Stabbing Westward

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Stabbing Westward
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , industrial rock
founding 1985, 2016
resolution 2002
Website http://www.stabbingwestward.com/
Current occupation
Christopher Hall
Guitar, keyboard
Walter Flakus
guitar
Derrek Hawkins
Jim Sellers
Andy Kubiszewski

Stabbing Westward is an American alternative rock - / industrial rock - band .

history

The group was formed in 1985 in Chicago , Illinois and initially played electro-pop- oriented music with influences from The Cure and New Order . Stabbing Westward was later inspired by bands like Skinny Puppy and Ministry . The first studio recordings were made from 1990; four official studio albums followed . On February 9, 2002 the breakup of the band was announced. They also wrote the theme song ( The Thing I Hate ) for the PlayStation 1 game Duke Nukem: Time To Kill .

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1993: Ungod
  • 1996: Wither Blister Burn & Peel
  • 1998: Darkest Days
  • 2001: Stabbing Westward
  • 2019: Dead & Gone

Singles

  • 1993: Violent Mood Swings
  • 1994: Read
  • 1998: Save Yourself
  • 2001: So Far Away
  • 2002: Angel

Compilations

  • 2003: What Do I Have to Do?
  • 2003: The Essential Stabbing Westward

Individual evidence

  1. Manfred Upnmoor: Interview with Stabbing Westward , Zillo Musikmagazin, issue 4/96, p. 14, April 1996