Sonntag, 1. April 2012

Burning Image


Burning Image are an American deathrock band formed in Bakersfield, California in 1982. Burning Image first released a 7" single with the songs "The Final Conflict" and "Burning Image, Burning" in the summer of 1984. The compilation 1983-1987 in 2004 and album Fantasma (2009) were both released on Alternative Tentacles, record label owned by former Dead Kennedys singer, Jello Biafra, with album Oleander (2011) being self-published.
Burning Image is one of the original bands of the early eighties California Deathrock scene, along with 45 Grave and Christian Death, playing shows with bands including Specimen, Dead Kennedys, Butthole Surfers, and Timothy Leary.

Discography

Albums

Fantasma (Alternative Tentacles 2009)
Oleander (2011)

Singles

"The Final Conflict" (1984)

Retrospectives

1983-1987 (Alternative Tentacles 2004)

Compilation appearances

Let's Die (Mystic Records 1985)
Cultivation 91 (Independent 1991)
Kaliffornian Deathrock (Strobelight Records 2006)