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Coil

Electronic

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Listen to The Anal Staircase by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
The Anal StaircaseCoil
Listen to Love's Secret Domain by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Love's Secret DomainCoil
Listen to Fire of the Mind (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Fire of the Mind (2022 Remastered Version)Coil
Listen to Tattooed Man (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Tattooed Man (2022 Remastered Version)Coil
Listen to Ostia (The Death of Pasolini) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)Coil
Listen to Heaven's Blade (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Heaven's Blade (2022 Remastered Version)Coil
Listen to Closer (Unrecalled) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Closer (Unrecalled)Coil
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The SnowCoil
Listen to Teenage Lightning 2005 (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
Teenage Lightning 2005 (2022 Remastered Version)Coil
Listen to The Last Amethyst Deceiver (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil, see lyrics, music video & more!
The Last Amethyst Deceiver (2022 Remastered Version)Coil

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More albums from Coil

Listen to Born Again Pagans (30th​-​Anniversary Extended Edition) [2024 Remastered Version] by Coil & Elph
ALBUMBorn Again Pagans (30th​-​Anniversary Extended Edition) [2024 Remastered Version]Coil & Elph
Listen to Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) by Coil
ALBUMMoon's Milk (In Four Phases)Coil
Listen to Queens of the Circulating Library by Coil
ALBUMQueens of the Circulating LibraryCoil
Listen to The New Backwards (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil
ALBUMThe New Backwards (2022 Remastered Version)Coil
Listen to Love's Secret Domain (30th-Anniversary Edition) [Remastered] by Coil
ALBUMLove's Secret Domain (30th-Anniversary Edition) [Remastered]Coil
Listen to Sara Dale's Sensual Massage by Coil
ALBUMSara Dale's Sensual MassageCoil
Listen to Theme from the Gay Man’s Guide to Safer Sex by Coil
ALBUMTheme from the Gay Man’s Guide to Safer SexCoil
Listen to Swanyard by Coil
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Listen to The Plastic Spider Thing by Coil & Black Sun Productions
ALBUMThe Plastic Spider ThingCoil & Black Sun Productions
Listen to Recoiled by Coil
ALBUMRecoiledCoil
Listen to Backwards by Coil
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Listen to The Ape of Naples (2022 Remastered Version) by Coil
ALBUMThe Ape of Naples (2022 Remastered Version)Coil
Listen to Пособие для кончающих: Волос Злата by Coil
ALBUMПособие для кончающих: Волос ЗлатаCoil
Listen to Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil by Coil
ALBUMConstant Shallowness Leads To EvilCoil
Listen to Astral Disaster (Prescription Edition) by Coil
ALBUMAstral Disaster (Prescription Edition)Coil
Listen to Astral Disaster Sessions Un/Finished Musics (Prescription Edition) by Coil
ALBUMAstral Disaster Sessions Un/Finished Musics (Prescription Edition)Coil
Listen to Musick To Play In the Dark by Coil
ALBUMMusick To Play In the DarkCoil
Listen to Coil Presents Black Light District: A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room by Coil
ALBUMCoil Presents Black Light District: A Thousand Lights in a Darkened RoomCoil
Listen to ELpH vs Coil : Worship the Glitch by Coil
ALBUMELpH vs Coil : Worship the GlitchCoil
Listen to Backwards (Demos) by Coil
ALBUMBackwards (Demos)Coil
Listen to Stolen & Contaminated Songs by Coil
ALBUMStolen & Contaminated SongsCoil
Listen to How To Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings) by Coil
ALBUMHow To Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings)Coil
Listen to Love's Secret Domain by Coil
ALBUMLove's Secret DomainCoil
Listen to The Side Effects of Life by Coil
ALBUMThe Side Effects of LifeCoil
Listen to Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) by Coil
ALBUMGold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)Coil
Listen to The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser by Coil
ALBUMThe Unreleased Themes for HellraiserCoil
Listen to Horse Rotorvator by Coil
ALBUMHorse RotorvatorCoil
Listen to Scatology by Coil
ALBUMScatologyCoil
Listen to How to Destroy Angels by Coil, Zos Kia & Marc Almond
ALBUMHow to Destroy AngelsCoil, Zos Kia & Marc Almond
Listen to Transparent by Coil, Zos Kia & Ake
ALBUMTransparentCoil, Zos Kia & Ake

Coil's Popular Music Videos

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Live in Moscow (Live)
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A London experimental duo who dared to be very different indeed.
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About Coil

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Hometown
London, England
Formed
1982
Genre
Electronic
Infusing early-‘80s industrial music with occultism and explicit sexuality, Coil was an English experimental music duo that emerged from the fertile creative chaos of multimedia visionaries Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV. The band was formed in 1982 by singer/musician John Balance and visual artist Peter Christopherson, who, in the midst of developing a romantic relationship, began experimenting with crashing percussion and jagged synthesized sounds. Their 1984 full-length debut, Scatology, harnessed steel instruments, minimalist atmospheres, and alchemical teachings, bringing these concepts to the dance floor on 1986's Horse Rotorvator. The record produced some of their most beloved cuts, like abrasive thumper “The Anal Staircase” and unnerving orchestral melodrama “Ostia (The Death of Pasolini),” which became an influential blueprint for dark dance-music giants Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails. Coil rarely performed live, largely remaining a studio project until the late ‘90s. During that time they produced a rejected score for the film Hellraiser (1987) and cultivated acid house on Love's Secret Domain (1991). Coil's final official release was 2005's ruminating The Ape of Naples, following Balance's death the year prior, though many posthumous releases have poured from the band's dizzying back catalog, even after Christopherson's own passing in 2010.
Members of Coil include, or have included, Drew McDowall, John Balance, Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and more.

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