Joshua Steffen
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.
