M: HISTORY
 
Mercurine: 2000 - present
Founder, composer, performer.


Oblivia: 1998 - present
Solo composer and performer on synths, cello and vocals.
Recordings: Spitting Embers ©1999 (Heads on Sticks/DivaNation Records).


The Last Dance: Cellist 2003 - 2005
Live guest performance: Repent Club 5-Year Reunion, Anaheim, CA 2004
Recording: Whispers In Rage ©2003 The Last Dance (Dancing Ferret Discs)


Blood Gnome (filmscore): Cellist 2003
Recording: Textural and percussive sounds for score to "Blood Gnome", a Turning Point Film by John Lechago. See www.turningpointfilms.com for more details on this film.


Rivulets: Cellist 2002
Recording: Rivulets EP ©2002/2003 (Tract Records) Cello appears on "Cutter II" featuring Jarboe.


Pigface: Cellist 2001
Live guest performance: "Preaching to the Perverted" Tour, December 5, 2001 at the Key Club in Los Angeles, CA.


Omewenne: Cellist 2001
Recording: As-yet unnamed release scheduled for street date in 2004.


Gallows Humor: Cellist 2000-2001


Cassandra Complex: Keyboardist, cellist 2000
Live Highlights: Front 242 tour of USA in the Fall of 2000 (CX was opening band for this leg of their tour); shows spanned from NYC to California in 5 days, and the CX2K tour in December 2000 which was exclusive to Germany.


Faith and the Muse: Cellist, bassist 1998-1999
Live Highlights: Projekt Festival March 1998 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Convergence IV August 21-23 1998 in Toronto, Canada. The Blackout A.D. Tour July 18 - August 29, 1999.


My Scarlet Life: Cellist 1998-1999
Live guest performances only.


Ministry: Cellist 1998
Recording: Dark Side of the Spoon ©1999 (Warner Bros. Records). Don’t bother looking for it on the CD, the cello track got scrapped early on in favor of putting an angry, festering saxophone in its place. The recording experience, however, was quite a blast and pretty surreal!


Bed of Roses: Cellist, vocalist 1998
Recording: The Kissing Tree ©1998 (DivaNation Records).


Arcanta: Cellist 1997
Live guest performance: The Projekt Festival August 1-2 1997 at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL.


black tape for a blue girl™: Cellist 1996-1998
Live Highlights: The Projekt Festival June 25-26, 1996 at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL. The Projekt Festival August 1-2 1997 at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL with corresponding Midwest/East Coast Tour from August 24-September 4, 1997. Mexico City, October 25, 1997 at Salon Mexico. black tape for a blue girl Spring Tour in February 1998. The Projekt Festival March 1998 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
Recordings: Remnants of a Deeper Purity ©1996 (Projekt), a promotional pre-release CD-single for Remnants known as Pro69 in the Projekt catalog ©1996 (Projekt), and With My Sorrows ©1997 (Amplexus).


Garden Of Dreams: Synth programming/performance, cellist 1995-1996
Live Highlights: Convergence Festival June 23-24, 1995 at Bedrocks in Chicago, IL. This was the festival responsible for starting the series of annual Convergence Festivals in different cities in the US and Canada. Spellbound: A Gothic Samhain Celebration in Cleveland, OH was notable for several reasons, not the least of which was the fact that the band were nearly snow-bound in a rented cargo van.
Recording: The Seraphim's Desire ©1996 (Seraph Productions).


The Hail Marys: Keyboard player 1987
Originally known as Unkown Pleasures, the most noteworthy show for this local Chicago band was the "July 4th Weekend 19-Band Bash" at Batteries Not Included in Chicago, IL. Line-up included The Leeches, Dark Horse, The Farmers, Precious Wax Drippings, Bobnoxious, Fang Beach, Material Issue, Raving Mad, Fudge Tunnel, Incoming Wounded, Slammin' Watusis, The Apostles, Wait For Light, The Occupants, Fugitive Kind, Friends of Betty, Sponge and Barbie Army. Also noteworthy, The Hail Marys managed to play at Club Dreamerz before it burned down to the ground for the last time.
Recordings: No official recordings were made, but some disintegrating cassette tapes of live shows and rehearsals are still laying around.


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