Argyle Park

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Argyle Park was an industrial band that released one album, Misguided, on REX Records in 1994. While shrouded in mystery for some time after their album release, it is now known that the band members Dred and Deathwish were aliases for none other than Klayton, then of the industrial band Circle of Dust (and now also the powerhouse behind Celldweller, FreqGen and Scandroid). Buka was the other "real" band member, and in addition to him and Klayton, the album featured various guest vocalists and musicians including J.G. Thirlwell of Foetus, Klank, Jyro of Mortal fame, Lauren Boquette of Drown and Six, Tommy Victor of Prong and Mark Salomon (then in the band The Crucified), who would go on to front Stavesacre, Neon Horse and White Lighter). Misguided is fondly remembered as a pivotal and widely influential album both within the Christian industrial sub-scene and in the scene at large. The album blended many genres through a solid framework of industrial metal, featuring spoken word, chant, experimental electronica, horns, heavy use of samples, and even ragtime piano. In addition, the album was filled with dark, bitter lyrical themes purportedly written as catharsis for an abuse scandal at the band's church while growing up. Given the nature of the Christian music industry through which the album was distributed, the themes of the album brought much backlash against the band for being "too dark" or "not Christian enough", and the the controversy became so heated that the project

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Misguided

Misguided (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]

Misguided (Remastered)

Suspension of Disbelief

Misguided (Deluxe Edition)

I Predict A Clone: A Steve Taylor Tribute

Sweet Family Music: A Tribute to Stryper

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Sweet Family Music - A Tribute To Stryper

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Misguided (Remastered) (Deluxe Edition)

Demo-Lition II

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Full Circle: The Birth, Death & Rebirth of Circle of Dust

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Steve Taylor Tribute: I Predict a Clone

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