Shock Therapy
| Shock Therapy | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Electropunk |
| founding | 1982, 2007 |
| resolution | 2000, 2008 |
| Founding members | |
| Gregory John "Itchy" McCormick | |
Guitar, vocals |
Eric Keith Jackson |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Scott Mick |
singing |
Tommy P. |
Synthesizer, percussion , backing vocals
|
Per-Anders Kurenbach |
Guitar, backing vocals |
Eric Keith Jackson |
bass |
Onyx Lustro |
Drums |
Cliff Hill |
| former members | |
Singing, synthesizer, guitar |
Gregory John McCormick † |
Guitar |
Wes Beech |
Bass, backing vocals |
Bill Mc Neil |
Drums |
Bill Shepherd |
Shock Therapy is a band from Detroit ( Michigan ), the early 1980s by Gregory John McCormick ( "Itchy", May 30, 1964 - November 5, 2008) and Eric Keith Jackson was founded.
So far 17 albums have been released and Itchy was the only permanent member of the band until his death. The most famous album is Hate is just a four letter word , which was only released as Shock Therapy on Fundamental Records in 1985 and contained a total of 7 songs. In 1991 this mini-album was re-released on Dossier Records in Berlin under the title Hate Is A 4-Letter Word and contained eight other tracks in addition to the original track list.
Due to Itchy's imprisonment in 2000, all band activities were suspended. He was released from custody in early June 2007. The band had already been reformed and a new release was planned. The album is titled The Moon & The Sun ; In addition to some live tracks and cover versions of various bands such as Devo, it also contains unreleased tracks from 1993 to 1996.
On November 11, 2008, it was officially announced on the Shock Therapy website that Gregory "Itchy" McCormick died on November 5, 2008 at the age of 44. A week later, The Moon & The Sun was released.
In summer 2016, some members decided to revive Shock Therapy as a "tribute band". Since then, they have been working intensively on a tour that is to begin in Germany in spring 2018.
Discography
- 1985: Shock Therapy
- 1987: My Unshakeable Belief
- 1989: Touch Me and Die
- 1990: Cancer (Re-Release 1995)
- 1991: The Great Confuser
- 1991: Hate Is A 4-Letter Word (Re-Release 1995)
- 1992: Just Let Go: The Dark Years 1986 - 1990
- 1992: Adventures in Good Music
- 1993: The Many Faces of Hate
- 1994: Heaven and Earth
- 1994: Santa's Little Helper: Rarities, Oddities & Festive Disease
- 1996: I Can't Let Go
- 1996: God
- 1997: No Fear of Death
- 1999: The Past Life: Out-Takes and Lost Memories
- 2008: The Moon & The Sun
- 2013: Live from Hell
- 2017: Theater Of Shock Therapy (Best Of Double CD)
- 2020: Back from Hell