? |
? |
MUTE Angst Envy |
1988 - Present |
San Jose/Bay Area |
2 |
|
My Sin |
? |
? |
? |
? |
N
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Neither Neither World |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Nerve Factor |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Nevertheless |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Nihil Communication |
1997 - Present |
San Francisco |
1 |
|
N-Vitro |
? |
1997 - present |
Sacramento |
? |
O
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
off_ocus |
? |
? |
? |
|
the Operative |
? |
? - Present |
Los Angeles |
1 |
P
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Plasmavore Septa |
2004 - Present |
Santa Cruz |
2 |
|
Pulse Legion |
? |
1996 - ? |
Los Angeles |
2 |
Psyclon Nine |
2002 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
R
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Right Hand, The |
2001 - Present |
Santa Barbara |
3 |
|
Rosen Coven |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
S
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Savak |
1998 - Present |
San Francisco |
3 |
|
Savior |
? |
? - Present |
Sacramento |
? |
See Colin Slash |
1998 - 2004 |
Oakland |
2 |
|
Shadow Cabinet |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Sharkbait |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Slave Unit |
? |
? - Present |
? |
? |
Sleeping with the Earth |
1999 - Present |
Portland, Oregon |
11 |
|
Soil and Eclipse |
1996 - Present |
Richmond, CA |
4 |
|
Stone 588 |
1992 - Present |
Fullerton, CA |
3+ |
|
Spiritual Cramp |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Sunshine Blind |
1991 - 2003 |
San Francisco |
5 |
|
Swann Danger |
www.swanndanger.com |
2001 - Present |
oakland |
2 + various compilations |
Switchblade Symphony |
No |
1989 - 1999 |
San Francisco |
9 |
System Exclusive |
? |
? |
? |
? |
T
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tesseract7 |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
? |
|
The Right Hand |
2001 - Present |
Santa Barbara |
3 |
|
Tinfed |
? - 2003 |
? |
? |
|
Title |
? - Present |
? |
4 |
|
Trance to the Sun |
1990 - 2001 |
Santa Barbara |
7 |
U
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uberkunst |
1995 - Present |
Sacramento |
? |
|
2000 - Present |
San Francisco |
2 |
V
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vas |
1995 - Present |
Los Angeles |
4 |
W
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wages of Sin |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Wench |
No |
1999 |
San Francisco |
1 |
WhipKraft |
? - Present |
San Francisco |
1 Welcome to the Chapel Perilous |
|
Whormongr |
? - Present |
? |
? |
|
Winter Chapter |
? |
? |
? |
? |
X
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Xenocanon |
? - Present |
Sacramento |
? |
|
Xorcist |
1991 - 1999 |
? |
7 |
Y
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yankem and the jobbers |
1998 - Present |
Vallejo |
2 |
|
Z
Artist |
Homepage |
Dates |
Last Residence |
Number of Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zymosish |
1998 - Present |
San Francisco |
5 |
Additional Resources
- List of San Francisco Bay Area Goth and Industrial Bands Eric Gottesman's fairly comprehensive listing of Northern California goth, synthpop, and industrial bands.
- SFGoth.com Band Listings (dated)
- Ed Klein's Music Database Former Stanford radio DJ and current San Francisco club DJ's list of goth and industrial bands. (dated)
- Mick Mercer Author of several books on goth music.