ThouShaltNot

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Origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Genre = Industrial music Synthpop Goth
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Years_active = 1998 - present
Label = Dancing Ferret Discs
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URL = [http://thoushalt.net ThouShalt.Net]
Current_members = Alex Reed Aaron "Foo" Fuleki Jeremy David Long
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ThouShaltNot are a band whose style blends post-punk, goth, industrial music, and synthpop. Active since 1998, they are from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and are signed to Dancing Ferret Discs.

Biography

The band started as vocalist Alex Reed's solo project, though Aaron Fuleki, who Reed met as a freshman at The College of Wooster, joined the band in 1999. When ThouShaltNot relocated from Cleveland to Pittsburgh in 2001, Jeremy David Long joined the band. All three are classically trained musicians; Reed earned a Ph.D. in music composition and theory from the University of Pittsburgh in 2005. ThouShaltNot's music is generally complex, carefully orchestrated, and spiritual.

ThouShaltNot first signed with ADSR Musicwerks, releasing two albums of new material (a self-titled release and "The Holiness of Now") as well as a rarities collection, "You'll Wake Up Yesterday." "The Holiness of Now" gave them their first minor hit, "Without Faith," and "You'll Wake Up Yesterday" features their song "If I Only Were a Goth"; this song became quite popular and somewhat notorious at their live shows because of its ridiculing of the gothic subculture. They were next signed by Dancing Ferret Discs, who have released their 2003 album "The White Beyond" and their 2006 album "Land Dispute", as well as re-issuing "The Holiness of Now." "The White Beyond" has been their most successful release to date, with "Cardinal Directions" and "Inside of You, In Spite of You" both receiving extensive club play. The band has gone on several U.S. tours, sharing the stage with such artists as VNV Nation, The Dresden Dolls, and David J of Bauhaus. They have also provided remixes for many synthpop and goth acts, including Alphaville, Hungry Lucy, Stromkern, and The Last Dance.

Members

* Alex Reed - vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, programming, samples
* Aaron "Foo" Fuleki - percussion, programming, samples, guitars, backing vocals
* Jeremy David Long - guitars, bass, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, programming

Former members

* Sarah Hans - keyboards, vocals (touring member)
* Megan Hancock - cello (touring member)
* The band maintains an exhaustive list of additional musicians who they have used on their [http://www.thoushalt.net/faq.shtml official FAQ] .

Discography

Albums

* "Land Dispute" (2006, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* "The White Beyond" (2003, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* "The Holiness of Now" (2001, ADSR Musicwerks; reissued by Dancing Ferret Discs in 2003)
* "ThouShaltNot" (2000, ADSR Musicwerks)
* "The Deepest Ice" (1999, ADSR Musicwerks)

EPs

* "New World EP" (2008, independent release)
* "The Projectionist" (2005, independent release)
* "Vier Factor #1" (split with The Crüxshadows, Paralysed Age, and The Dreamside, 2003, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* "You'll Wake Up Yesterday" (2002, ADSR Musicwerks)

Remixes

* Stromkern - "Reminders" - "Reminders" (2006, WTII Records)
* Lunascape - "Mindstalking" - "Mindstalking" (2005, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* The Last Dance - "Reflections of Rage" - "Voices" (2004, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* Alphaville - "Crazyshow" - "Inside Out" (2003 Alphaville)
* Furnace St. - "People" - "Sunday Driver" (2003, Furnasty Music)
* Hungry Lucy - "Glo" - "Telltale Shot," "Stay" (on European version) (2003 Alpha Matrix / Hungry Media)

Alex Reed's solo work

* "Better Roads" EP (2004, independent release)

As "Thou Flaming Minister"

* "Catalepsy" (1998, independent short-run CD-R)
* "Excavate" cassette (1998, independent; only distributed at their first concert)
* Remix of "Disevolve" by Zia appears on the "Disevolve EP [http://www.ziaspace.com/ZIA/sections/music.html] " (1998, Zia Music)
* "Upwards of the Hilt" appears on the compilation "Transmission Vol. 1" (1996, New World Order Records)

Compilation appearances

* "When I Crash" on "DJ Ferret's Underground Club Mix #2" (2006, Asleep By Dawn)
* "Oh Invisible" on "Dancing in the Dark 2006: A Dancing Ferret Compilation" (2006, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* "When Everyone Forgets" on "Where's Neil When You Need Him?" (2006, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* "True Love" on "A Dark Cabaret" (2005, Projekt Records)
* "Without Faith" on "Dancing in the Dark: Ten Years of Dancing Ferret" (2005, Dancing Ferret Discs)
* "Walk Away" on "DJ Ferret's Underground Club Mix #1" (2004, Asleep By Dawn)
* "Without Faith (Nothing)" on "Electro-Age I: The Awakening" (2003, Latex Records)
* "Cardinal Directions (Directionless mix)" on "Asleep By Dawn, vol. 1" (2003, Asleep By Dawn)
* "The Sting (Proto mix)" on "Chartreuse Translucent Sampler" (2001, Chartreuse Translucent)
* "Trench Warfare (Midnight mix)" on "Only Sorrow" (2001, Ellen Claire Lawrence Memorial Scholarship)
* "Pillbox Tales" on "Pinkpig: The Whole Cure in the Mirror" (2001, Pinkpig)
* "Cracked (Coda mix)" on "Subhuman" (2000, Hard Disc)

Various other album tracks have appeared on CDs packaged with music magazines and on label samplers by both ADSR Musicwerks and Dancing Ferret Discs.

External links

* [http://www.thoushalt.net Official homepage]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thoushaltnotmusic Official MySpace site]