A peripatetic figure on the Los Angeles post-punk scene, Alex Gibson first appeared around 1978 as the lead guitarist and songwriter of an unrecorded (at the time) local band called The Little Cripples. When that band's singer, Michael Gira, split for New York to form Circus Mort and, eventually, Swans, the remaining bandmembers regrouped with Gibson on lead vocals to form BPeople. Later in 1981, Gibson released his first solo recording, a four-song EP called 'Passionnel', on Faulty Products. This release found Gibson largely abandoning guitars in favor of synthesizers. Gibson's next project was the soundtrack to Penelope Spheeris' cult classic film "Suburbia", on which he explored a new interest in Killing Joke-style semi-industrial atmospherics. That style continued in his next effort, a band called Passionnel, which managed two releases before splintering: 1984's 'The Apostle' and 1985's 'Our Promise'. (Gibson also spent part of his time during this period as an adjunct member of the Los Angeles death rockers .45 Grave.) Gibson drew a veil over his recording career after the breakup of Passionnel, writing a few more obscure film scores before finding a lucrative day job as a music and sound editor on major Hollywood films. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]
Label:
Enigma Records – Enigma 2093-1, 08-023496-1, 08-023496-20, 2093-1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
Europe, Brazil
Released:
1985
Style:
Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, Goth Rock
Tracklist:
A1 I Think Of You 4:19
A2 Our Promise 5:01
A3 When Can I Fly? 3:35
A4 Surrender 4:22
A5 Plans 4:39
B1 Everything Golden 2:29
B2 The Apostle 4:08
B3 Make Like You Like It 3:52
B4 Glass Onion 2:03
B5 The Yellow Boat 3:40
B6 I Found You Crying 3:39
Notes:
Side 1 recorded Summer 1985.
Side 2 Recorded Summer 1984.
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