About
Switchblade Symphony was a San Francisco, CA, USA, darkwave band formed by composer Susan Wallace and vocalist Tina Root, in 1989. During its lifetime, the band had two live guitarists, first Robin Jacobs, then George Earth (ex-Red Elvises) and also two live drummers, first Eric Gebow (now with Blue Man Group), and then Scott van Shoick. Their début album was "Serpentine Gallery" (1995, Cleopatra) and their last original album was "The Three Calamities" (May 1999, Cleopatra). Their music combined orchestral synth's, industrial rock / trip-hop beats and ethereal, sometimes operatic, vocals. Thus, their original and influential sound was created, often defying comparison. Switchblade Symphony broke up in 1999, after which Tina Root started other projects: solo Tre Lux and Small Halo with George Earth. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
San Francisco, US
darkwaveGothicfemale vocalistsindustrialgothsan franciscon2dark cabaretdark waveethereal wavegothic rockindustrial metalindustrial rockdeathrockpost-punkcold waveebm
Switchblade Symphony
Switchblade Symphony was a San Francisco, CA, USA, darkwave band formed by composer Susan Wallace and vocalist Tina Root, in 1989. During its lifetime, the band had two live guitarists, first Robin Jacobs, then George Earth (ex-Red Elvises) and also two live drummers, first Eric Gebow (now with Blue Man Group), and then Scott van Shoick. Their début album was "Serpentine Gallery" (1995, Cleopatra) and their last original album was "The Three Calamities" (May 1999, Cleopatra). Read more on Last.fm
1989 — 1
Videography
Switchblade Symphony - Clown
Releases
Live in Los Angeles
2019 · 7 tracks
Gothic Divas Presents...
2006 · 12 tracks
Drool - EP
2006 · 3 tracks
Sweet, Little Witches
2002 · 14 tracks
Sinister Nostalgia: A Switchblade Symphony Remix Collection
2000 · 14 tracks
The Three Calamities
1998 · 11 tracks
Bread and Jam for Frances
1997 · 14 tracks
Scrapbook
1997 · 14 tracks
Clown
1996 · 4 tracks
Serpentine Gallery (Deluxe Edition)
1994 · 0 tracks
Serpentine Gallery - Deluxe 2005 Edition
1994 · 21 tracks
Elegy
1993 · 4 tracks
Fable EP
1992 · 6 tracks