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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Coil
| Img = CoilPromoOssianBrownThighpaulsandraPeterChristophersonJohnBalance.jpg
| Img_capt = (L to R) Ossian Brown, Thighpaulsandra, Peter Christopherson, John Balance
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| Background = group_or_band
| Birth_name =
| Alias = Black Light District, ELpH, Sickness Of Snakes, The Eskaton, Time Machines
| Born =
| Died =
| Origin = [[London]], [[England]]
| Instrument =
| Genre = [[Post-industrial (music)|Post-industrial]]<br>[[Experimental music|Experimental]]<br>[[Acid House]]<br>[[Dark ambient]]<br>[[Noise music|Noise]]<br>[[Drone music|Drone]]
|Drone]]
| Occupation =
| Years_active = 1982–2004
| Label = [[Threshold House]], [[Eskaton]], [[Chalice (record label)|Chalice]], [[The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser|Solar Lodge]]
| Associated_acts = [[Throbbing Gristle]], [[Psychic TV]], [[The Threshold HouseBoys Choir]], [[Zos Kia]], [[SoiSong]]
| URL = http://www.thresholdhouse.com/
| Current_members = [[John Balance]]<br>[[Peter Christopherson]]<br>[[Thighpaulsandra]]<br>[[Ossian Brown]]
| Past_members = [[William Breeze]]<br>[[Danny Hyde]]<br>[[Drew McDowall]]<br>[[Rose McDowall]]<br>[[Jim Thirlwell]]<br>[[Stephen Thrower]]
| Notable_instruments =
}}
'''Coil''' were an [[England|English]] [[cross-genre]], [[experimental music]] group formed in 1982 by [[John Balance]]—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his lover [[Peter Christopherson]], aka 'Sleazy'.<ref name="AbrAhAdAbrA, Issue #1">{{Citation
| last =
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| title = COIL
| newspaper = AbrAhAdAbrA
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| year =1984
| date = January 23, 1985
| url = http://maldoror.com/artists/coil/abrahadabra1.htm}}</ref> The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be inspired by the [[omnipresence]] of the [[coil]]'s shape in nature. Today Coil are one of the most influential and best known [[industrial music]] groups.
The group's first official release as Coil was a 1984 [[Extended play|EP]] titled ''[[How to Destroy Angels]]''. Following the EP's success Coil produced a series of three albums, ''[[Scatology (album)|Scatology]]'', ''[[Horse Rotorvator]]'' and ''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'', which met with little commercial success, but were praised as innovative due to their blend of industrial music and [[acid house]].<ref name="Liar Society">{{cite web
| url = http://liarsociety.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?from=20041130
| title = Coil: Scatology, Horse Rotorvator, Love's Secret Domain
| publisher = ''Liar Society'' (2004-10-30)
| accessdate= 2007-02-12
}}</ref><ref name="NME 1985">{{Citation
| last =Kopf
| first = Biba
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| title = The Soil And Spoil Tactics Of Coil
| newspaper = NME
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| year = 1985
| date = April 20, 1985
| url = }}</ref>
In 1988 the group began working on a series of soundtracks and released [[experimental music]] under several pseudonyms. Coil redefined their sound during this period, and by 1998 were incorporating [[drone music|drone]] sounds into their recordings. In 1999 the group gave their first performance in sixteen years, and began a series of mini-tours which would last until 2004.<ref name="Brainwashed Live Archive">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/live/
| title = Live Archive
| publisher = ''brainwashed.com'' (2004)
| accessdate= 2007-02-12
}}</ref>
Following the death of John Balance on [[November 13]], [[2004]], Peter Christopherson announced via their official record label website [[Threshold House]] that Coil as an entity had ceased to exist.
==Beginning (1982–1984)==
[[Image:EarlyCoilPolaroid.jpg|thumb|150px|left|]]
Coil was formed in 1982 following Balance and Christopherson's departure from [[Psychic TV]].<ref name="AbrAhAdAbrA, Issue #1">{{Citation
| last =
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| title = COIL
| newspaper = AbrAhAdAbrA
| pages =
| year =1984
| date = January 23, 1985
| url = http://maldoror.com/artists/coil/abrahadabra1.htm}}</ref> Balance and Christopherson began working with [[John "Zos Kia" Gosling|John Gosling]] on the project [[Zos Kia]], which resulted in four live performances and the 1984 album ''[[Transparent (album)|Transparent]]''. Following Gosling's departure Balance and Christopherson teamed up with [[Boyd Rice]], and under the alias ''Sickness of Snakes'' released the split album ''[[Nightmare Culture]]'' with the experimental group [[Current 93]].
While working on their first official release, 1984's ''[[How to Destroy Angels]]'', the group settled on the name Coil. According to the sleeve notes, the single track [[Gramophone record|LP]] is "ritual music for the accumulation of male sexual energy" and was produced under a variety of [[technological]], [[spirituality|spiritual]], and [[meteorological]] conditions which the band felt to be [[magick]]ally significant.
Since its initial release, ''Transparent'' has been reissued in CD format, while ''How to Destroy Angels'' has been remixed and released on a full length CD. Tracks from ''Nightmare Culture'' have featured on the group's ''Unnatural History'' compilation series.
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==''Scatology'', ''Horse Rotorvator'', and ''Love's Secret Domain'' (1984–1992) ==
[[Image:Coil.jpg|thumb|280px|right|''LSD'' promotional photo. Left to right: John Balance, Stephen Thrower, Otto Avery and Peter Christopherson]]
Following the underground hit ''How to Destroy Angels'', Coil left [[L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords]] for [[Some Bizzare Records|Some Bizzare]] and produced ''[[Scatology (album)|Scatology]]'', released in 1984 as their first full length studio album. The album was largely based on the sound of [[industrial music]] as well as the [[Post-punk]] movement. While songs such as "Restless Day", "Panic" and "Tainted Love" are representative of a mainstream style, other tracks preview what would become Coil's unique electronic style. The single ''[[Panic/Tainted Love]]'' became the first AIDS benefit music release, as the profits from sales of the single were donated to the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]].<ref name="Boys From The Crap Stuff">{{cite web
| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20050304032116/www.brainwashed.com/axis/coil/zigzag.htm
| title = Boys From The Crap Stuff
| publisher = ''Zigzag Magazine'' (September 1985)
| accessdate= 2007-09-15
}}</ref> The "Tainted Love" music video, directed by Peter Christopherson, is on permanent display at [[The Museum of Modern Art]] in New York.<ref name="Lust's Dark Exit">{{cite web
| url = http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8522/coil.html
| title = Lust's Dark Exit
| publisher = ''Lust's Dark Exit'' (1990)
| accessdate= 2006-12-27
}}</ref>
''[[Horse Rotorvator]]'' followed in 1986 as the next full length release. Although songs such as "The Anal Staircase" and "Circles of Mania" sound like evolved versions of ''Scatology'' material, the album is characterized by slower tempos, and represented a new direction for the group. The album has a darker theme than previous releases; according to Balance, "Horse Rotorvator was this vision I'd had of this mechanical/flesh thing that ploughed up the earth and I really did have a vision of it—a real horrible, burning, dripping, jaw-like vision in the night...The [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] killed their horses and use their jawbones to make this huge earth-moving machine."<ref name="The Wire 175">{{Citation
| last = Keenan
| first = David
| author-link = David Keenan
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Time Out Of Joint
| newspaper = The Wire
| pages =
| year = 1998
| date = September
| url = http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/unpublished/coil.html}}</ref> The artwork features a photograph of the location of a notorious [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bombing, in which a bomb was detonated on a military orchestra pavilion.<ref name="Lust's Dark Exit">{{cite web
| url = http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8522/coil.html
| title = Lust's Dark Exit
| publisher = ''Lust's Dark Exit'' (1990)
| accessdate= 2006-12-27
}}</ref> ''Horse Rotorvator'' was in part influenced by the [[AIDS]] related deaths of some of their friends.<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
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| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref> Furthermore, the song "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)", is about the mysterious death of [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] as well as what Balance described as "the number one suicide spot in the world", the [[white cliffs of Dover]].<ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref> After the release of ''Horse Rotorvator'' Coil left Some Bizzare, due to the record company's debt of [[Pound sterling|GB£]]10,000 to the group.<ref name="Tape Delay">{{Citation
| last = Neal
| first = Charles
| author-link =
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| title = Tape Delay
| newspaper = Tape Delay
| pages =
| year = 1987
| date =
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/tapedelay.html}}</ref> ''[[Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders]]'' followed as a full length release, marking the beginning of the label [[Threshold House]]; however, the album is merely a collection of outtakes from earlier sessions.
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''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'' (abbreviated ''LSD'') followed in 1991 as the next "proper" Coil album, although a few minor releases had been produced since ''Horse Rotorvator''. ''LSD'' represents a progression in Coil's style and became a template for what would be representative of [[List of post-industrial music genres and related fusion genres|newer waves of post-industrial music]], blended with their own style of [[acid house]]. Although the album was more upbeat, it was not intended as a dance record, as Christopherson explained "I wouldn't say it's a party atmosphere, but it's more positive."<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
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| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref><ref name="La Stampa">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-vpro_radio-la_stampa_i_v-1991_04_17.mp3
| title = La Stampa
| publisher = ''VPRO'' (1991 April 17)
| accessdate= 2007-01-06
}}</ref> "[[Windowpane (album)|Windowpane]]" and a [[Jack Dangers]] remix of "[[The Snow]]" were released as singles, both of which had music videos directed by Christopherson. The video for "Windowpane" was shot in the [[Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|Golden Triangle]], where, Balance claimed, "the original Thai and Burmese drug barons used to exchange opium for gold bars with the CIA."<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref> Christopherson recalled "John [Balance] discovered while he was performing that where he was standing was quicksand! In the video you can actually see him getting deeper and deeper."<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref> Furthermore, [[Thai people|Thai]] friends of the group commented that they had known of several people that died where Coil had shot footage for the music video.<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref> A music video for the song "Love's Secret Domain" was also shot and is currently unreleased and unaired due to its nature: as Christopherson explained, "We shot 'Love's Secret Domain' in a go-go boy bar in Bangkok; with John [Balance] performing on stage with about 20 or 30 dancing boys, which probably won't get played on MTV, in fact!"<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
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| author2-link =
| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref> ''[[Stolen & Contaminated Songs]]'' followed as a full length release. However, as with ''Gold Is the Metal...'', it is a collection of outtakes and demos from the ''LSD'' era.
==Soundtracks and side projects (1993–1998)==
[[Image:ELpHAccordingToBrainwashed.jpg|thumb|250px|left|'''ELpH''' according to Brainwashed.com]]
Coil separated their works into many [[side project]]s, publishing music under different names and a variety of styles. The pre-Coil aliases, Zos Kia and Sickness of Snakes, formed the foundation of a style that would evolve to characterize their initial wave of releases.
Before embarking on their second wave of side projects and pseudonyms, Coil created a soundtrack for the movie ''[[Hellraiser]]'', although they withdrew from the project when they suspected their music would not be used.<ref name="Compulsion, Number 1">Dickie, Tony. "[http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/compulsion.html Compulsion]". ''brainwashed.com'', Winter 1992. Retrieved on [[February 23]], [[2007]].</ref> Furthermore, Coil claimed inspiration for [[Pinhead (Hellraiser)|Pinhead]] was partly drawn from the piercing magazines director [[Clive Barker]] borrowed from the group.<ref name="Compulsion, Number 1"/> Beginning in 1993, Coil contributed music to two of [[Derek Jarman]]'s films, ''[[Blue (1993 film)|Blue]]'' and ''[[The Angelic Conversation (film)|The Angelic Conversation]]''. In addition, they recorded soundtracks for the documentary ''[[Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex]]'' as well as ''Sarah Dales Sensuous Massage'', though both remain unreleased.<ref name="Compulsion, Number 1">{{Citation
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| first = Tony
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| title = Compulsion
| newspaper = Compulsion
| pages =
| year = 1992
| date = Winter
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/compulsion.html}}</ref>
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Much like the pre-Coil aliases, Coil's wave of side projects represent a sort of [[primordial soup]] from which the group evolved a different style of sound. While ''[[Nasa Arab]]''—credited to the group's project "The Eskaton"—was Coil's farewell to the [[acid house]] genre, the following projects, [[Born Again Pagans|ELpH]], [[A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room|Black Light District]], and [[Time Machines]], were all based heavily on experimentation with [[Drone music|drone]], an ingredient which would define Coil's following work. These releases also kicked off the start of Coil's new label [[Eskaton]].
==Late Coil (1998–2004)==
[[Image:JohnBalanceAndPeterChristophersonRoughtrade6.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Balance and Christopherson later in the Coil career.]]
After the wave of experimental side projects, Coil's sound was completely redefined. Before releasing new material, the group released the compilations ''[[Unnatural History II]]'', ''[[Windowpane & The Snow]]'' and ''[[Unnatural History III]]''. In March 1998, Coil began to release a series of four singles which were timed to coincide with the [[equinox]] and [[solstice]]s of that year. The singles are characterized by slow, drone-like instrumental rhythms, and electronic or orchestral instrumentation.<ref name="Moons Milk (Brainwashed.com)">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/eskaton23.html
| title = Moons Milk
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com''
| accessdate= 2007-03-01
}}</ref> The first single, ''[[Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull]]'', featured two versions of the same song, the second version of which included a [[Viola#Electric Violas|electric viola]] contribution from a newly inducted member, [[William Breeze]]. The second single, ''[[Summer Solstice: Bee Stings]]'', also featured performances by Breeze, and also included the [[industrial music|industrial]]-[[noise music|noise]] song "A Warning from the Sun (For Fritz)", which was dedicated to a friend of Balance and Christopherson's who had committed suicide earlier that year.<ref name="Coil News 1998">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/news/news1998.html
| title = Coil News 1998
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com'' (1998)
| accessdate= 2007-01-04
}}</ref> The third single, ''[[Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers]]'' includes the track "Rosa Decidua" which features vocals by [[Rose McDowall]]. The single also features the song "[[Amethyst Deceivers]]", later reworked and performed throughout most of Coil's tour, and eventually re-made into an alternate version on the LP ''[[The Ape of Naples]]''. The fourth single, ''[[Winter Solstice: North (album)|Winter Solstice: North]]'', also includes a track sung by Rose McDowall, and is partially credited to the side project [[Rosa Mundi]]. The series would later be re-released as the double-[[CD]] set ''[[Moons Milk (In Four Phases)]]''.
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''[[Astral Disaster]]'' was created with the assistance from new band member [[Thighpaulsandra]] and released in January 1999 via [[Sun Dial]] member Gary Ramon's label Prescription.<ref name="Astral Disaster (Brainwashed.com)">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/drug8.html
| title = Astral Disaster
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com''
| accessdate= 2007-03-01
}}</ref> Although the album was initially limited to just 99 copies, it would later be re-released in substantially different form. ''[[Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 1]]'' followed in September 1999 and a few months later Coil performed their first concert in 16 years. ''[[Queens Of The Circulating Library]]'' followed in April 2000, with production credit given to Thighpaulsandra. The single track, full length drone album is the only Coil release without the assistance of Christopherson. ''[[Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 2]]'' followed in September 2000 and Coil began to perform live heavily, writing the music for ''[[Black Antlers]]'' in between a series of mini-tours.<ref name="Black Antlers (Brainwashed.com)">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/coilcdr4.html
| title = Black Antlers
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com''
| accessdate= 2007-03-01
}}</ref> Coil also released a series of live albums around this time. ''[[Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil]]'', a [[Noise music|noise]]-driven experimental album reminiscent of Christopherson's work with [[Throbbing Gristle]], was first sold at a live performance in September 2000. Coil finally released ''[[Black Antlers]]'' in June 2004.
In contrast to many of their earlier releases, Coil's later material is characterized by a slower sound which relies more on [[Drone music|drone]] than [[acid house]]. This change in sound was reflected in their live performances, as songs like "Ostia" and "Slur" were slowed down from their original pace as well as re-recordings of "Teenage Lightning" and "Amethyst Deceivers" which were later released on ''[[The Ape Of Naples]]''.<ref name="The Ape Of Naples (Brainwashed.com)">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/thresh2.html
| title = The Ape Of Naples
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com''
| accessdate= 2007-03-01
}}</ref>
==Coil Live==
[[Image:2004July25CoilLivePic6.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Coil Live]] 2004 July 25 in London]]
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Coil's live incarnation has a distinct legacy of its own. The first live shows took place in 1983, but after only four performances, sixteen years would pass before they would play live again.<ref name="Brainwashed Live Archive">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/live/
| title = Live Archive
| publisher = ''brainwashed.com'' (2004)
| accessdate= 2007-02-12
}}</ref>
On [[December 14]] [[1999]] Coil performed ''[[elph.zwölf]]'' at [[Volksbuehne]] in Berlin. Although the performance lasted just under eighteen minutes, it marked the beginning of a new era of live performances. Coil would go on to perform close to fifty additional concerts, with varied [[set list]]s as well as performers.
Coil's performances were surrealistic visually and audibly. Balance, Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra and Ossian Brown were known to dress in fluffy suits; an idea inspired by [[Sun Ra]].<ref name="Rattlebag Radio RTE interview">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer=Dungan, Myles. |cointerviewers= |title=''Rattlebag'' ([[RTÉ Radio 1]]) |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-rattlebag_dublin-20041022.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign= |city=Dublin, Ireland |date=October 22, 2004 |year=2004 |month=October | }}</ref> The suits would later be used as album covers for the release [[Live One]]; other costumes appear on the covers of [[Live Two]] and [[Live Three]] (straightjacket and mirror-chested hooded jumpsuit respectively). Video screens projected footage and animations created by Christopherson, while fog machines created a thick eerie atmosphere. Balance would often screech and howl during performances, which would add to the effect.
John Balance's problem with alcohol would often reflect the way in which the Coil performances were carried out. His drinking problem became so well known that during the 2003 [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] performance a fan asked if there is any "blood in his alcohol", a reference to the Coil song "Heartworms". Balance replied that there is no "alcohol in my blood at the moment", later adding "I've got horse tranquillizer for later". The performance, including the dialogue, was released on ''[[...And The Ambulance Died In His Arms]]''.
Many Coil performances were released, including the widely available releases of ''[[Live Four]]'', ''[[Live Three]]'', ''[[Live Two]]'', ''[[Live One]]'' and ''[[...And The Ambulance Died In His Arms]]'', as well as several very limited editions such as ''[[Selvaggina, Go Back Into The Woods]]'' and ''[[Megalithomania!]]''. Video recordings of several concerts are expected to be released on the upcoming DVD box set ''[[Colour Sound Oblivion]]''.<ref name="Brainwashed 2006 News">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/main.html
| title = NEWS
| publisher = ''brainwashed.com'' (2006)
| accessdate= 2007-03-01
}}</ref>
Coil's final performance was at DEAF (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival), Dublin City Hall in Ireland.
==Death of John Balance==
[[Image:Geffinlibrary.jpg|thumb|150px|right|John Balance's funeral.]]
John Balance died on [[13 November]], [[2004]] after having fallen from a second floor landing in his home. Peter Christopherson announced Balance's death on the Threshold House website and provided details surrounding the tragedy. Balance's memorial service was held near Bristol on November 23 and was attended by approximately 100 people.<ref name="Departures">{{cite web
| last = Christopherson
| first = Peter
| author-link = Peter Christopherson
| last2 =
| first2 =
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| title = Who'll Fall?
| work = Threshold House
| pages =
| year = 2005
| date =
| accessdate= 2007-03-02
| url = http://www.thresholdhouse.com/departures.html}}</ref> On [[25 November]], [[2004]] Christopherson announced he was in agreement with Balance's partner, Ian Johnstone, that any releases, either as Coil or solo work that Balance was working on at the time of his death, would be put on hold. They decided that time was needed to mourn Balance's passing, recuperate from the loss, and assess the quality of the unreleased work. It was also decided that existing video, audio and other works that were in various states of completion at the time of Balance's death would eventually be released under the name Coil, and all other planned appearances and releases would be canceled. The already-planned live album ''[[...And The Ambulance Died In His Arms]]'' was released in April 2005, the name having been chosen by Balance before his death.
Several tribute albums were released in memory of Balance including the compilations ''Full Cold Moon'', ''The Loneliest Link In A Very Strange Chain'', ''[[Rotorelief|Coilectif: In memory ov John Balance and homage to Coil]]'', ''[[...It Just Is]]'' and ''[[X-Rated: The Dark Files]]''. The album ''[[How He Loved The Moon (Moonsongs For Jhonn Balance)]]'' by Balance collaborator [[David Tibet]] was released under his group [[Current 93]]. A [[Live December 2004 A Souvenir Of Camber Sands|live album]] by [[Throbbing Gristle]] was also dedicated to Balance. On [[December 23]], [[2005]], a memorial concert was held for Balance. Performers included Christopherson's new solo effort [[The Threshold HouseBoy's Choir]], [[Alec Empire]] and [[CoH (musician)|CoH]].
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The final studio album, ''The Ape Of Naples'', saw release on [[December 2]], [[2005]]. In August 2006 the rare CD-R releases ''[[The Remote Viewer]]'' and ''Black Antlers'' were "sympathetically remastered" and expanded into two disc versions, which included new and recently remixed material. A comprehensive DVD boxset, titled ''[[Colour Sound Oblivion]]'', is also in the works and was scheduled to be released by [[Christmas]] of 2006.<ref name="Arrivals">{{cite web
| last = Christopherson
| first = Peter
| author-link = Peter Christopherson
| last2 =
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| title = Arrivals
| work = Threshold House
| accessdate= 2007-03-02
| year = 2006
| date =
| url = http://www.thresholdhouse.com/arrivals.html}}</ref> However, no announcement has been made for a future release date. Christopherson has also discussed the possibility of releasing Coil's entire back catalogue on a single [[Blu-ray]] disc.<ref name="Coil: The Million Dollar Altar">{{cite web
| last = Regnaert
| first = Grant
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| last2 = Ferguson
| first2 = Paul
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| title = Coil: The Million Dollar Altar
| work = Brainwashed.com
| accessdate= 2007-03-02
| year = 2006
| date = August 26
| url = http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5456}}</ref>
In November 2006 the official Coil website posted the following announcement: "Following the success of Thai pressings of ''The Remote Viewer'' and ''Black Antlers'', and after many requests, we are planning to expand the CD catalog still further." A few days later ''[[Duplais Balance]]'' and ''[[Moon's Milk In Six Phases]]'' were announced.<ref name="Arrivals">{{Citation
| last = Christopherson
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| last2 =
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| url = http://www.thresholdhouse.com/arrivals.html}}</ref> Furthermore, an expanded vinyl version of ''The Ape Of Naples'', which includes the album ''[[The New Backwards]]'', and a two disc version of ''[[Time Machines]]'' have been announced.<ref name="Arrivals">{{Citation
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==Background==
===Limited editions===
Coil's distribution and marketing techniques sometimes included releasing a limited number of albums making them collectors' items among devotees.<ref name="Coil News 2000">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/news/news2000.html
| title = Coil News 2000
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com'' (2000)
| accessdate= 2006-12-23
}}</ref> Including things such as "art objects", blood stains and [[Sigil (magic)|sigil]]-like autographs in the packaging of their albums, Coil claimed that this made their work more personal for true fans, turning their records into something akin to [[occult]] artifacts.<ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref> This practice was markedly increased in the later half of Coil's career. However, Balance expressed interest in having regular Coil albums in every shop that wanted them.<ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref> Some critics have accused Coil and its record company of price gouging.<ref name="Brainwashed: The Wheel">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/loci2.html
| title = The Wheel
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com''
| accessdate= 2007-01-01
}}</ref> In 2003, Coil began re-releasing many rare works, mostly remixed, into general circulation.<ref name="Arrivals">{{Citation
| last = Christopherson
| first = Peter
| author-link = Peter Christopherson
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Arrivals
| newspaper = Threshold House
| pages =
| year = 2006
| date =
| url = http://www.thresholdhouse.com/arrivals.html}}</ref> They also launched a download service, where a large amount of their out-of-print music is available.
===Instruments and creative methods===
Coil incorporated many exotic and rare instruments into their recordings and performances. The group expressed particular interest in specific obsolete [[modular synthesizer]]s, including the [[Moog synthesizer]].<ref name="The Complete Interview">{{cite web
| last = Whitney
| first = Jon
| author-link = Jon Whitney
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = The Complete Interview
| work = Brainwashed.com
| accessdate= 2007-03-02
| year = 1997
| date = May 05
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/jwint.html}}</ref><ref name="Mutek">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-peter_mutek-20030516.mp3
| title = Mutek
| publisher = (2003 May 15)
| accessdate= 2007-01-10
}}</ref> Coil are among the few artists who have been granted permission to use the one-of-a-kind experimental [[ANS synthesizer|ANS photoelectronic synthesizer]] (see ''[[ANS (box)|ANS]]''). Other instruments the group incorporated into their music included the [[theremin]] and electronic [[shakuhachi]]. During Coil's later period, [[marimba]] player Tom Edwards joined the group and performed on the live albums [[Live Two]] and [[Live Three]], as well as on the studio album [[The Ape of Naples]].
Coil utilized techniques such as the [[cut-up technique]], [[Drug use|ritual drug use]], [[sleep deprivation]], [[lucid dreaming]], sidereal sound, [[granular synthesis]], [[tidal]] shifts, [[John Dee]]-like methods of [[scrying]], [[Glitch (music)|instrument glitches]], [[SETI]] synchronization and the [[chaos theory]].<ref name="The Wire 175">{{Citation
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| title = Time Out Of Joint
| newspaper = The Wire
| pages =
| year = 1998
| date = September
| url = http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/unpublished/coil.html}}</ref><ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
| last = Sonn
| first = Marlena
| author-link =
| last2 =
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| author2-link =
| title = Entering A More Pleasant Domain
| newspaper = Alternative Press
| pages =
| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref><ref name="La Stampa">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-vpro_radio-la_stampa_i_v-1991_04_17.mp3
| title = La Stampa
| publisher = ''VPRO'' (1991 April 17)
| accessdate= 2007-01-06
}}</ref><ref name="Coil: The Million Dollar Altar">{{Citation
| last = Regnaert
| first = Grant
| author-link =
| last2 = Ferguson
| first2 = Paul
| author2-link =
| title = Coil: The Million Dollar Altar
| newspaper = Brainwashed.com
| pages =
| year = 2006
| date = August 26
| url = http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5456}}</ref><ref name="Option, No. 44">{{Citation
| last = Lewis
| first = Scott
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| last2 =
| first2 =
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| title = Coil's Agony and Ecstasy
| newspaper = [[Option (music magazine)|Option]]
| pages =
| year = 1992
| date = May
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/option.html}}</ref><ref name="Mondo 2000">{{Citation
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===Religious views===
Coil had many associations with [[Pagan]] beliefs and were sometimes labeled [[Satanism|satanic]].<ref name="Mondo 2000">{{Citation
| last = Pilkington
| first = Mark
| author-link =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = UnCoiled
| newspaper = Mondo 2000
| pages =
| year =
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| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/mondo.html}}</ref><ref name="Fortean Times">Pilkington, Mark. "[http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/142_coil.shtml Sounds Of Blakeness]". ''Fortean Times'', (2001). Retrieved [[2006-12-27]]</ref> John Balance explicitly referred to himself as a "Born Again Pagan" and described his Paganism as a "spirituality within nature."<ref name="Rattlebag Radio RTE interview">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer=Dungan, Myles. |cointerviewers= |title=''Rattlebag'' ([[RTÉ Radio 1]]) |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-rattlebag_dublin-20041022.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign= |city=Dublin, Ireland |date=October 22, 2004 |year=2004 |month=October | }}</ref>
Peter Christopherson, however, described the beliefs of Coil as unassociated: "We don't follow any particular religious dogma. In fact, quite the reverse, we tend to discourage the following of dogmas, or false prophets, as it were. And we don't have a very sympathetic view of [[Christian]]s up to this point. The thing we follow is our own noses; I don't mean in a chemical sense."<ref name="Alternative Press, Issue 38">{{Citation
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| year = 1991
| date = June
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/altpress.html}}</ref>
===Members and style===
Coil's expansive line-up led to an ever-evolving style not readily [[pigeonhole]]d into a single genre. They worked in such genres as [[Industrial music|industrial]], [[Noise music|noise]], [[Ambient music|ambient]] and [[dark ambient]], [[neo-folk]], [[spoken word]], [[drone music]], and [[Minimal music|minimalism]], creating what Balance explicitly referred to as "[[magick]]al music".<ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref> Balance described the early Coil work as "solar" and the later work as "moon musick".<ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref>
John Balance was the founder of Coil and is almost the exclusive vocalist of Coil as well as a composer. Peter Christopherson was the chief producer and co-founder of the group. [[William Breeze]] was Coil's electric viola player between 1997 and 2000.<ref name="Coil News 1997">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/news/news1997.html
| title = Coil News 1997
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com'' (1997)
| accessdate= 2006-12-23
}}</ref> [[Ossian Brown]] has been a Coil collaborator since about 1992 and joined the group in 2000, touring extensively with them and working on several recordings up until the final Coil album ''The Ape Of Naples''. [[Tom Edwards (musician)|Tom Edwards]] participated in Coil's live incarnation, and was Coil's [[marimba]] player from 2000 on.<ref name="Supersonic">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-supersonic-20030712.mp3
| title = Supersonic
| publisher = (unknown radio station) (2003 July 12)
| accessdate= 2007-01-10
}}</ref> [[John "Zos Kia" Gosling|John Gosling]] performed with the initial live incarnation of Coil and on ''[[Transparent (album)|Transparent]]''. [[Danny Hyde]] has been a Coil collaborator since the beginning and throughout most of the group's career. His contributions include production and co-writing some material. Massimo & Pierce of [[Black Sun Productions]] were members of Coil Live in 2002. However, they were stage performers, never contributing musically other than reading the poetic introduction to "Ostia" during live performances.<ref name="Mutek">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-peter_mutek-20030516.mp3
| title = Mutek
| publisher = (2003 May 15)
| accessdate= 2007-01-10
}}</ref> [[Drew McDowall]] began collaborating with Coil in 1990 and was officially inducted in 1995. He left the group sometime between 1999 and 2000. Drew's ex-wife, Rose McDowall, provided vocals for several Coil tracks including "Wrong Eye", "Rosa Decidua" and "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near". She also collaborated with Coil for the short lived project [[Rosa Mundi]]. Cliff Stapleton played Hurdy Gurdy on several live performances, but also in the studio for Coil at various points throughout the 2000s. [[Thighpaulsandra]] became an official member on [[January 26]], [[1999]] and participated until the final album, ''The Ape Of Naples''. Most notably, he created the entire instrumental for the album ''Queens Of The Circulating Library''.<ref name="Light Shining Darkly">{{cite web
| url = http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/discog.html
| title = Light Shining Darkly: A Coil Discography
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com'' (2005-01-01)
| accessdate= 2006-12-23
}}</ref><ref name="Coil News 1999">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/news/news1999.html
| title = Coil News 1999
| publisher = ''Brainwashed.com'' (1999)
| accessdate= 2006-12-23
}}</ref> [[Jim Thirlwell]] was a member during the ''Scatology'' era.<ref name="Option, No. 44">{{Citation
| last = Lewis
| first = Scott
| author-link =
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| newspaper = Option
| pages =
| year = 1992
| date = May
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/option.html}}</ref> [[Stephen Thrower]] worked as a full time member of Coil from 1987 to 1992. Mike York was part of the [[Coil Live]] collective for a limited time.
===Influence===
[[Image:2000June17CoilWithStockhausenAtSonar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Coil with [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] at the Sonar festival on [[June 17]], [[2000]].]]
Although Coil expressed interest in many musical groups, they rarely, if ever, claimed to be influenced by them. Coil explicitly stated the influence of such non-musical sources as [[William Burroughs]], [[Aleister Crowley]], [[Bryon Gysin]] and [[Austin Spare]].<ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref> Furthermore, the group were friends with Burroughs and owned some of Spare's original artwork.<ref name="Mutek">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-peter_mutek-20030516.mp3
| title = Mutek
| publisher = (2003 May 15)
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}}</ref>
John Balance encouraged fans to trade, discuss and discover new and different forms of [[music]], stressing the importance of variety. Music that Coil expressed interest in is diverse and wide-ranging, from [[musique concrete]] to [[folk music]] to [[hardcore punk]] to [[european classical music|classical]]. Among the musical artists Coil expressed interest in are the early electronic, experimental and minimalistic pioneers: [[Harry Partch]], [[La Monte Young]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] (once referred to by Balance as "an honorary member of Coil"), [[Alvin Lucier]], and [[Arvo Pärt]].<ref name="The Complete Interview">{{Citation
| last = Whitney
| first = Jon
| author-link = Jon Whitney
| last2 =
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| title = The Complete Interview
| newspaper = Brainwashed.com
| pages =
| year = 1997
| date = May 05
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/jwint.html}}</ref><ref name="Sylus">{{Citation
| last = McKeating
| first = Scott
| author-link =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| author2-link =
| title = Sleazy: The Sylus Interview Series
| newspaper = Stylus
| pages =
| year = 2004
| date = April 12
| url = http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=937}}</ref><ref name="Convulsion (2)">{{Citation
| last = Moore
| first = Dorian
| author-link =
| last2 =
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| title = Coil: Beyond The Eskaton
| newspaper = Convulsion
| pages =
| year =
| date =
| url = http://www.obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/coil/1.html}}</ref> Coil also expressed interest in [[krautrock]] groups including [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]], [[Amon Düül II]], [[Can (band)|Can]], [[Kraftwerk]] and [[Tangerine Dream]]. Rock musicians and groups Coil have expressed interest in are: [[Angus Maclise]], [[Captain Beefheart]], [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Nico]], [[Pere Ubu (band)|Pere Ubu]], [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]], [[The Velvet Underground]] and [[The Virgin Prunes]].<ref name="Rattlebag Radio RTE interview">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer=Dungan, Myles. |cointerviewers= |title=''Rattlebag'' ([[RTÉ Radio 1]]) |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-rattlebag_dublin-20041022.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign= |city=Dublin, Ireland |date=October 22, 2004 |year=2004 |month=October | }}</ref><ref name="The Complete Interview">{{Citation
| last = Whitney
| first = Jon
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| last2 =
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| title = The Complete Interview
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| year = 1997
| date = May 05
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/jwint.html}}</ref><ref name="Sylus">{{Citation
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| first = Scott
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| year = 2004
| date = April 12
| url = http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=937}}</ref><ref name="Convulsion (2)">{{Citation
| last = Moore
| first = Dorian
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| title = Coil: Beyond The Eskaton
| newspaper = Convulsion
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| url = http://www.obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/coil/1.html}}</ref><ref name="Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement">{{cite interview |last=Coil |first= |subject=Coil |subjectlink= |last2= |first2= |subject2= |subjectlink2= |last3= |first3= |subject3= |subjectlink3= |last4= |subject4= |interviewer= |cointerviewers= |title=Radio Inferno, Dutch Radio4 Supplement |type= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061208114019/http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/coil-interview-radio_inferno-20010620.mp3 |format= |program= |callsign=NPS |city= |date=(2001 June 20) |year= |month= | }}</ref><ref name="Grok 6">{{Citation
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| newspaper = Grok
| pages =
| year = 1983
| date = November
| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20060710200804/www.brainwashed.com/axis/coil/grok.htm}}</ref> Coil expressed an interest in the Russian composer [[Igor Stravinsky]], and in 1986 used a sample of a piece of his music on the ''[[Horse Rotorvator]]'' song "The Anal Staircase". Furthermore, on the album ''[[Black Antlers]]'' Coil dedicated a song to [[Sun Ra]] and covered a song by Bam Bam.<ref name="Stator Magazine">{{cite web
| url = http://brainwashed.com/coil/writings/stator.html
| title = Stator Magazine
| publisher = ''Stator Magazine'' (1987)
| accessdate= 2006-12-27
}}</ref>
Coil's influence on electronic music has become more evident since the death of Balance with electronic musicians from all over the world collaborating on a series of tribute albums. Some notable artists who appeared on these albums are [[Alec Empire]], [[Chris Connelly]] and [[K.K. Null]] (see ''[[...It Just Is]]''). [[Nine Inch Nails]] front man [[Trent Reznor]] has also expressed his influence by the group.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> The album ''Scatology'' by rap group The Great White Hype was a [[freestyle rap]] parody of ''[[Scatology (album)|Scatology]]'' based around its samples. The track "At The Heart Of It All" (found on ''Scatology'') later became the name of an [[Aphex Twin]] track on Nine Inch Nails remix album ''[[Further Down the Spiral]]''. It is possible that Trent Reznor named the track as a reference to Coil, since Coil also provided remixes for ''Further Down the Spiral''.
==Discography==
{{main|Coil discography}}
Coil's rapid musical output over two decades resulted in a large amount of releases, side projects and remixes as well as collaborations.
'''Primary, full-length, Coil studio albums:'''
*''[[Scatology (album)|Scatology]]'' (1984)
*''[[Horse Rotorvator]]'' (1986)
*''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'' (1991)
*''[[Worship the Glitch|ELpH vs. Coil: Worship the Glitch]]'' (1995)
*''[[A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room|Black Light District: A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room]]'' (1996)
*''[[Time Machines]]'' (1998)
*''[[Astral Disaster]]'' (1999)
*''[[Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1]]'' (1999)
*''[[Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2]]'' (2000)
*''[[Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil]]'' (2000)
*''[[Black Antlers]]'' (2004)
*''[[The Ape of Naples]]'' (2005)
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
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* [http://www.thresholdhouse.com/ Threshold House] - The official Coil website.
* [http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/ The Solar Lodge (Brainwashed)] - Archival website: news, complete discography, reviews, interviews, FAQ, et cetera.
; Research & Fan Sites
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060709015134/www.brainwashed.com/axis/coil/warfare.htm Axis, an early Coil reference, at [[archive.org]]]
* [http://www.nachtkabarett.com/Coil The Nachtkabarett.] The occult and esoteric symbolism within Coil's works
*[http://www.lyricwiki.org/Coil Coil at] [[LyricWiki]]
; Interviews
* [http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/writings/ Other interview collection]
* [http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/unpublished/coil.html The Wire interview with Coil.] (1998 July 21)
* [http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20040401074434912 Heathen Harvest Interview with Coil] (2004 April 01)
* [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=937 Stylus interview with Peter Christopherson.] (2004 April 12)
*[http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5456 Coil: The Million Dollar Altar interview with Peter Christopherson] (2006 August 29)
* [http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20060901042847499 Heathen Harvest Interview with Peter Christopherson] (2006 September 01)
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[[Category:Ableton Live users]]
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