ASSEMBLAGE 23

'Assemblage 23' is a futurepop/synthpop/EBM musical act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. Its sole member is Tom Shear.

Contents

History

Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

External links

History

Prior to starting Assemblage 23, Tom Shear experimented with music at home under the name Man on a Stage in the 1980s. Most of Shear's music at this point was instrumental, as he lacked the confidence to sing; the quality of the music itself was highly questionable by his own admission. Shear eventually began to add vocals to his music; all the while, Shear was also playing bass in a live band called the Advocates.
Assemblage 23 was officially born in 1988, after Shear experienced the industrial dance music played by an opening DJ for Depeche Mode. The style of this genre deeply impressed Shear; he believed he had finally found the sort of sound he wanted for his music. Even so, the project was more of a hobby for Shear at this point; it took until 1998 for Assemblage 23 to gather enough positive acclaim to attract the attention of record labels.
The group was finally signed for a full-length album in 1999, when it struck a deal with Canadian label Gashed to release ''Contempt'' in November. The second album ''Failure'' followed in March 2001, released by Gashed in North America and Accession Records in Europe. The single from ''Failure'', "Disappoint", was released on Accession in October 2001. The song dealt with Shear's sense of loss after his father's suicide on October 28, 1999.
After a falling out with Gashed Records following ''Failure'', Assemblage 23 signed with US label Metropolis Records (US) later in 2001; Metropolis re-released ''Contempt'' and ''Failure'' in November. A remix release, ''Addendum'', was also released in November only on Accession. By this point, the group had become fairly popular within the EBM genre; the third album, ''Defiance'', was released in October 2002 on Metropolis and Accession. The single from ''Defiance'', "Document", was released in September of that year.
Assemblage 23 released the fourth album, ''Storm'', in October 2004. The first single from that album, "Let the Wind Erase Me", was released in August of the same year. The second single, "Ground", was released in November.
In March 2007, Assemblage 23 released a new single, "Binary", which debuted at #21 on the Billboard US singles chart. The band's fifth album, called ''Meta'', was released in April 2007.

Discography

Albums

★ ''Contempt'' (1999)

★ ''Failure'' (2001)

★ ''Addendum'' (2001)

★ ''Defiance'' (2002)

★ ''Storm'' (2004)

★ ''Meta'' (2007)

Singles

★ ''Disappoint'' (2001)

★ ''Document'' (2002)

★ ''Let the Wind Erase Me'' (2004)

★ ''Ground'' (2004)

★ ''Binary'' (2007)

See also

★ Nerve Filter, side project

External links

★ Official website

★ Official forum

★ Metropolis Records

★ Accession Records

★ Remixes and Covers by Assemblage 23

★ Official Myspace