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The Cassandra Complex are an electronic rock group formed by Rodney Orpheus and Paul Dillon in 1980 in Leeds, England, later expanding to a trio with the addition of Andy Booth. ==History== The band initially comprised Rodney Orpheus and Paul Dillon who met when Orpheus gatecrashed Dillon's 21st birthday party in Leeds. They began putting on large multimedia shows featuring various avant-garde acts from the Leeds area. Andy Booth was a journalist who interviewed the band and was later asked to join.〔Wilson, Mackenzie "(The Cassandra Complex Biography )", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation〕 The band released their first self-financed single, "March", in March 1985.〔Strong, Martin C. (1999) ''The Great Alternative & Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1〕 A live cassette followed a month later, and the band signed to local label Rouska. Dillon left the band to get married and the band recruited Rodney's childhood friend John Marchini, with Jez Willis and Keith Langley guesting live and in the studio. They released two albums on the Rouska label, ''Grenade'' (1986) and ''Hello America'' (1987), and added tracks to the compilation's ''Raging Sun'' (1985) and ''Zarah Leander's Greatest Hits'' (1987) - both compilations also featured Party Day.〔http://www.fonorama.cz/firmy/R/Rouska.htm〕 Afterwards they signed to the Belgian-based Play It Again Sam label, which issued the double-live album ''Feel the Width'' in 1987.〔"Cassandra Complex ''Feel the Width''", ''Underground'', October 1987 (issue 7), p. 10〕 During the production of the ''Theomania'' album in 1988, Marchini and Booth left, with Orpheus recruiting a new line-up for 1989's ''Satan, Bugs Bunny, and Me'' album.〔 Hamburg guitarist Volker Zacharias from the band Girls Under Glass joined a year later, and has been a stable member of the group since then. Booth went on to become a lawyer and the head of Company Commercial and Creative Industries at Manchester firm Turner Parkinson.〔Wade, Alex (2007) "(My Weekend: Andy Booth - Eighties electronic band The Cassandra Complex are back - one of them with a law degree )", ''The Times''〕 The band continued with Orpheus and Zacharias releasing ''Cyberpunx'', ''The War Against Sleep'' and ''Sex & Death''. In 1995, Orpheus worked with Patricia Nigiani and Marcus Giltes on a side project called Sun God.〔 In 2000, the band released the ''Wetware'' album on SPV in Europe and Metropolis Records in the USA.〔 Over the years, the band's sound has included elements of EBM, industrial, goth rock, new wave and synthpop, and the band's sound has been described as a blend of Joy Division, The Ramones and Kraftwerk.〔 In 2007, the original band members reformed and since then have played several festival shows in Europe and Brazil. They are currently working on a new album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Cassandra Complex (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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