Their first album, 'Burn Out At The Hydrogen Bar', recorded at famed Chicago Trax studio, is considered to be one of the top ten most influential cult Industrial records. They released only two albums and two maxi-eps as the original duo. Moving to New York City in 1990 and dubbing their drug-influenced sounds 'Angel-Dustrial', they built up a strong fanbase by touring with such artists as White Zombie, KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, GWAR, 16Volt and Sister Machine Gun. Influenced by the pioneers of the industrial genre, such as Throbbing Gristle, Chemlab brought a rough, experimental approach to their music. in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More and Jared Louche with the help of short-time member Joe Frank. Oxidizer was a long awaited follow-up that did not disappoint.Chemlab was a Coldwave and Industrial rock (or 'Machine Rock') band formed in Washington D.C. The interviews section contains more detailed information about the band and its members.Ĭhemlab was re-born in 2004 with the release of Oxidizer by Jared Louche with the collaboration of various other musicians. The disintegration of Fifth Colvmn Records and disagreements among the band members led to a decision to part ways. The original members of Chemlab broke up in the late Summer of 1997. Jared has also been involved in numerous side projects including: Pigface, Hell3ent, Vampire Rodents, To Live and Shave, and Etherbunny. Other tracks are quite good even without their usual sharp, industrial edge. “Electric Molecular” is highly electro-machine driven, with various samples and voice distortion. “Pyromance” is another track with a slower pace, featuring Geno Lenardo on guitar. For example the track “Vera Blue” moves at a much slower pace than tracks on prevoius albums. One of the new characteristics was the tempo of many of the songs. Songs like “Exile on Mainline” represent much of Chemlab’s previous material, however, a new, distinct sound emerged on the album.

“East Side Militia” was a completely new approach for Chemlab. In “21st Century”, the guitar is more involved than in other Chemlab songs and Jared’s vocals are more pronounced. Although most of the album consists of Chemlab songs reborn, the track “21st Century”, is a different sound for Chemlab.

“Magnetic Field Remixes”, contained one new track, three remixes from “Burnout at the Hydrogen Bar”, and Chemlab’s first EP “Ten Ton Pressure”. Many of the songs use guitar segments and ADAT’s coupled with Jared’s aggressive vocals and creative lyrics. The fast and biting sound of the album sparked the interest of cold wave fans. “Burnout at the Hydrogen Bar” has been Chemlab’s most successful album to date. Although this EP is now out of print, all of the tracks are on the album, “Magnetic Field Remixes”. “Ten Ton Pressure” got the attention of a core of industrial music fans, and helped pave the way for the group. Jared turned Dylan onto a different, more intense kind of music embodied by older industrial bands like the Throbbing Gristle and Whitehouse.Ĭhemlab’s debut EP, “Ten Ton Pressure”, was a big success considering its relatively poor distribution. The two were introduced at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C., and soon they started their musical partnership. The technical wizardry of Dylan perfectly matched with Jared’s lyrical savvy.Ĭhemlab got its start when Dylan More was searching for a vocalist and Jared’s name was mentioned. The core members of the original band were Jared Hendrickson and Dylan More. Originally out of D.C., Chemlab is a very unique band, with a electronic/industrial sound. DeSanto, Steve Watson, Paula “Shark” Wood. Members Past/Present: John “Servo” DeSalvo, Mark Kermanj, Geno Lenardo, Charles Levi, Greg Lucas, James McAndrew, Regan Miller, Gabriel Shaw, William Tucker, Kraig Tyler, Ned Wahl, F.J. Founding Members: Jared Louche, Dylan Thomas More.

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