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Beg For Eden
12+ albums
post-punkgothGothic Rockgoth rockPeter Messina
about
BEG FOR EDEN is an American Post-punk group formed in the Fall of 1986, in New Paltz (SUNY) in upstate New York. Originally a duo with a drum machine consisting of Peter Messina and Jacques Cohen. In the Spring of '88, Peter Messina (vocals & bass) and Jacques Cohen (guitar), entered Rich Woods Studio in Poughkeepsie, to record The Stark Elusive "12. It was released in 1989 via the Trance Technologies label. Beg For Eden''s crucial third member, Greg Scott, joined shortly before the EP's release. Greg added ambient noise, loops, and analog synth to the band's sound, and helped to designed The Stark Elusive's insert which was printed on unique double thick translucent onion paper stock. The band was greatly inspired by writers of speculative extreme fiction such as J.G. Ballard, William S. Burroughs, Philip K. Dick,Georges Bataille, and the [book]REsearch 'Industrial Culture Handbook'[/book], (http://www.researchpubs.com/books/ichprod.php) and it's collection of first generation Industrial artists (SPK, Survival Research Laboratories/artist], TG / Coum Transmissions, Cabaret Voltaire et al). Their sound was one that incorporated the atmospheric drone of British Post-Punk (The Psychedelic Furs , The Chameleons , Killing Joke , Echo & The Bunnymen , The Cure , Joy Division, Felt and The Durutti Column ) the energy of American Post-Hardcore influenced guitar bands such as Mission of Burma , REM , Hüsker Dü , The Meat Puppets and (mostly) NYC art-noise bands of t
