Catch THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR on SMILE EMPTY SOUL 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR!
‘It’s No Good’ Earns Top honors at Radio!”
The era of the vertical video is here and Las Vegas Rockers, THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR, are living in the future with their new music video for “It’s No Good”. THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR is stepping up as one of the first bands in the world to film a music video vertically. The 9:16 format used by THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR signifies the rise of vertical video on social media, and the inevitable shift to come for music videos. Thinking and acting forward, THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR hopes to kickstart the new wave of integrating vertical formats with “It’s No Good”.
Sinister Wisperz IV: The Bedroom Tapes (1987-1988) Out NOW via SLEAZEBOX RECORDS!
Catch MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT LIVE on 2023 EVIL EYE TOUR with Special Guests ADULT. & KANGA!
MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT has released the official music video for “Wrath of Satan”! Originally premiered on music tastemaking site mxdwn, the NSFW, age restricted music video for ” Wrath of Satan is off of the band’s newly released Sinister Whisperz IV: The Bedroom Tapes 1987-1988!
Catch THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR on SMILE EMPTY SOUL 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR!
Alternative heavy rock band THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR has released their newest single, a dark re-imagining of the 1997 DEPECHE MODE hit single, “It’s No Good.” Produced by JOHN MOYER (DISTURBED), the band’s crushing and melancholic musical style is an ode to darker alternative music torchbearers like Type O Negative, HIM, David Bowie, Gary Numan, and Nine Inch Nails. They capture a uniquely haunting sound steeped in downtrodden melodies enveloped in the darkness.
Sinister Whispers IV: The Bedroom Tapes 1987-1988 Out 5/9/2023 via SMY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT Announces ‘SINISTER WHIISPERS IV: The Bedroom Tapes 1987-1988’!LEAZEBOX RECORDS!
Catch MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT LIVE on 2023 EVIL EYE TOUR with Special Guests ADULT. & KANGA!
On May 9, 2023, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT will release Sinister Whisperz IV: The Bedroom Tapes (1987-1988). This fourth release in the artist’s retrospective series focuses on the pre-band days, when the duo were just beginning to collaborate. It’s a collection of rare live recordings, made in a small Chicago bedroom during the winter of 1987-88. The 13 songs, jams and grooves highlight TKK’s industrial origins, featuring heavily distorted vocals, jack hammer percussion sounds, and a good ol’ dose of Satanic adoration.
In celebration of 36 years, the legendary WAX TRAX! Industrial-dance trailblazers MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT announce additional dates for their EVIL EYE TOUR, featuring the band’s classic hits from 1987 – 1997. With fans clamoring for dates throughout the East and North Central states, the band released 16 additional dates, once again alongside support acts ADULT. And KANGA, including shows in Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Halloween night in New York City!
In celebration of 36 years, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT will hit the road this Spring after a four year hiatus. The “Evil Eye Tour” kicks off May 14th, 2023 at the Nile Theater in Mesa, AZ. The set list for the 14-date western US tour will focus heavily on the band’s early career on both the Wax Trax and Interscope record labels (1987 – 1997). Joining TKK as direct support will be Detroit’s avant-garde electronic duo ADULT. and underground pop purveyor KANGA completes the bill.
Hailing from Chicago’s renowned Wax Trax! Records stable of artists, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT have been conjuring up sonic tales of sex, blasphemy and kitschy horror since 1987. The band helped develop the industrial music genre, yet have continued to expand their style, creating one of the most diverse repertoires in modern music. Electronic rock, heavily influenced by both disco and funk can best describe their sound, while spoken-word samples lifted from B-movies gives the band their signature mark. They have released 14 studio albums, a slew of remix compilations, and have contributed to a variety of soundtracks and film scores, including a cameo performance in the 1994 cult movie classic The Crow.
Artist Franke Nardiello and musician Marston Daley, two Chicago neighbors who enjoyed late night binges watching trashy exploitation films and horror flicks, wanted to make their own movie to be called “My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult”. While the project never came to fruition, they wrote some music to be the accompanying soundtrack. Both worked at the Wax Trax record store, and when label founders Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher heard the songs, they were intrigued. Using the film title as the name of the band, they released a 3-song EP in early 1988. The response was overwhelming, and it was clear fans wanted to hear more.
Taking the stage names Groovie Mann (Nardiello) and Buzz McCoy (Daley), the duo began to focus on music full time. They created an occult meets leather biker image to compliment the band’s name which included enlisting a bevy of voluptuous back-up singers / dancers known as the BOMB GANG GIRLZ. In June of ’88, they flew to label mate Luc Van Acker’s studio in Belgium to record their first album, I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits. It was recorded in just ten days, and mixed in another ten days at Southern Studios in London. The fans ate it up! They followed up with two hard-hitting dance floor 12” tracks – Kooler Than Jesus (1989) and Cuz It’s Hot (1990), which features no-wave chanteuse Lydia Lunch on vocals. The New York Times wrote, “Sex, blasphemy, big beats and go-go dancing; they’re all in a day’s work for My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult”. This attracted the attention of indie fans, as well as the ire of the PMRC and conservative religious groups in practically equal measure. By the time of their sophomore release, Confessions Of A Knife (1990), they were far and away one of the biggest selling acts on the label.
1991 saw the release of their third album, Sexplosion!, a calculated sonic and visual departure from their previous work. 1950’s pin-up models replaced the demonic imagery, while sleazy stripper horns, disco beats and house diva vocals (provided by artist Shawn Christopher) took prominence over the more abrasive musical elaments.They put together a provocative stage show, complete with spinning police lights, mirror balls and a stocked bar with bartender to serve the scantily clad musicians and dancers while they performed. Alternative Press reviewed the show as “Sin-sational!”, while Melody Maker described it as “A Cabaret from Hell”. It was a huge success, and the album sold so well (fueled by the phenomenal radio hit “Sex On Wheelz”) that the group signed a deal with Interscope Records shortly afterwards and released two more albums – 13 Above the Night (1993), and Hit & Run Holiday (1995).
Hollywood also embraced the KULT, recognizing the unique cinematic aspect in their sound. Most notably, the band scored five songs for animator Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World (1992) and wrote the lap dance song for director Paul Verhoven’s saucy Showgirls (1993). Comedies BASEketball and The Flintstones Movie prominently feature songs from the Hit & Run Holiday album. They have been roasted by MTV’s Beavis & Butthead, and were written into the story line of the film Sexy Evil Genius which also features the song “A Daisy Chain 4 Satan”. Most recently the club hit “Kooler Than Jesus” can be heard blasting in Season 3 of the Netflix series Narcos.
The band moved to Rykodisc in 1997 and re-released their entire remastered / repackaged catalog, along with five more studio albums, including an homage to 70’s disco era called Gay Black & Married, and the sultry and decadent Filthiest Show In Town (2007). They also formed their own label, SleazeBox Records, in 2001, enabling the release of a growing number of side-projects in addition to new TKK material.
Today SLEAZEBOX.com boasts the complete THRILL KILL KULT catalog, in addition to related works such as Mann’s DARLING KANDIE, and McCoy’s self titled projects. They continue to work with Wax Trax! Records for the purpose of re-issuing special limited edition vinyl. Buzz and Groovie still record and perform live along with veteran band mates Mimi Star (bass) and Justin Thyme (drums), all the while making a reputation for themselves as one of the most notorious and controversial cult bands of their generation.
Dark Art Conspiracy 
You must be logged in to post a comment.