Front Line Assembly

小簡介
86年成立的老牌樂隊Front Line Assembly，其成員Bill Leeb和Rhys Fulber均來自加拿大溫哥華，是上世紀加拿大著名的工業(yè)電子樂隊Skinny Puppy的成員，共同的音樂理念使他們脫離Skinny Puppy，創(chuàng)立了Front Line Assembly樂隊，冷硬工業(yè)電子風格一直是樂隊的標志。樂隊成立并參與了一些合輯后，于一九八七年推出樂隊同名專輯，并很快擁有了三支熱門單曲“The Initial Command”、“State of Mind”、“Corrosion”。一九八九年的專輯《Gashed Senses ＆ Crossfire》開始轉向工業(yè)舞曲，在此后進行的歐洲巡演中樂隊完成了第一張現(xiàn)場專輯《simply，Live》。一九九零年推出第一張電子音樂專輯《Caustic Grip》，四年后推出的士高味道的工業(yè)舞曲專輯《Tactical Neural Implant》。一九九七年Rhys Fulber離隊，由Chris Peterson接替。樂隊在近十二年的時間以驚人的創(chuàng)造力和速度發(fā)行了二十九張專輯，但這些專輯的數(shù)量不是很大，尤其是樂隊早期的作品更是鳳毛麟角。
by Jason Ankeny
Front Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber — who initially joined on as a studio assistant — and synth player Michael Balch. After a handful of compilation appearances and cassette-only releases, Front Line Assembly issued its first three full-length efforts — The Initial Command, State of Mind, and Corrosion — on a monthly basis between December 1987 and February 1988. Later in 1988, Corrosion, a subsequent mini-album titled Disorder, and a number of exclusive bonus tracks were compiled and released as Convergence.
In 1989, the group returned with the album Gashed Senses & Crossfire, which contained the dance-flavored singles Digital Tension Dementia and No Limit. A European tour in support of the record yielded a live album — titled simply Live — that was released and deleted on the same day in a limited edition of 4,000 pressings. After Balch departed Front Line Assembly in 1990, Fulber stepped in as a full partner; the streamlined duo soon released the electro-styled album Caustic Grip, while 1992s Tactical Neural Implant found the groups music moving in a harder-edged disco direction. By 1994, the sound evolved yet again, with the album Millennium displaying a newfound reliance on guitars; both the title track and This Faith scored as club hits. Fulber departed the lineup by 1997, while his replacement Chris Peterson debuted with 1998s Monument. Implode appeared one year later. Sticking with a heavy dose of synth pop trance and throbbing melodies, Leeb and Peterson issued Epitaph in fall 2001. Rhys Fulber returned for the 2001 album Civilization and remained for the 2006 release Artificial Soldier, which found guitarist/keyboardist Jeremy Inkel joining the band. The remix album Fallout followed in 2007.