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History of Guns

History Of Guns are an English cross-genre group combining elements of industrial, punk, electronica, rock, avant-garde and goth who formed in 1996. They self-released three EPs and two albums on their own Liquid Len Records before signing to Line Out Records in November 2006.

Their name comes from the title of one of their earliest songs, written about the Dunblane massacre.[1]


Primarily a studio project, History Of Guns have played live sporadically throughout their career including the Whitby Gothic Weekend and both Futurepunk23 and Back To The Futurepunk.[4][2]

In 2007, their song Your Obedient Servants came in at no.19 in journalist Mick Mercer's list of Top 30 Goth Singles Of All Time.[3]

In April 2008, Line Out Records sponsored the Whitby Gothic Weekend bi-annual football tournament so that teams were competing for the History Of Guns - Acedia Challenge Cup..[4]


Their third album ACEDIA was released on July 7th 2008 on Line Out Records and has been awarded 9/10 by Rock Sound.[5] A free download single of Empty Eyes / ...But I'll Be Waiting will be released on August 4th 2008.

Current line-up

Former/past member(s)


Beginning (1996-1999) - The Stagger Years

History Of Guns was formed in February 1996 as Pre-Hate Machine by Stagger Lee with Max Rael and Del Alien. Del Alien renamed the band 'History Of Guns' after a song he'd written about the Dunblane Massacre in mid 1996.

Their first demo Reformation Day was recorded at Discipline Studios in Tottenham in July 1996.

In September 1996 Gary 'The Reverend' Hughes joined the band as a regular part-time collaborator.

The band signed up with Top Knotch Management in 1997 and recorded a second demo Sold On Secrets in Chelmsford.

In 1999 the band acquired a PC, and began recording with Cubase.

The first track recorded in this fashion was 'Random Death Bag' which appeared on the third installment of the No Holy Additive compilation CD from Godreah Zine, followed by the Little Miss Suicide EP which was released on the newly formed Liquid Len record label, and an unreleased demo album called 'Enough Is Too Much LP'.

Stagger Lee quit the band with the release of their first CD, Little Miss Suicide EP in 1999.

2001 - 2003 Disconnect EP / Mirror Pond EP

In 2001 Godreah zine contacted the band with a request for them to appear on the fourth and final installment of the No Holy Additive compilation CD. Del Alien and Max Rael recorded their first new material for two years, namely, Reconstructing Terror, Fact and Disconnect, they also completed two unfinished tracks left over from Enough Is Too Much sessions namely, 57 Days and Burn, which eventually got released as the Disconnect EP by the Liquid Len record label in 2002.

Kevin Gerrish joined the band briefly in 2002 during the writing and recording of The Mirror Pond LP. Weeks before its release History Of Guns issued a press released saying that they'd been "consumed by business rhetoric" and were thus "downsizing the album into an EP". Although many of the remaining tracks remain unreleased, the track 'Psycho' was included as a bonus track on the second edition of the CD, and 'Sunday Lunchtime (A Family Portrait)' and 'Soaked' were included on the 2007 release 'Issue Six:Archive One - Make It Look Like An Accident'.

Flashes Of Light/Apophenia/Free EP Series

History Of Guns completed their debut album Flashes Of Light LP as a duo in 2004. The album made minimal use of guitars, instead the band produced a dense slab of atmospheric dark electronica. It was structured with two long songs, four short songs, and two long songs. The long songs being Flashes Of Light Parts 1, 2,3 and 4.

Recruiting a live band in 2004 the band began to perform gigs around the south east of England as an edgy punk band, not performing any of the songs from their debut album.

Their second official album Apophenia was released in November 2005.

Responding to an interview with Dark Futures zine in which History Of Guns said they worked very quickly, to which the interviewer replied "how did it take two years to make your new album then?" History Of Guns announced a series of free limited edition bi-monthly CDs, starting with the March 2006 release UDDERS available via their website.

In April 2006 they played their debut at the infamous Whitby Gothic Weekend.

In November 2006 the band announced that they had signed to Line Out Records and would no longer be able to keep to their schedule of releasing a new EP every other month whilst they wrote and recorded their 3rd album ACEDIA.

ACEDIA

Their third album ACEDIA was released on July 7th 2008 on Line Out Records

Discography

Studio Releases

Free CD Series

DVDs

Demos

Compilations

Remixes

(as Remixing artists)

(as artists being Remixed)

  • LMS - Track Little Miss Suicide Remixed by Gary Hughes 2001
  • Spoonburn - Track Moonburn remixed by Daniel Vincent (of Karma Pilot) 2004
  • Blown Out - Track Blown remixed by The Resonance Association vs History Of Guns [2007]]

References

  1. ^ "Goth In Asia Interviews History Of Guns". gothinasia(2005). Retrieved 2007-05-28. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ [1] Line Out Records
  3. ^ [2]Mick Mercer's Top 30 Goth Singles Of All Time
  4. ^ [3]Whitby Gazette
  5. ^ Rock Sound, July 3rd, 2008 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "last" ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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