JOHN BALANCE

John Balance (1962 - 2004)  founded, with his then partner, Peter Christophersen, the band Coil. The original collective, briefly called ZosKia, also featured Marc Almond on vocals, and John Gosling. Coil's first release was How To Destroy Angels (1984), 17 minutes of "ritual music for the accumulation of male sexual energy".

John and Peter turned Coil into a duo in 1984. Alongside Genesis P-Orridge and David Tibet, Coil became a focal point of an English avant garde music. John was also a member of Psychic TV, 23 Skidoo, Death In June, Current 93 and Nurse With Wound. Coil was the only band based around a gay male couple and they delighted in the "male sexual chemistry" this created. In the mid-1980s, gay pop was coming out of the closet, but Coil were the first resolutely queer group; their words dealt with desire, disease, dirt, death and drugs, and their collages sounded dark, dank and dangerous.

Published by Timeless Ed. :

"Bright Lights And Cats With No Mouths" - Book - 1st edition, 2014 - Sold Out

"Bright Lights And Cats With No Mouths" - Book - 2nd edition, 2016 - Sold Out

FACES - Print - 2016 - Sold out

AUTOMATIC SATYRS - Print - 2016 - Sold out

5 ECTOPLAMS  - 5 Prints boxset - 2017 - Available here : Timeless-Shop

THE UNIVERSE IS A HAUNTED HOUSE : COIL through their art & archives - 2020 - Available here : Timeless-Shop