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Halo in Reverse
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Halo in Reverse
Joshua Steffen

Halo in Reverse
Halo in Reverse

Country:
USA

Date of establishing :
1995

Music genere:
electronic, industrial, industrial rock

WWW:
http://www.haloinreverse.net
http://www.myspace.com/haloinreverse

Band members:

Joshua Steffen

Biography:

Halo In Reverse is currently a one Man project, created by Joshua Steffen for means of artistic expression, using guitars, synthesizers and effects processors. Whether it is hate, lust, love, frustration, perversion, or other emotions, it is expressed through lyrics, and music. Even when the song has no lyrics at all the music still conveys the emotion given by the title of the song. Halo In Reverse began in 1995 as more experimental electronic music and slowly took on a rock edge adding heavy guitars and catchy hooks. Early influences include Skinny Puppy, Leaether Strip, Front Line Assembly, Gracious Shades, NIN, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Depeche Mode, The Cure, U2, Aphex Twin, Mentallo and the Fixer, Elvis Toy, Underworld. Along with a mixture of heavier guitar driven bands like Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Rob Zombie. Influences even include David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Queen, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon. Though influences like Lennon and Bowie aren’t heard throughout the music, they where initially what brought him into creating music from the start. Making guitar oriented music wasn’t enough, there was a need for more expression. Something that would be able to create more textures to express emotions. Samplers and audio software to twist and manipulate audio to create machine sounds, and other sounds that would mirror an emotion. Whether the emotion/sound be intense and uncomfortable, soothing, or dark and brooding to the listener. The whole realm of synthesizers, audio software and computers opens a whole new way of thinking in terms of sound. This is what Halo In Reverse is all about. This plus straight rock, and something to groove too.