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|Name = Burning Image |
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|Origin = [[Bakersfield, California]], [[USA]] |
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|Genre = [[Deathrock]], [[Gothic Rock]], [[Post-punk]], [[Punk rock]] |
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|Years_active = 1982-1987<br />2004-present |
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|Labels = [[Alternative Tentacles]], [[Strobelight Records]] |
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|URL = [http://flavors.me/burning_image BURNING IMAGE] |
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|Current_members = Moe Adame<br />Tony Bonanno<br />Paul Burch<br />Anthony Leyva |
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|Past_members = [[Joe Sparks]] |
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'''Burning Image''' are an American [[deathrock]] band formed in [[Bakersfield, California]] in 1982. Burning Image first released a 7" single with the songs "The Final Conflict" and "Burning Image, Burning" in the summer of 1984. The compilation ''1983-1987'' in 2004 and album ''Fantasma'' (2009) were both released on [[Alternative Tentacles]], record label owned by former [[Dead Kennedys]] singer, [[Jello Biafra]], with album ''Oleander'' (2011) being self-published. |
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Burning Image is one of the original bands of the early eighties California Deathrock scene,<ref>Ohanesian, "[http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2009/11/the_la_deathrock_starter_guide.php The LA Deathrock Starter Guide]", ''[[LA Weekly]]''</ref> along with [[45 Grave]] and [[Christian Death]], playing shows with bands including [[Specimen]], Dead Kennedys, [[Butthole Surfers]], and [[Timothy Leary]].<ref>Adame, "[http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=burningimage Alternative Tentacles - Bands]"</ref> |
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==History== |
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===1980s=== |
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The first incarnation of what became Burning Image was The Pictures<ref>Adame, "[http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=burningimage Alternative Tentacles - Bands]"</ref>, which played their first shows in Bakersfield in early 1982, and featured Moe Adame (guitar,vocals) Tony Bonanno (guitar,vocals) Brad Higgins (bass) and a host of drummers. After the departure of Higgins, Adame and Bonanno decided to look for a bassist and a drummer. [[Joe Sparks]]<ref>Sparks, "[http://www.joesparks.com/burning_image/index.htm Burning Image]" ''joesparks.com''</ref> and Paul Burch were playing in the band Public Art at a backyard party, when Adame and Bonanno, who were at the party, decided that night that both Burch and Sparks needed to be in The Pictures. Burch and Sparks joined shortly thereafter and the band immediately started writing songs and playing shows, with "Time Is Running Out", "The Lower Walks" and "You've Changed" being the first batch of songs written as a new band. After playing a few shows, the band decided that The Pictures was no longer fitting as a band name, as the direction of the band began to be more inspired by darker themes in the music of [[Bauhaus]], [[The Cure]], Christian Death and the [[Punk rock in California#1981.E2.80.931986|California hardcore punk scene]]. |
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In 1983, Burning Image recorded a 7" single with the songs "The Final Conflict" and "Burning Image, Burning" which was recorded at [[Casbah Recording Studio]] in [[Fullerton, California]], by Chaz Ramirez, producer and engineer of ''[[Mommy's Little Monster]]'' by [[Social Distortion]]. The artwork for the 7" single was done by Art Morales, creator of the artwork for ''Mommy's Little Monster''. After the release of the single, Burch and Sparks went to [[Berkeley, California]] to promote the record on the local college radio station. Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys was in the radio station doing his own show when he heard the song "The Final Conflict" and asked who the band was playing the song and liked the song so much that he invited Burning Image to open a show for them in San Francisco.<ref>Ohanesian, "[http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2009/10/interview_seminal_deathrock_ba.php Interview: Seminal Deathrock Band Burning Image Hits LA for Halloween]", ''[[LA Weekly]]''</ref> |
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Burning Image returned to the studio to record the songs "Love Mask" and "Hives". After one more recording session which produced the songs "Prey", "Shadows", and "The Image", the band ceased to exist in the summer of 1987. Both Burch and Sparks moved to San Francisco and Bonanno left the music scene. |
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===1990s-2010s=== |
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Adame continued to play in Bakersfield with several bands while starting up a new band called I Viscera in 1996<ref>Flores, Rey. "Alternative Tentacles Records Reaches out to 'Burning Image'" The CSUB Runner [Bakersfield], Vol. 29 Issue #22</ref>, with Burch back on drums and Leyva on bass. I Viscera played a show in Los Angeles with Penis Flytrap in the summer of 2000, as well as some Bakersfield shows.<ref>Rodriguez, Stephanie. "No Exceptions, I Viscera Rocks to Own Rhythm - Their Own." The Bakersfield Californian 5 Dec. 2003.</ref> I Viscera disbanded in 2002. |
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====The Return of Burning Image==== |
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Adame went to Los Angeles to see Jello Biafra perform a spoken word show at the Echo Lounge. After the show, Biafra invited Adame and his wife backstage to talk and to get reacquainted.<ref>"[http://webpages.charter.net/tstamates/burning.htm XXIII Questions with Burning Image]" ''Cathedral #13''</ref> Biafra asked Adame if he had any more Burning Image music and Adame told him that he had masters for every recording they had done. Biafra asked Adame if he would allow him to release a collection of Burning Image music on Alternative Tentacles . The collection, titled ''1983-1987'', was released in 2004. Burning Image played a reunion show in Bakersfield at the Maestri Gallery on June 19, 2004.<ref>"[http://www.burningimageband.com/news_transparent.html News]" ''BurningImageBand.com''</ref> |
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After the show, the band once again went their separate ways. Strobelight Records contacted Adame about including a Burning Image song on a compilation that they were releasing in 2006 titled ''Kaliffornian Deathrock''.<ref>"[http://www.strobelight-records.com/s_rec/e/e_kaliff_set.htm Kaliffornian Deathrock]" ''[[Strobelight Records]]''</ref> A new song, "Haunted" was submitted for the compilation. Burning Image played the Wake the Dead festival in spring 2007,<ref>"[http://gravejibes.com/archives/y2009/gjf5/burning-image/ Burning Image - Interview With Moe]" ''Grave Jibes''</ref> along with [[Ausgang]], Cinema Strange, [[Tragic Black]], Scarlet's Remains and Pins and Needles. On November 12, 2007, Burning Image opened a show for Christian Death 1334 featuring original members James McGearty and Rik Agnew as well as former [[Shadow Project]] founder, [[Eva O]]. |
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After those shows, Burning Image began writing material for their next album ''Fantasma'', released on Alternative Tentacles in 2009. ''Fantasma'' was later described by [[Allmusic]] reviewer Tim DiGravina as "must-listen material for fans of death or goth rock"<ref>"DiGravina, [http://www.allmusic.com/album/fantasma-r1562480/review Fantasma - Burning Image] ''[[Allmusic]]''</ref> and nominated for Album of the Year 2009 on Deathrock.com.<ref>"[http://deathrock.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8225&start=105 2009 Nominations]" ''DeathRock.com''</ref> Burning Image played shows in California soon after,<ref>Luscious, "[http://alternativetentacleshq.blogspot.com/2009/04/burning-image-emerge-for-2-rare-shows.html Burning Image emerges from their bat cave!]" ''Alternative Tentacles Blog''</ref> culminating with the Alternative Tentacles 30th anniversary show at the [[Great American Music Hall]] in [[San Francisco]], in which they opened for [[Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine]], [[Alice Donut]] and [[Victims Family]].<ref>[http://www.gamh.com/artist_pages/alternative_tentacles_110509.htm KFJC Presents Alternative Tentacles 30th Anniversary Incest-A-Thon]" ''Great American Music Hall''</ref> |
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2011 release ''Oleander'''s source of inspiration was the [[Kern County child abuse cases|Lords of Bakersfield cases]], Adame stated in an interview: "It’s like a local thing I’ve known about since I was a teenager. What it is is apparently, allegedly, higher-ups in Bakersfield, we’re talking like, judges and cops and business owners, apparently they used to, allegedly, have this secret society, called the Lords of Bakersfield, and before that it was called the White Orchid Society. Basically what they would do is have parties and have young guys come to the parties and have them “service” these higher-ups, you know what I mean? To me it was always this local folklore kind of deal, so what happened was that [[Sean Penn]] had made a documentary called <i>[[Witch Hunt (film)|Witch Hunt]]</i> based on the early ‘80s molestation charges upon dozens of people in town and that was led by the local prosecutor of the time. Sean Penn apparently asked Jello if he knew about what was happening in Bakersfield, so that’s why Jello asked my wife, “Hey, do you know anything about the Lords of Bakersfield?”...So after we told Jello, his jaw dropped to the floor...he asked me again, “Moe, so are you guys going to write a new album?”...He says, “That sounds like some intense subject matter, maybe you should write about that.” I really didn’t give it a second thought that night, but the more I thought about it, I thought wow...the possibilities."<ref>[http://www.afutureinnoise.com/2011/04/interview-with-moe-adame-burning-image.html Interview with Moe Adame (Burning Image)]<i>A Future in Noise</i></ref> |
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==Discography== |
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===Albums=== |
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* ''Fantasma'' ([[Alternative Tentacles]] 2009) |
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* ''Oleander'' (2011) |
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===Singles=== |
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* "The Final Conflict" (1984) |
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===Retrospectives=== |
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* ''1983-1987'' (Alternative Tentacles 2004) |
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===Compilation appearances=== |
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* ''Let's Die'' ([[Mystic Records]] 1985) |
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* ''Cultivation 91'' (Independent 1991) |
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* ''Kaliffornian Deathrock'' ([[Strobelight Records]] 2006) |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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===Sources=== |
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* Mercer, Mick (2009). ''Music to Die For''. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 978-1901447262 |
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==External Links== |
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* {{Official website|http://flavors.me/burning_image}} |
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