Front Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb(vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-'80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder withSkinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber -- who initially joined onas a studio assistant -- and synth player Michael Balch. After a handful of compilation appearances and cassette-only releases, Front LineAssembly issued its first three full-length effo ...read more
Front Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb(vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-'80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder withSkinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber -- who initially joined onas a studio assistant -- and synth player Michael Balch. After a handful of compilation appearances and cassette-only releases, Front LineAssembly issued its first three full-length efforts -- The Initial Command, State of Mind, and Corrosion -- on a monthly basis betweenDecember 1987 and February 1988. Later in 1988, Corrosion, a subsequent mini-album titled Disorder, and a number of exclusive bonustracks were compiled and released as Convergence. In 1989, the group returned with the album Gashed Senses & Crossfire, which containedthe dance-flavored singles "Digital Tension Dementia" and "No Limit." A European tour in support of the record yielded a live album -- titledsimply Live -- that was released and deleted on the same day in a limited edition of 4,000 pressings. After Balch departed Front LineAssembly in 1990, Fulber stepped in as a full partner; the streamlined duo soon released the electro-styled album Caustic Grip, while 1992'sTactical Neural Implant found the group's music moving in a harder-edged disco direction. By 1994, the sound evolved yet again, with thealbum Millennium displaying a newfound reliance on guitars; both the title track and "This Faith" scored as club hits. Fulber departed thelineup by 1997, while his replacement Chris Peterson debuted with 1998's Monument. Implode appeared one year later. Sticking with a heavydose of synth pop trance and throbbing melodies, Leeb and Peterson issued Epitaph in fall 2001. Rhys Fulber returned for the 2001 albumCivilization and remained for the 2006 release Artificial Soldier, which found guitarist/keyboardist Jeremy Inkel joining the band. The remixalbum Fallout followed in 2007.
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