Uploaded by kronblom98 on Feb 15, 2009
Switchblade Symphony was a San Francisco, United Statesbased band which was formed in 1989 by composer Susan Wallace and vocalist Tina Root. They released their first album in 1995 on the Cleopatra Records label. They also had two live guitarists, first Robin Jacobs and then George Earth, and two live drummers, first Eric Gebow (now with Blue Man Group) and then Scott van Shoick.
Switchblade Symphony's music combined orchestral sounds with heavy synth sequences and ethereal vocals to create a highly original sound resembling The Flower Duet sung over a twisted union of classical music and gothic rock. The band's name refers to this union, the result of cutting up elements of classical music to mix them with harder sounds.[1] Though this sound is uncommon, it might be compared with Rhea's Obsession, Siouxsie,[2] Cindergarden, The Machine in the Garden and Dead Can Dance.
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that first kick bass sound (throughout) is mighty!
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@darkclarity u don't allow yourself to relate! open your darker mind! thx loveugodbless tj kabbalah matthewshepard madonnalicious
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I first heard this song when I was 16, now 31 I still love it!
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*-* i love this song, and SS <3 i miss them u-u Tina Root with Tre Lux, not the same ...
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this song is so bad ass! i love SS!!
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VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this is SO GOOD! AHH
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@Godsownaddict here i am a year later still repin this shit
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My favorite Darkwave band :)
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@Driftas220 hell yeah xDD
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Beautiful track.. switchblade symph is so good no other band is like em. Ive been listening to em for over 10 years and STILL, almost every rainy overcast/dark day i play this shit.
Godsownaddict 2 years ago 9
All the crap at the top is made out of simple lust and greed. Alot of the obvious passion in music has vanished and it seems that such amazing compositions like SBS' back catalog are no more, I assure you if you dig.... You'll find what you are looking for.
Undreground music doesn't die. It just digs deeper.
Daemensia 1 year ago 8